Jethro s last name is Bodine. If one could estimate the number of such relativist actresses worldwide, and somehow adjust for it, we would see our one billion figure begin to decline. We all know she isn t alone. There are many women and men among the rank and file genuine registered parishioners who behave in much the same fashion. The point is the potential of statistics to mislead.
Nothing makes an imperfect person feel better than the fact of someone else s imperfections.
Works for me every time. Catholic apologists often cite the existence of some twenty thousand different Protestant denominations as proof that Protestantism is wandering the desert in search of the Truth it abandoned. It s a great public relations tool, as is a Catholic census totaling one billion. But the trouble with a great public relations tool comes in trying to figure out how to use it. Since that one billion figure presents the image of a united front, prepared to defend the Faith en masse, the temptation is toward bravado.