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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (1921)	9/12/1999 3:54:00 PM
From: truedog	Respond to of 6418

to: CharleyMane from: truedog Chuck, a lot of the new Christians(called Faith based Christians) already meet in homes,parks,and buildings built for the purpose of gathering together to worship but they are not commonly called churches. I was going to say "meeting houses" but that might be confused with the Quakers or Jehovah's Witnesses.We are not,however "underground". Chuck,I will not argue anybody's beliefs when they are true Christians,as I know you to be,but I can not go along with Jesus having founded the Catholic church. He wasn't even around at the time. Peter,who is claimed as the first pope didn't really try to organize anything that I have read about. I feel sure that the Catholic church was founded on the true belief in Jesus as Lord but,it appears that over the centuries the hierarchy has changed to the beat of a different drummer. From what I have been told by Catholic friends who are very worried about the future of the church is that,from cardinal, on up, it becomes strictly a matter of politics within the walls of the Vatican. Like I said,this information has come to me secondhand but it is a matter of true concern to a number of Catholics that I know of...TD