Good News!

Well, I guess it's good news. In checking over our stats, we are getting some regular search engine traffic for the terms "catholic cult" and "catholic atrocities." These people are directed to the articles which I wrote by the same name.

Now, when you type these terms into a search engine, we are one of the few pro-Catholic sites that come up. Most of the pages are telling about why Catholicism is a cult, or the atrocities committed by Catholics. With that in mind, I just edited the two articles to add more links to some of our other articles. For example, each one now has links to our resources on why Jack Chick and Dave Hunt are NOT reliable sources of information.

I'm very glad to think that we might really make a difference to people who are directed here for those search terms. This really goes beyond Candy's audience!

Catholic Atrocities
The Catholic Cult

OK I get it

Wow this little blog has changed a lot since I started it! First it was a place for me to test my template tweaks for my other blog (thus the funny address!) Then a place to keep track of the comments I made over at www.keepingthehome.com. Then it became a REAL blog with co-bloggers and articles and comments and discussions...not what I ever planned but it has born good fruit. Friends have been made and information shared - good blogging doesn't get a lot better than that.

Yesterday I shared some information because I just needed to vent. It's not that I'm not use to getting my share of attacks (see my side bar over at MDC). It goes with the territory when you venture into anything more controversial than recipes and weather reports I suppose. It's just that it's frustrating sometimes to think you are communicating X but coming across with Y to some folks, if that makes any sense.

Anyway, for me, it's best if I can keep the number of fires I am putting out to a minimum. I do have another blog, there has been spirited apologetics discussions over there, maybe that is where the perception of "hate spewing" came from. Beats me.

But over here there is a much more narrowed focus and I need to keep it that way. I have no desire, time, or inclination to take on the entire third branch of Christianity that came about after the Reformation. This blog does much better me thinks, when it is focused on defending/explaining Catholicism from the errors posted on www.keepingthehome.com. That may from time to time mean that we challenge some of those doctrines that are expressed there, particularly with how they juxtaposed against Catholicism. (For example, I posted the sola scriptura arguments because of a comment on the defunct Coffeebean blog.) That's our focal point and I think this blog has to be focused like a laser beam on that.

So moving forward, I hope that clears things up. With six kids, a house, a job, homeschooling and another blog, there are only so many hours in a day. To be productive here, I have to be more concentrated.

So blogging will be.
1. Focused on explaining Catholicism, particularly the doctrines and teachings that Candy at www.keepingthehome.com and her readers seem to have the most problem with.
2. Explaining Catholic issues as they come up in the news and/or liturgical year.
3. Reacting to articles on www.keepingthehome.com as the come up.
4. Reacting to articles on other blogs as I deem appropriate.

If something gets posted here that readers don't understand - ask! It may seem that something is coming out of left field, but there is usually a reason for posting what I post.

Also, if there is something you WANT to see covered - feel free to ask for that too. This month of May is pretty much going to be about Mary, November will be about Purgatory. Other than that, I'm open to your suggestions.

Help us get the word out!

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