Author Topic: How many trads are there (Read 3279 times)

soulguard · « **on:** March 06, 2014, 06:21:06 AM »

What is the number of Traditional Catholics according to statistics?

How many people are in groups like the SSPX SSPV CMRI and any other groups I have not heard of?

It would be interesting to know how many people hold to the Catholic faith.

Ursus · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2014, 11:35:48 AM »

I'd like to know this too.

Matthew · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2014, 04:45:44 PM »

I don't know the answer to your question, but I'll answer it with a relative answer:

At least 25X the number of people you see online.

All the personalities you see on Facebook, CI, FE, all the other misc. fora, etc. are literally the TIP OF THE ICEBERG when it comes to the # of Trad Catholics.

And if you think the rest of the iceberg is less fervent, I have some more news for you.

Some of the most fervent Trads don't mess around with online fora. Maybe they don't like to argue, maybe they are too busy (quite common), etc.

Now I think there are benefits to a place like CI as well -- learning about the Faith, companionship with fellow Catholics (which not everyone outside Saint Marys gets to enjoy!), etc.

Nevertheless, I know plenty of Catholics personally who never go online. Male and female.

So all you single guys -- if you think there are no single female trads -- think again. You just have to go out searching IRL.

Matto · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2014, 06:04:01 PM »

I think trads are less than .1 percent of all people claiming to be Catholic. There are not many of us.

TKGS · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2014, 04:56:50 AM »

Quote from: Matthew

So all you single guys -- if you think there are no single female trads -- think again. You just have to go out searching IRL.

OK, Matthew.

I'm not single but I have just got to know what you mean by "IRL".

The only thing it means around here (Indiana) is "Indy Racing League". But surely you're not suggesting that single guys find trad women at the auto races! I know you have something else in mind. Please illuminate.

stgobnait · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2014, 06:35:51 AM »

well there are'nt enough trads, thats for sure! if there were, we would not find ourselves in the mess we are in. :kick-can:

Mithrandylan · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2014, 07:33:08 AM »

Quote from: TKGS

Quote from: Matthew
So all you single guys -- if you think there are no single female trads -- think again. You just have to go out searching IRL.

OK, Matthew.

I'm not single but I have just got to know what you mean by "IRL".

The only thing it means around here (Indiana) is "Indy Racing League". But surely you're not suggesting that single guys find trad women at the auto races! I know you have something else in mind. Please illuminate.

IRL= "in real life."

Because the internet is a fantasy world.

1st Mansion Tenant · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2014, 11:01:58 AM »

Probably even fewer than it appears online, since many forum members belong to more than one trad forum using different screen-names.

TKGS · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2014, 02:51:01 PM »

Quote from: Mithrandylan

Quote from: TKGS
Quote from: Matthew
So all you single guys -- if you think there are no single female trads -- think again. You just have to go out searching IRL.

OK, Matthew.

I'm not single but I have just got to know what you mean by "IRL".

The only thing it means around here (Indiana) is "Indy Racing League". But surely you're not suggesting that single guys find trad women at the auto races! I know you have something else in mind. Please illuminate.

IRL= "in real life."

Because the internet is a fantasy world.

Thanks. It makes sense now.

Matthew · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2014, 03:37:18 PM »

Quote from: 1st Mansion Tenant

Probably even fewer than it appears online, since many forum members belong to more than one trad forum using different screen-names.

Yes, you have to filter out the duplicate names that refer to the same person, and THEN multiply by 25 (or possibly more).

Another point -- just because the young people at your chapel have cell phones and are "online" doesn't mean they ever visit Trad Catholic forums. They could still be "off the radar" so to speak.

How many large families keep their children off the Net for the most part, even up to age 18? And so on.

And when a young lady turns 18 and is finally "allowed to join Catholic forums", is she instantly going to have the habit and inclination? Is she going to run out on her 18th birthday and sign up for every Catholic forum that exists, like a starving person at an all-you-can-eat buffet? On the contrary, she might simply adopt her parents' aversion to posting online, just for the sake of "being a good girl" or embracing the spirit of the law, as it were. Just because it's such a small thing to her.

She will have been forced to find other things to do with her time, and those habits will still be with her. She won't instantly find the need to post online, nor will she instantly break herself away from all the other activities she used to spend her days doing.