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Recently, two of the three Catholic parishes my wife and I attend and are involved with, have been giving away copies of Matthew Kelly's latest book, The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity. I had read Kelly before, and I'm being gracious when I say Kelly is not considered a teacher of religion, a philosopher, or a great Catholic writer...unless volume of words, repetitive words, is a criteria. He could, however, be labeled as the philosopher king of glurge—fictional, absurd tales, that distort historical fact and thus fail at their task.
One of the priests at our parish gave the book a glowing review. Nonetheless, I picked up one of free copies of "The Biggest Lie..." and read it. After I read it, I concluded that getting parishioners to read Matthew Kelly may reveal why so many are leaving the Church, or just not interested.
Kelly's book is unlike any other Catholic book aimed at arming and lifting up the faithful. For one thing, the book has no citations, footnotes or bibliographies...things that Catholic writers typically find necessary. Another thing
