There is Quality…
…and then there is Quality.
You can have substance or you can have appearance.
It depends on what you are looking for.
IMAGINE an air-conditioned office: climate controlled, plastic "plants" nylon carpets, fluorescent lights. Now think of an indoor baseball field: synthetic "grass" uniform pastel colors.
COMPARE these with a forest of rough-barked trees, leaves and branches on the ground, live birds crying out, sunlight--sometimes blinding, sometimes barely shining through the leaves.
Now you have an idea of the difference between ARM's products and those of other "Catholic" organizations. It is like the difference between some "flash frozen" broccoli " cooked" in a microwave, and a huge Texas steer being roasted over an open fire--sizzling while the juices fall into the crackling flames.
What this means to YOU is the following:
When ARM records an audio product, or publishes a monthly, we do it "live". We do not own a recording studio, nor even have access to one. We don’t have glossy eight and a half by eleven pages. ARM can not afford either...but we would not buy them, even if we COULD afford them. Packaging does not equal substance.
ARM is not a "professional business" trying to make a profit out of religion. ARM is a religious organization trying to serve God. ARM is a group of lay Catholics who live and work in the real world--just like you! And not in a office.
NO ONE MAKES A LIVING FROM ARM.
This means no one has to worry about pleasing customers, nor "market share," nor cash flow, nor endorsements. ARM produces products from real life, not synthetic and academic situations. Our talks are given to real people, and our debates take place with real enemies of the Faith. Sometimes we debate over the phone, because we can not afford the cost of travel. This is a great advantage to YOU, because this mean that, when you obtain an ARM product, YOU will experience EXACTLY what will happen to YOU. Sometimes a dog barks, or the phone line has interference, people talk at the same time...
…in other words, THE REAL WORLD, the same one YOU live in!
This means that every ARM product will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know--WHAT to say, and HOW to say it, in real-life situations. ARM is not a feather duster, but a Crusader's war mace.
ARM is like nothing else.
SO, IF you are looking for passion and truth, THEN ARM is for you, BUT, IF you are looking for pretty packaging, tea party politeness, bloodless boredom, compromise, and pandering...
THEN go somewhere else.