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From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: what do you think gang?
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Date: Sun, 12-Jun-83 06:25:20 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 12 06:25:20 1983
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A few days ago I posted an article asking how people would reform a
religion. I am still interested, seeing as a religion seems to me an
easier thing to reform than (say) a government; it is fair to
assume that all serious practitioners of a religion which claims to
favour "good" over "evil" should be full of people who wish to do the
right thing.

So far, I havent had any replies which address the problem, but it is
very early.  What I have had, though, is four letters from people who
think that members of any religion should *not* publicise shortcomings
of the actual practice (as opposed to the ideal practice) of that
religion anywhere where non-members can get a hold of them.

In short, they resented that I let the whole net world onto the secret
that there are some bigots in the Catholic Church.

I dont think that the ostrich in the sand theory is a very good one.
I would doubt the thinking ability of people who denied quite evident
but unpleasnt truths. I think that the RC Church has about the worst
reputation of any Christian Church except perhaps the Creationists
among non-Christians, and the worst reputaion within Christianity
but outside of Catholicism. So what is there to lose anyway?    

what do you think, gang?

laura