Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsstat.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!utcsstat!laura From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: what do you think gang? Message-ID: <668@utcsstat.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Jun-83 06:25:20 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsstat.668 Posted: Sun Jun 12 06:25:20 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jun-83 08:25:10 EDT Organization: U. of Toronto, Canada Lines: 26 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