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The whole problem is, according to this Roman Catholic priest, the spread of education.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3464073/Educated-Catholics-have-sown-dissent-and -confusion-in-the-Church-claims-bishop.html

"The Rt Rev Patrick O'Donoghue, the Bishop of Lancaster, has claimed that graduates are spreading scepticism and sowing dissent. Instead of following the Church's teaching they are "hedonistic", "selfish" and "egocentric", he said. In particular, the bishop complained that influential Catholics in politics and the media were undermining the Church."

It was so much better in medieval times when RC ideology explained everything.

by asdf on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 11:39:57 PM EST
And what's your opinion on this, are people more and more hedonistic, egocentrical ? :)

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! (Martin Luther King)
by ValentinD (walentijn arobase free spot frança) on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 05:45:44 PM EST
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My opinion is that the purpose of organized religion is to get people to obey, and the ideology professed at a given point in time is a hodge-podge of tradition and convention organized to support the religious leaders' positions of power. Having a book filled with contradicting instructions that you can quote out of context is a good starting point when constructing the ideology.
by asdf on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 09:08:20 PM EST
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