On 15 Oct 96 at 11:10, Hakeeb A. Nandalal wrote:
> The answer might have something to do with the church's mission to guide
> and control the ignorant masses (no pun intended). Regardless of a
> priest's personal convictions, if he believes that society would crumble
> into chaos without religion to glue it together, then he would continue
> to dispense church dogma for that purpose. Then there's the secondary
> aspect of employment and living standards. After all it's a "job" to be
> a priest with a salary, housing and benefits like nuns obeying your
> every beck and call.
I agree entirely. I wasn't trying to imply that there aren't any
self-serving (or society-serving) bishops etc. (we must also remember
that political power such as is weilded by high-ranking vatican
officials can be an end in itself) but recognising that
it needn't be true of all of them allows me to clear away some
discolouration from my view, facilitating a more reasoned outlook on
a subject which has personally affected me.
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