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Chris <c_lumb@one.net.au> wrote in message news:3ae6cef8_1@news01.one.net.au...
> Yes,  they are to blame.

  Carman wrote:
  To blame for what?

> Someone tell me when Catholics last pioneered major social change,
> eg contraception, equality of women, tolerance of gays, acceptance
> and suggestion of solutions for the drug problem.

  Carman wrote:
  Why would you expect a religion, any religion, to pioneer major social
change? Religions are about stability, community, and exemplify the
conservatism that actively resists change. There are some quite small
exceptions to this general rule, (the Society of Friends, comes to mind),
but among the major religions, all of them are very conservative.

> We have now a college of cardinals all hand picked by "His Holiness".
> So the chances of the RC church pulling itself out of the 18th century
> are nil.

  Carman wrote:
  Probably of interest to Catholics who dislike the direction their Church
is going, but as far as I know there are no "democratic" religions.

>
> Talk about lack of vision: John Paul 2 has set his church up for fading
> into irrelevance.

  Carman wrote:
  If you dislike Catholicism one would think you'd approve.

> Buddhism looks awfully attractive to me!

  Carman wrote:
  So be a Buddhist! But do tell me when the Buddhists, "...last pioneered
major social change, eg contraception, equality of women, tolerance
of gays, acceptance and suggestion of solutions for the drug problem".