(March 9, 2024 at 7:32 pm)brewer Wrote:(March 9, 2024 at 5:27 pm)Belacqua Wrote: But I don't see what I should "try again" about. We actually agree -- our institutions are correct to forbid those practices which our society deems unacceptable.
Catholic church, in it's self interest, seems to forbid and yet hide those practices. Just sayin.
I'll just tally one more for this lazy atheist.
If people forbid something yet practice that thing in secret, they are hypocrites and that's bad.
Religious and secular authorities may attempt to forbid certain practices for different reasons. You and I are only bound by the secular authorities.
