(September 26, 2015 at 2:51 am)ronedee Wrote: Great article! [...]
Nope. Just plain old bollocks.
Where was Papal Power when Ireland - a traditionally conservative catholic country - legalized gay marriage, despite protests from Vatican? At least Chinese politicians can still tell their subjects what to do. Catholic Church is quickly losing relevance and in a few generations it very well may be just a marginalized, symbolic remnant of history and a tourist attraction - like the Royal Family in UK.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw