"We will depend on them for vitality. But they will continue to depend on us for the ideas."


There are some people that the churches don't want to hear

This one is worth reading.

When pressed, though, Father Greeley didn't take back his remark. Instead he went further, waxing eloquent about how people in South America have a "whole different approach to religion." He marveled at the way that Catholics in Brazil ask people from "all different faiths" to pray for a sick child. He recommended going to Mexico "if you want to find out what the church was like before Trent." (He was referring to the 16th-century council that codified so much Roman Catholic doctrine.) He claimed that Mexicans "have patron saints for pickpockets and prostitutes." Catholicism in Mexico is "a religion of joy and celebration. We have much to learn from them." Yes, it sounds like a compliment, but the condescension--those people and their quaint ways--is unmistakable.

The condescending attitude is more common than we would like to admit. Even if someone is "enlightened."

— NeoWayland

Posted: Fri - December 1, 2006 at 04:49 AM  Tag


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