Roberta X

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• Trottelreiner commented on Dragged kicking and screaming into the 19th century
  No objection to this; it's just that this case is about a bishop sexually harassing some priests or guys who seriously thought about it. So the Russian Orthodox system wouldn't help here....
• john.w.ross commented on Dragged kicking and screaming into the 19th century
  Indeed. As I read the post, the bad behaviour of the prelates is what forces the crisis into the open at a particular time, but the key question is "How long can an institution exist in stasis before the growing gap between its own doctrine and the larger society it's embedded in forces a crisis?" The answer is, I think, as short a time as possible. As with earthquakes, it is far better to have frequent, manageable shocks than occasional cataclysms. Let me move slightly off topic to illustrate this central point. For many years, the Catholic Church has protected...
• David L commented on Dragged kicking and screaming into the 19th century
  Not disagreeing but not sure how what I said leads to what you're saying....
• SFreader commented on Dragged kicking and screaming into the 19th century
  RDSouth (159): Thanks very much for your enlightening and entertaining how-to-switch-topics-sideways demo. Would actually make for a very interesting SF story premise. Cheers!...
• zhochaka commented on Dragged kicking and screaming into the 19th century
  And now there is a new Pope, perhaps elected rather more easily than most on the outside expected. Non-European, something of a liberal on matters such as poverty, but not so likely to rock the boat in other ways. And there are claims of bad things done in the days of the Argentinian Junta. Oh, and he's a Jesuit, and has said one or two things which suggest he will at least consider changes. It's really too early to know what a difference he will make. Be wary of what the media say, they don't know enough either. But, since...