Posted: Jan 22, 2011 11:42 pm
It does seem confusing at first when one looks at all of these apparently inconsistent and hypocritical decisions by the RCC. The confusion vanishes, however, when one realises that it is not the goal of the church to protect people from harm, or make their lives better. The goal of the Church is to protect the church.
This is not to say that there are not individuals within the church who adhere to something that a normally sane individual might recognise as morality. The thing about propaganda is that people believe it. The character of the institution as a whole,however, is that of a political organization. Once you understand that it is about power rather than morality (as are virtually all political considerations) then these decisions all start to make sense.
This is not to say that there are not individuals within the church who adhere to something that a normally sane individual might recognise as morality. The thing about propaganda is that people believe it. The character of the institution as a whole,however, is that of a political organization. Once you understand that it is about power rather than morality (as are virtually all political considerations) then these decisions all start to make sense.