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Pastimes : Ask God
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To: John S. who wrote (22820)11/30/1998 1:24:00 PM
From: I Am John Galt   of 39621
 
How do you wipe out the deaths of millions of people with an apology?
Could anything said be sufficient?

There is this belief that the Church, as an institution, is a self-righteous one. They have not admitted wrongdoing to the outside world. I'm not thinking of sufficiency here. Righteousness is the main cause of fanaticism. The Roman Catholic church is righteous through the eyes of God. If you can admit that your institution was wrong with its actions, than you lose your faith in it. That is the case with any government, with any institution. It is called delegitimacy, John, and it is the most powerful tool one can use when fear is removed from the equation.
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