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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: X Y Zebra who wrote (7168)	6/8/2000 9:41:00 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

The post Vatican II church over the last 35 years has created more problems than anything it did over the past 500 years. Don't forget that Castro would have been shot eons ago if not for the intervention of Jesuit priests on behalf of his mother. For many people especially the old the only thing they have is their faith. What would you substitute that with? Marxism perhaps? No one I met in Italy or Brasil takes the heavy duty Catholic dogma to seriously with the sole exception of the Marxists who don't like the competition.

To: X Y Zebra who wrote (7168)	6/8/2000 10:04:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

I wasn't disagreeing with you about the influence of the Catholic Church, only suggesting there must be more to it because plenty of non-Catholics are overpopulating the Earth. One other thing I've heard is that girls have babies to have someone to love them. Most irresponsible, but at least comprehensible. I was raised Catholic. It seems to me that the natural progression of growing up is that you get smart about the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny, then Santa Clause, and finally the church. They've served their purpose in the development of the child. Why some people carry that stuff into adulthood... Karen