On the attacks on the Catholic Church

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149. Nice post

I only want to add two things to what you've said.

1. There's a difference between the "church" and the actual church. The hierarchy are NOT the church. They're the hired help. The laity are the actual church. The laity are often frustrated by the hierarchy, especially those above the level of parish priest. Most laypeople don't get involved with actively opposing the hierarchy because we can simply ignore them. They often live in a fantasy world where the church is still the power it was in the Middle Ages or the Counter-Reformation and simply don't know that times have changed. It's terribly cynical to say, much less think, but all we can do is outlast them.

2. The US is on its way to being a plurality or majority Catholic country. I think some of the posters who ripped into catholicism without any differentiation of hierarchy and laity might want to consider that in their glee to denounce everyone and everything.