How are you going to fix the Catholic Church? Or any church for that matter?

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24. But what I don't get....

...and I never will get, and this is as someone who was raised Catholic, baptized catholic, first communion, confirmation, etc. but who is now an atheist: I get that my parents are Christians. I get that they believe in the teachings of Christ and enjoy the celebration of Christian mass and the sense of community. But there are so many other churches, without the baggage, without the illegality, without the prejudice, without the double standards, but WITH all of the Christ and the charity and the tolerance and the loving ones brother.

So why not go to one of those instead? They can go to mass every week. They can have their sense of community. They can hear and discuss and talk about the bible and the word of God and Christ and all of that.

It's simply this habit and this sense of inertia and not wanting to change (even though the change is for the most part negligible.

The Catholic church is operating on the same game theory as Republicans are: That is, that there is enough of a solid base of people who will follow them and continue to donate and continue to support them no matter what they do or say. So there is absolutely no reason to change and no incentive to change as long as they can keep and maintain and continue to make that bottom line base happy.