On collective punishment of the RCC

[MineralMan]

9. Well, the Roman Catholic Church has great momentum, but

that also means it has enormous inertia, as well. Changing it's direction or speed takes a huge force to make much of a difference. The RCC has change some of its doctrines, but not its basic structure. Its patriarchal hierarchy will be the last thing to change, and that change may never occur. It is the source of much of the church's current problems.

Even more importantly, knowledge has grown in an accelerated way, making the irrational aspects of religion less attractive as time has passed. That acceleration continues. I'm not sure the church can survive real knowledge.

It will lumber on, though, but the forces of change are affecting it, and will increase, I think.