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In reply to the discussion: Why Would a Millennial Become a Priest or a Nun? [View all]MellowDem
(5,018 posts)46. Or if enough people leave the church...
It will change. Actually, I have no doubt that is what is driving the latest, snail pace shift in the church, not the reformers. The church isn't a democracy, and the reformers don't have the tools to enact change. It is a hierarchal structure meant to preserve dogma. If enough people leave, either the church will be forced to change, or it will lose so much power as to be less relevant.
I know there are more atheists on DU per capita than in your average US town, I'm just saying, that by DU standards, religion is treated with kid gloves compared to secular ideologies. No way a post praising a misogynistic, homophobic leader of an organization would be allowed to stand, or would receive near as much support.
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