Is the Roman Catholic Church in Freefall? - Page 48

Thor 2 · 19th February 2021, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

Thank you for evidence rather than assertion.

Well you have left yourself wide open here arth, with your continued assertion that not many dioceses would have been affected, and that child abuse is not that common.

Thor 2 · 20th February 2021, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by Darat

Happy for you to do your own research. The research I’ve done means I am confident in concluding that at the level of Bishops it was not a minority that was involved in the conspiracy.

That lines up with what I have read also. Why our own George Pell was up to his neck in the conspiracy according to the accounts of others. "Not all that interested", however, was his jaw dropping explanation for his lack of action, as well as his "what will it take to shut you up", to a victim.

arthwollipot · 21st February 2021, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by Thor 2

Well you have left yourself wide open here arth, with your continued assertion that not many dioceses would have been affected, and that child abuse is not that common.

Well that was my impression. Now that I've seen something in the way of evidence, I am open to reconsidering.

Thor 2 · 22nd February 2021, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

Well that was my impression. Now that I've seen something in the way of evidence, I am open to reconsidering.

Most commendable of you arth.

Some here will never admit to being wrong and continue arguing under water.

Darat · 22nd February 2021, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

Thank you for evidence rather than assertion.

I told you where the evidence was….

arthwollipot · 22nd February 2021, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by Thor 2

Most commendable of you arth.

Some here will never admit to being wrong and continue arguing under water.

I have always considered myself open to reasonable evidence. In this case, it appears that in the US at least, more dioceses had abuse problems than I was aware of. I was genuinely under the impression that it was a much smaller proportion than that.

And while 4% is a large number of clergy in absolute terms, it is still a small proportion of the total. So I still don't think it's fair to accuse all, or even a majority, of priests of being abusers. I don't suppose that we have a percentage of clergy that was aware of the 4% and didn't act properly.

Roger Ramjets · 22nd February 2021, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Craig4

The study also concluded that four percent of priests engaged in sexual abuse. Four percent is a big number.

If you think that's a big number...

Statistics about sexual violence

Quote:

Sexual violence in the U.S.

One in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some point in their lives

8% of rapes occur while the victim is at work

Child sexual abuse

One in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18 years old

34% of people who sexually abuse a child are family members

Only 12% of child sexual abuse is reported to the authorities

Campus Sexual assault

One in 5 women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college.

More than 90% of sexual assault victims on college campuses do not report the assault.

63.3% of men at one university who self-reported acts qualifying as rape or attempted rape admitted to committing repeat rapes

arthwollipot · 22nd February 2021, 05:19 PM

Four percent is a big number in absolute terms as I said. The actual numbers are hard to determine because it's complicated, but the best estimates I've been able to find suggest that there are 466,215 members of the Catholic ecclesiastical hierarchy worldwide. If America has a typical rate of abusive priests - 4% as has been suggested - this means that there are actually eighteen and a half thousand child abusers currently unaccountable to the law. That's a lot.

Add to that the number of people who were aware of the abuse and did not act appropriately, or who were complicit in their silence, that's even more.

arthwollipot · 22nd February 2021, 07:53 PM

From the Department of Not Helping:

Former NSW Labor official and Catholic priest Peter Hansen admits to exploiting dozens of child sex abuse victims

Quote:

A former Catholic priest has admitted to a judge he exploited vulnerable children in poor Asian countries, after pleading guilty to dozens of child sexual offences.

Peter Andrew Hansen was arrested in October 2018 at Sydney Airport on his way back from Vietnam.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers conducted a search warrant at his home in Cabramatta in Sydney's south-west.

The 63-year-old has admitted to more than 30 offences, including possessing and distributing child exploitation material and sexual intercourse with children.

The NSW District Court has heard the offending took place in Vietnam and the Philippines.

Ugh. I need a shower.

Gord_in_Toronto · 22nd February 2021, 08:00 PM

The poor Pope is trying very hard.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-fr...st-11613826965

Quote:

ROME—Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Robert Sarah as head of the Vatican’s office for liturgy, removing an outspoken conservative and possible future pope from the ranks of Vatican leadership.

The Holy See Press Office announced Saturday that Cardinal Sarah had stepped down.

. . . . .

In accepting Cardinal Sarah’s resignation, the pope has removed a subordinate out of step with his approach to liturgy, homosexuality and relations with the Muslim world. The cardinal is a hero to many conservative Catholics, some of whom see him as a future pontiff.

Too many centuries to unwind.

Craig4 · 22nd February 2021, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

From the Department of Not Helping:

Former NSW Labor official and Catholic priest Peter Hansen admits to exploiting dozens of child sex abuse victims

Ugh. I need a shower.

I understand a lot of the offending priests went to Fiji and other Pacific island nations.

Thor 2 · 22nd February 2021, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by Gord_in_Toronto

The poor Pope is trying very hard.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-fr...st-11613826965

Too many centuries to unwind.

What the RCC needs is a step back into the past. Those who disagree with the boss don't just get a DCM, they get burnt at the stake.

And this black Cardinal dude even had aspirations of becoming Pope himself, it is reported! I wonder how that would go down in with western Catholics?

it would seem the RCC is not only getting heaps of flack from outside, but is internally haemorrhaging as well.

ponderingturtle · 23rd February 2021, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

I have always considered myself open to reasonable evidence. In this case, it appears that in the US at least, more dioceses had abuse problems than I was aware of. I was genuinely under the impression that it was a much smaller proportion than that.

And while 4% is a large number of clergy in absolute terms, it is still a small proportion of the total. So I still don't think it's fair to accuse all, or even a majority, of priests of being abusers. I don't suppose that we have a percentage of clergy that was aware of the 4% and didn't act properly.

OF course it means that anyone in a positions of management of more than 25 people is almost certain to be in charge of an abuser. That pretty much shows that the vast majority of the leadership is complicit.

Thor 2 · 23rd February 2021, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by ponderingturtle

OF course it means that anyone in a positions of management of more than 25 people is almost certain to be in charge of an abuser. That pretty much shows that the vast majority of the leadership is complicit.

That would seem to be the obvious situation I suppose.

I wonder how the 4% figure is arrived at. Somewhere along the line it is being assumed that so many exposed cases means so many more total cases. I wonder how an assumption like this is made?

Darat · 23rd February 2021, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by Thor 2

What the RCC needs is a step back into the past. Those who disagree with the boss don't just get a DCM, they get burnt at the stake.

And this black Cardinal dude even had aspirations of becoming Pope himself, it is reported! I wonder how that would go down in with western Catholics?

it would seem the RCC is not only getting heaps of flack from outside, but is internally haemorrhaging as well.

The RCC has pretty much lost Europe, yet is still gaining strength in many African countries, if it tries to “modernise” it is likely to split as the African side of the church is unlikely to go along with the reforms. You only have to look at the problem the much looser held Anglican Church has had with reforms and the push back from African congregations.

Thor 2 · 23rd February 2021, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by Darat

The RCC has pretty much lost Europe, yet is still gaining strength in many African countries, if it tries to “modernise” it is likely to split as the African side of the church is unlikely to go along with the reforms. You only have to look at the problem the much looser held Anglican Church has had with reforms and the push back from African congregations.

Do you have any theories to explain the conservative leaning in the African Churches?

Darat · 23rd February 2021, 03:01 PM

Those societies are socially conservative?

Thor 2 · 23rd February 2021, 05:15 PM

Then how come they are socially conservative?

As we know the white man came to Africa with the Bible and taught the religion to the natives. White men were the source of knowledge. When did the natives decide they knew the message with more clarity than the teachers?

I find it confounding.

rjh01 · 23rd February 2021, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Darat

The RCC has pretty much lost Europe, yet is still gaining strength in many African countries, if it tries to “modernise” it is likely to split as the African side of the church is unlikely to go along with the reforms. You only have to look at the problem the much looser held Anglican Church has had with reforms and the push back from African congregations.

Originally Posted by Thor 2

Then how come they are socially conservative?

As we know the white man came to Africa with the Bible and taught the religion to the natives. White men were the source of knowledge. When did the natives decide they knew the message with more clarity than the teachers?

I find it confounding.

Who said they were socially conservative?

I say they are less educated and low income. And several other related factors are poor. This drives them to religion.

Thor 2 · 24th February 2021, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by rjh01

Who said they were socially conservative?

I say they are less educated and low income. And several other related factors are poor. This drives them to religion.

Darat suggested it.

What confounds me is the apparent rejection of the current directions from the West. After all the original source of the religious instruction.

Craig4 · 24th February 2021, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by Thor 2

Darat suggested it.

What confounds me is the apparent rejection of the current directions from the West. After all the original source of the religious instruction.

I can only really speak to Uganda, Kenya and the Great Lakes Region. However, you have to look at religion like a buffet in that part of Africa. The church forms to backbone of social life and many people spend all day Sunday at Church or social events afterward. Many people though find no contradiction in following traditional animistic religions as well. One impacts your soul, one impacts your life today. People tend to take the parts they like of each and discard the rest. Or, they will blend the two with animistic beliefs adapted to Christianity.

I'm not confounded at all by the rejection of directions from the West. It's kind of what they've been doing for a long time. Take what you want from the religion buffet and leave what you don't like.

arthwollipot · 24th February 2021, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by Craig4

I can only really speak to Uganda, Kenya and the Great Lakes Region. However, you have to look at religion like a buffet in that part of Africa. The church forms to backbone of social life and many people spend all day Sunday at Church or social events afterward. Many people though find no contradiction in following traditional animistic religions as well. One impacts your soul, one impacts your life today. People tend to take the parts they like of each and discard the rest. Or, they will blend the two with animistic beliefs adapted to Christianity.

I'm not confounded at all by the rejection of directions from the West. It's kind of what they've been doing for a long time. Take what you want from the religion buffet and leave what you don't like.

That is, in fact, how voodoo started.

The other thing about Africa is that there are competing versions of Christianity there. The first colonial church was the Roman Catholics, but more recently there has been a veritable invasion of American-style evangelical Pentecostals heading over there too.

Thor 2 · 26th February 2021, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

That is, in fact, how voodoo started.

The other thing about Africa is that there are competing versions of Christianity there. The first colonial church was the Roman Catholics, but more recently there has been a veritable invasion of American-style evangelical Pentecostals heading over there too.

Yes the Americans have a flair for creating new Christian flavours and selling them to the World.

Non of the above however, answers my question about why senior African Catholics are more conservative, than the Catholics in the country where the religion originated.

19th February 2021, 12:15 PM	#1881
Thor 2 Philosopher Join Date: May 2016 Location: Brisbane, Aust. Posts: 6,596	Originally Posted by arthwollipot Thank you for evidence rather than assertion. Well you have left yourself wide open here arth, with your continued assertion that not many dioceses would have been affected, and that child abuse is not that common.
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20th February 2021, 01:06 PM	#1882
Thor 2 Philosopher Join Date: May 2016 Location: Brisbane, Aust. Posts: 6,596	Originally Posted by Darat Happy for you to do your own research. The research I’ve done means I am confident in concluding that at the level of Bishops it was not a minority that was involved in the conspiracy. That lines up with what I have read also. Why our own George Pell was up to his neck in the conspiracy according to the accounts of others. "Not all that interested", however, was his jaw dropping explanation for his lack of action, as well as his "what will it take to shut you up", to a victim.
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21st February 2021, 10:34 PM	#1883
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 70,268	Originally Posted by Thor 2 Well you have left yourself wide open here arth, with your continued assertion that not many dioceses would have been affected, and that child abuse is not that common. Well that was my impression. Now that I've seen something in the way of evidence, I am open to reconsidering.
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22nd February 2021, 12:40 PM	#1884
Thor 2 Philosopher Join Date: May 2016 Location: Brisbane, Aust. Posts: 6,596	Originally Posted by arthwollipot Well that was my impression. Now that I've seen something in the way of evidence, I am open to reconsidering. Most commendable of you arth. Some here will never admit to being wrong and continue arguing under water.
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22nd February 2021, 12:43 PM	#1885
Darat Lackey Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: South East, UK Posts: 96,909	Originally Posted by arthwollipot Thank you for evidence rather than assertion. I told you where the evidence was….
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22nd February 2021, 03:25 PM	#1886
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 70,268	Originally Posted by Thor 2 Most commendable of you arth. Some here will never admit to being wrong and continue arguing under water. I have always considered myself open to reasonable evidence. In this case, it appears that in the US at least, more dioceses had abuse problems than I was aware of. I was genuinely under the impression that it was a much smaller proportion than that. And while 4% is a large number of clergy in absolute terms, it is still a small proportion of the total. So I still don't think it's fair to accuse all, or even a majority, of priests of being abusers. I don't suppose that we have a percentage of clergy that was aware of the 4% and didn't act properly.
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22nd February 2021, 04:52 PM	#1887
Roger Ramjets Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5,334	Originally Posted by Craig4 The study also concluded that four percent of priests engaged in sexual abuse. Four percent is a big number. If you think that's a big number... Statistics about sexual violence Quote: Sexual violence in the U.S. One in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some point in their lives 8% of rapes occur while the victim is at work Child sexual abuse One in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18 years old 34% of people who sexually abuse a child are family members Only 12% of child sexual abuse is reported to the authorities Campus Sexual assault One in 5 women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college. More than 90% of sexual assault victims on college campuses do not report the assault. 63.3% of men at one university who self-reported acts qualifying as rape or attempted rape admitted to committing repeat rapes
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22nd February 2021, 05:19 PM	#1888
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 70,268	Four percent is a big number in absolute terms as I said. The actual numbers are hard to determine because it's complicated, but the best estimates I've been able to find suggest that there are 466,215 members of the Catholic ecclesiastical hierarchy worldwide. If America has a typical rate of abusive priests - 4% as has been suggested - this means that there are actually eighteen and a half thousand child abusers currently unaccountable to the law. That's a lot. Add to that the number of people who were aware of the abuse and did not act appropriately, or who were complicit in their silence, that's even more.
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22nd February 2021, 07:53 PM	#1889
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 70,268	From the Department of Not Helping: Former NSW Labor official and Catholic priest Peter Hansen admits to exploiting dozens of child sex abuse victims Quote: A former Catholic priest has admitted to a judge he exploited vulnerable children in poor Asian countries, after pleading guilty to dozens of child sexual offences. Peter Andrew Hansen was arrested in October 2018 at Sydney Airport on his way back from Vietnam. Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers conducted a search warrant at his home in Cabramatta in Sydney's south-west. The 63-year-old has admitted to more than 30 offences, including possessing and distributing child exploitation material and sexual intercourse with children. The NSW District Court has heard the offending took place in Vietnam and the Philippines. Ugh. I need a shower.
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22nd February 2021, 08:00 PM	#1890
Gord_in_Toronto Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 20,393	The poor Pope is trying very hard. https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-fr...st-11613826965 Quote: ROME—Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Robert Sarah as head of the Vatican’s office for liturgy, removing an outspoken conservative and possible future pope from the ranks of Vatican leadership. The Holy See Press Office announced Saturday that Cardinal Sarah had stepped down. . . . . . In accepting Cardinal Sarah’s resignation, the pope has removed a subordinate out of step with his approach to liturgy, homosexuality and relations with the Muslim world. The cardinal is a hero to many conservative Catholics, some of whom see him as a future pontiff. Too many centuries to unwind.
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22nd February 2021, 08:55 PM	#1891
Craig4 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: I live in a swamp Posts: 22,553	Originally Posted by arthwollipot From the Department of Not Helping: Former NSW Labor official and Catholic priest Peter Hansen admits to exploiting dozens of child sex abuse victims Ugh. I need a shower. I understand a lot of the offending priests went to Fiji and other Pacific island nations.

22nd February 2021, 11:54 PM	#1892
Thor 2 Philosopher Join Date: May 2016 Location: Brisbane, Aust. Posts: 6,596	Originally Posted by Gord_in_Toronto The poor Pope is trying very hard. https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-fr...st-11613826965 Too many centuries to unwind. What the RCC needs is a step back into the past. Those who disagree with the boss don't just get a DCM, they get burnt at the stake. And this black Cardinal dude even had aspirations of becoming Pope himself, it is reported! I wonder how that would go down in with western Catholics? it would seem the RCC is not only getting heaps of flack from outside, but is internally haemorrhaging as well.
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23rd February 2021, 07:42 AM	#1893
ponderingturtle Orthogonal Vector Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 50,412	Originally Posted by arthwollipot I have always considered myself open to reasonable evidence. In this case, it appears that in the US at least, more dioceses had abuse problems than I was aware of. I was genuinely under the impression that it was a much smaller proportion than that. And while 4% is a large number of clergy in absolute terms, it is still a small proportion of the total. So I still don't think it's fair to accuse all, or even a majority, of priests of being abusers. I don't suppose that we have a percentage of clergy that was aware of the 4% and didn't act properly. OF course it means that anyone in a positions of management of more than 25 people is almost certain to be in charge of an abuser. That pretty much shows that the vast majority of the leadership is complicit.
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23rd February 2021, 12:40 PM	#1894
Thor 2 Philosopher Join Date: May 2016 Location: Brisbane, Aust. Posts: 6,596	Originally Posted by ponderingturtle OF course it means that anyone in a positions of management of more than 25 people is almost certain to be in charge of an abuser. That pretty much shows that the vast majority of the leadership is complicit. That would seem to be the obvious situation I suppose. I wonder how the 4% figure is arrived at. Somewhere along the line it is being assumed that so many exposed cases means so many more total cases. I wonder how an assumption like this is made?
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23rd February 2021, 01:12 PM	#1895
Darat Lackey Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: South East, UK Posts: 96,909	Originally Posted by Thor 2 What the RCC needs is a step back into the past. Those who disagree with the boss don't just get a DCM, they get burnt at the stake. And this black Cardinal dude even had aspirations of becoming Pope himself, it is reported! I wonder how that would go down in with western Catholics? it would seem the RCC is not only getting heaps of flack from outside, but is internally haemorrhaging as well. The RCC has pretty much lost Europe, yet is still gaining strength in many African countries, if it tries to “modernise” it is likely to split as the African side of the church is unlikely to go along with the reforms. You only have to look at the problem the much looser held Anglican Church has had with reforms and the push back from African congregations.
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23rd February 2021, 02:44 PM	#1896
Thor 2 Philosopher Join Date: May 2016 Location: Brisbane, Aust. Posts: 6,596	Originally Posted by Darat The RCC has pretty much lost Europe, yet is still gaining strength in many African countries, if it tries to “modernise” it is likely to split as the African side of the church is unlikely to go along with the reforms. You only have to look at the problem the much looser held Anglican Church has had with reforms and the push back from African congregations. Do you have any theories to explain the conservative leaning in the African Churches?
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23rd February 2021, 03:01 PM	#1897
Darat Lackey Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: South East, UK Posts: 96,909	Those societies are socially conservative?
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23rd February 2021, 05:15 PM	#1898
Thor 2 Philosopher Join Date: May 2016 Location: Brisbane, Aust. Posts: 6,596	Then how come they are socially conservative? As we know the white man came to Africa with the Bible and taught the religion to the natives. White men were the source of knowledge. When did the natives decide they knew the message with more clarity than the teachers? I find it confounding.
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23rd February 2021, 08:32 PM	#1899
rjh01 Gentleman of leisure Tagger Join Date: May 2005 Location: Flying around in the sky Posts: 26,505	Originally Posted by Darat The RCC has pretty much lost Europe, yet is still gaining strength in many African countries, if it tries to “modernise” it is likely to split as the African side of the church is unlikely to go along with the reforms. You only have to look at the problem the much looser held Anglican Church has had with reforms and the push back from African congregations. Originally Posted by Thor 2 Then how come they are socially conservative? As we know the white man came to Africa with the Bible and taught the religion to the natives. White men were the source of knowledge. When did the natives decide they knew the message with more clarity than the teachers? I find it confounding. Who said they were socially conservative? I say they are less educated and low income. And several other related factors are poor. This drives them to religion.
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24th February 2021, 01:45 PM	#1900
Thor 2 Philosopher Join Date: May 2016 Location: Brisbane, Aust. Posts: 6,596	Originally Posted by rjh01 Who said they were socially conservative? I say they are less educated and low income. And several other related factors are poor. This drives them to religion. Darat suggested it. What confounds me is the apparent rejection of the current directions from the West. After all the original source of the religious instruction.
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24th February 2021, 08:42 PM	#1901
Craig4 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: I live in a swamp Posts: 22,553	Originally Posted by Thor 2 Darat suggested it. What confounds me is the apparent rejection of the current directions from the West. After all the original source of the religious instruction. I can only really speak to Uganda, Kenya and the Great Lakes Region. However, you have to look at religion like a buffet in that part of Africa. The church forms to backbone of social life and many people spend all day Sunday at Church or social events afterward. Many people though find no contradiction in following traditional animistic religions as well. One impacts your soul, one impacts your life today. People tend to take the parts they like of each and discard the rest. Or, they will blend the two with animistic beliefs adapted to Christianity. I'm not confounded at all by the rejection of directions from the West. It's kind of what they've been doing for a long time. Take what you want from the religion buffet and leave what you don't like.

24th February 2021, 09:32 PM	#1902
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 70,268	Originally Posted by Craig4 I can only really speak to Uganda, Kenya and the Great Lakes Region. However, you have to look at religion like a buffet in that part of Africa. The church forms to backbone of social life and many people spend all day Sunday at Church or social events afterward. Many people though find no contradiction in following traditional animistic religions as well. One impacts your soul, one impacts your life today. People tend to take the parts they like of each and discard the rest. Or, they will blend the two with animistic beliefs adapted to Christianity. I'm not confounded at all by the rejection of directions from the West. It's kind of what they've been doing for a long time. Take what you want from the religion buffet and leave what you don't like. That is, in fact, how voodoo started. The other thing about Africa is that there are competing versions of Christianity there. The first colonial church was the Roman Catholics, but more recently there has been a veritable invasion of American-style evangelical Pentecostals heading over there too.
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26th February 2021, 06:02 PM	#1903
Thor 2 Philosopher Join Date: May 2016 Location: Brisbane, Aust. Posts: 6,596	Originally Posted by arthwollipot That is, in fact, how voodoo started. The other thing about Africa is that there are competing versions of Christianity there. The first colonial church was the Roman Catholics, but more recently there has been a veritable invasion of American-style evangelical Pentecostals heading over there too. Yes the Americans have a flair for creating new Christian flavours and selling them to the World. Non of the above however, answers my question about why senior African Catholics are more conservative, than the Catholics in the country where the religion originated.
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