RELG 205 Lecture : Religion 205-March 25.docx
Document Summary
Negative perception of the church in the media: molestatiorama, miscalibrated us vs. them, new centre of gravity, islam etc, scientific developments are happening in developed countries, not undeveloped countries, rome loses all support, but it"s still the centre it doesn"t have any power, centrality of the church has to move with the masses, very gradual shift, molestation, excommunicate to save face, by doing so, they are saying catholics don"t do this . Individuals who do this are therefore not catholic and we are going to stamp it out: apathy/relevance; unscientific beliefs, can science and religion go together, scientific method is a tool to understand the world around us, it can"t prove everything and that"s where religion comes in, which is not meant to prove anything either.
