Educated Catholics

Be a good Catholic : stay ignorant & avoid thinking.

Read this article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3464073/Educated-Catholic...

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Education

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• Catholic
• education
• rational
• atheism

[alphacause]

(continued form previous post) As George Smith, the author of Atheism: The Case Against God so aptly said: Christianity has nothing to offer a happy man living in a natural, intelligible universe.

[tenneral]

Excellent comments with all of which I agree.

[Generic1987]

I think that the bishop may be referencing the fact that many people passed through the university system do not have the intelligence to truly understand what they have quasi- "learned." You do not need to look far on a modern university campus to find students that would not have been admitted, much less graduated, about 50-100 years ago.

[tenneral]

I'm sorry to say that you may very well be right.The undergraduates I dealt with lately have often been very weak, even on their chosen major subjects.

[GenghisKhan44]

I read that article. The bishop's beef with educated Catholics today is that while they're educating themselves (which is good), they're not balancing their education with a Catholic worldview. Just because something IS that way does not mean it necessarily SHOULD be. Education teaches us what IS, while one's religious or philosophical disposition teaches us what SHOULD be. And the students are confusing the two. Just because we ARE more liberal today doesn't mean we SHOULD be liberal.

[canals22]

I took the liberty of posting this video on my facebook wall. I hope is ok .

[VicTheVicar]

great video and thanks for the article! also remember that no catholic institution were not allowed to mention that the sun had dark spots even into the 19th century.

[SlckJwdBtnk]

Read it.

The reason O'Donoghue is upset make perfect sense. Duh! People with intelligence prob won't take his word as total truth. Would any cult leader be in charge of a bunch of people if they actually thought for themselves?

Maybe he should try an get a law passed that set aside a part of the populous to be frontal lobotomized so the Catholic Church can keep stealing from the public. Shit, if this racket stops working, they will have to actually help the poor for real!!!!

Holy SHIT!!!

[JRBendixen]

As an old Danish saying goes in a modernized version:

In every town there is a pyromaniac(priest) and a fireman(teacher).

5 stars and keep up the awesome videos.

[alphacause]

(continued from previous post) Another reason for the Churchs waning popularity is that prosperity makes people rely less on religion, whether it is the Catholic Church or another religious institution. The global economy, which arose because of the fall of Communism (something that ironically the Church strived towards) lead to a greater spread of wealth to more people who were previously economically disadvantaged. People, therefore, no longer despaired, and don't need religion (continued).

[alphacause]

Great video. Dissemination of knowledge is corrosive to Catholicism and all religions. Speaking as an ex-Catholic, I think the availability of contrary views is only part the reason for the Churchs decline. One other culprit is that the Church is so preoccupied with sacraments and rituals, in an age where people are more concerned about less abstract things. People want to be moved intellectually/emotionally something that sacraments and tradition will not do (continued).

[charlesfloyb]

Nice topic. Kind of hits home for me, since I was raised Catholic. I went to church everyday, received most of the sacraments, and was in a Catholic school that used corporal punishment for 7 years. Then went on to Catholic high school. But curiously, quit going to church soon after even though I was an alter boy for several years, and declared "No religious preference" on my dog tags in basic training. Great video, great article, glad DPRJones suggested your channel.