On 8/19/06, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I appreciate what you are trying to do. I think about how people like the Berrigans used Catholocism to do wonderful progressive work, but I can't imagine expecting to make that religion into a progressive organization.
One never knows what comes out of what. Who would have thought early in the 20th century that the Presbyterian Church USA would become the first major institution to take on apartheid in Israel/Palestine, the Episcopalian Church would risk a schism in order to push for ordination of gay men and lesbians, and so on? If Protestants can change, so can Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Wiccans, whatever. Sometime in the future, I hope that peoples of the world will take a typically Japanese attitude toward all religions: enjoy diverse rituals of many religions as ornaments of life without taking them on as a matter of personal faith. But the world is not there yet. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
