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Discovery of the world of the unconscious; full acknowledgement and acceptance of the dimension of femininity, both inside and outside of ourselves, with all this implies in terms of gender balance and sexual diversity; recognition of the immensity of scientific discovery; and humble apprenticeship in a laboratory of ever-expanding technology; these are some of the characteristics required for access, capability and survival in the new world we have inherited.
It is as if our world were precariously poised, metaphorically speaking, on two tectonic plates as far as socio-political awareness is concerned. On the one hand you have the more advanced and sophisticated cultures, such as many of us in the so-called first world enjoy, where democracy has become the accepted idiom.
Then you have the Catholic Church, and many others who, in certain respects, have not yet moved out of the nineteenth century.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,750 posts)Fundamentalist Islam and Fundamentalist Judaism are firmly rooted in the 6th century CE and the 500th or so century BCE respectively. Throw in Fundamentalist Christianity, and all three are far more impervious to the modern world than is Catholicism.
Not to mention that all hold women as second class citizens. Maybe even lower class than that.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)But nobody expects them.
rug
(82,333 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)than they are now. (Re: "quickening" and abortion.)
But yeah, the signs are all there. This piece is likely to upset the bigots like Bill Donohue though.
rug
(82,333 posts)You should learn the difference between prophecy and wishful thinking.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)verse.
But I will be thankful of the sunset of their political influence.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Why do you think they're fighting sex abuse victims in court to avoid paying them?
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)but it's not working.