Does it Matter There are Mad Ex Cardinals


There is at least one ex Cardinal, or someone who claims to be an ex Cardinal, writing anonymous scathing reviews of Pope Francis. The criticisms are that the Pope is not enforcing to old rules about gay marriage, abortion, birth control, divorced couples and so on. In reality, the Catholic Church, like all of Christianity, is on the decline. Neither mad ex Cardinals nor Popes can stop it.

There are so many polls being conducted about Christians and non Christians. There is a question I would like asked of Christians, especially its celebrities and leaders. The question addresses what I believe to be true, that the more controlling is Christianity the more its membership falls. So, the question is, "Is exercising control over members more important than maintaining membership numbers?" Obviously, a large percentage of Christian leaders would answer YES. Within the laity there are also many YES people. Control of others is an appealing part of being a Christian to many. It also must be a big variable in the decline in the number of Christians.  

It seems entirely possible that booting out of the church these cranky self-righteous Cardinals, Bishops and Priest may itself help bolster Catholic numbers. They are unattractive people to the general public and goodbye is the appropriate message. Conservative theology is unimportant and generally disliked. 

In my lifetime the number of TV networks has gone from three to thousands. Viewers need not watch what they are not interested in. Trying to standardize a denomination while people's preferences to gravitating toward more and more variety has to be a losing proposition. It seems like the Pope's view is there will not be agreement among the billions of Catholics so finding a way to accommodate as much variety as possible is the goal. 

  

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