I can only speak for the catholic religion but as the parish members go so goes the church. It used to be unacceptable to marry a non-catholic girl/guy in the church and now it's commonplace. Long ago masses were in Latin understood by none. You used to have to go in a box to confess sins but now you talk face-to-face and get counseled instead of saying 10 hail Mary's and our fathers.
The church's bottom line IMO is survival and since it solely relies on it's parishioners for monetary support and ultimately survival it is constantly changing to 'play to its audience'. There are very few 'ole school' left and as the views of the people change so goes the church. As the parishoners become more accepting of gay marriage so will the church and we're very close to losing the 'ole schooler's'.
Most religions I think are similar. With the exception of the Muslim religion that apparently leads all to heterosexuality as Sadam Hussein once said there were no homosexuals in all of Iraq.
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11-09-2009, 10:29 PM
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