[lbo-talk] Rationality of the Masses

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Bill Bartlett wrote:
>
>>In other words, Americans regard religion as a personal choice, rather 
>>than the collective expression of beliefs and even culture of the society.
>
>Sure - and we're eclectic! A little Catholicism, a little wicca, a little 
>Buddhism. Mix and match to create your own personal religion!
>
>Doug

I remember reading an article based on an interview with Jimmy Breslin, 
where JB -- fed up with all the sex scandals in the RC church -- was 
threatening to go off and found his own version of the Catholic church with 
himself as bishop.  The interviewer pointed out that this would be a 
Protestant sect, a notion that JB, as I recall, dismissed.

Carl