[lbo-talk] religion bad for society

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>>>
>>>I've often been struck by how Catholics create serious universities and 
>>>important hospitals - what comparable things, aside from Bible colleges, 
>>>do American Protestants create?
>>
>>[How about Harvard?  It's no Notre Dame, but still ...]
>
>That was over 300 years ago!

And it's still ticking.  Of course, somewhere along the way Harvard switched 
its allegiance from God to mammon, but why quibble?  I understand that Ivy 
League outfit in New Haven whose name always escapes me was originally big 
in the Protestant God business, too.

BTW, how many new Catholic colleges have been founded in recent years?

Carl