[lbo-talk] religion bad for society

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Wed Sep 28 10:15:39 PDT 2005


Ave Maria university?

On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 03:24:51PM +0000, Carl Remick wrote:
> >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
>
>
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