tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post6787525292339955182..comments2024-03-01T10:10:40.165-07:00Comments on Speak the Truth in Love: Preacher's Kids and Catholic SocietiesRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16751516602395247675noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post-88526719447978680022011-08-05T11:17:52.442-06:002011-08-05T11:17:52.442-06:00Ireland was for a long time very Catholic. My wife...Ireland was for a long time very Catholic. My wife and I are the same age. She grew up in Ireland and I grew up in Canada. The sexual revolution was at least a decade behind there. Maybe 2 decades. But it did come. <br /><br />I don't know that much about Poland. They produce a lot of priests but apparently they also have a high abortion rate. <br /><br />There are a lot of angles to look at things from. How do we build a society where the church is strong yet each person's freedom of religion is respected? Every generation must choose Christ for themselves yet we must form our children in the faith. What does that look like?Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751516602395247675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post-15416645770197058832011-08-05T11:00:32.434-06:002011-08-05T11:00:32.434-06:00Poland is very much a different case from Ireland....Poland is very much a different case from Ireland. Where in Ireland the oppressing power made the choice between two different "brands" of Christianity, and irreligion didn't become an option until after their liberation, Poland's other choice was first Germany's neo-paganism and then the USSR's materialist atheism. Ireland, like many Western countries, still labors under the illusion that atheism could lead to a better society; the Poles know from cultural experience that it doesn't. This is just a "hip shot" answer, and it certainly doesn't account for everything, but I think it's a significant factor.Anthony S. Laynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14807873592896092136noreply@blogger.com