Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bbncca.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!bbncca!sdyer From: sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer) Newsgroups: net.religion.christian Subject: discussions on Roman Catholicism Message-ID: <1311@bbncca.ARPA> Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 01:35:24 EST Article-I.D.: bbncca.1311 Posted: Fri Feb 8 01:35:24 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 08:15:24 EST Organization: Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 33 Is there any interest in having an on-going discussion of some of the current issues being raised in the Catholic Church? There are very few postings I see in net.religion.* which treat such topics; whether this is because we've all been done-in by Sr. Mary Ignatius, embarassment or lack of interest, I don't know. Certainly there must be a large number of Catholics (ex- or otherwise) on the net. Why the silence (Marchionni and Terribile excepted)? These are some of the topics which might be interesting to discuss: o the role of women in the Church o ecumenism o Vatican II, and what it means today o Magisterial teachings and individual conscience o the Charismatic movement o and much much more As you can see, there is potential for some very interesting (and probably non-flaming) discussions. Now, as to where this discussion should take place, I'm proposing it happen here. The prospect of net.religion.christian.catholic.roman doesn't thrill me too much. What's more, it would be unfortunate if the discussion took place aside from the mainstream, since I would expect that other Christians would have important contributions to make as well. On the other hand, if the volume got too great (this is known as the sin of "presumption") it might make sense to move it into a separate group. But I feel we can deal with this when we need to. What do people think? Anyone want to start? If responses are positive, I'll whip something up myself. -- /Steve Dyer {decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4}!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbnccv.ARPA