Rudyard Kipling Quotes
All gods have good points, just as have all priests
Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, British Nobel Laureate in Literature, Life's Handicap, 1891
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In 1980 Pope John Paul II issued a general order prohibiting priests from holding civil political positions. Many wondered whether Drinan, a marvelous and popular Congressman, would obey and leave Congress. He announced he was not going to seek election and his colleague immediately after his announcement asked him to share his thinking. This was his response.
Clerics of the age were often combinations of fund raisers and tax collectors.
Here we have an example of a government that tried to go into the Religion business. They wanted Christian religion but not the Catholic Church which at the time was the only Christian church. Many of the most extreme French revolutionists had a problem with religion. They were personally believers and recognized that most French people were. But the organized Roman Catholic Church was a major ally and supporter of the hated monarchy, and at the time was extremely corrupt at the expense of the people. The nobility were also the highest officials of the church in France. One solution they tried was to have the “people’s government” establish days and methods of worship, an effort that in retrospect appears ludicrous to us today.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work.
