but then again look at all the Catholic public holidays they have.
Depends on the canton, some are traditionally catholic, the others are traditionally reformed.
Oh no you misunderstood me.
I see what you mean now, sorry.
And I definitely disagree, I can think of numerous better ways to organize. But I guess that's the problem with this aspect of Catholic faith, the cynicism about human nature which leads to a complete lack of trust and as a consequence, organizations and institutions that believe the only way to do things is through shaming and controlling. Which is textbook abusive relationship, and that explains a lot about why the church is what it is.
I just feel like saying that's the best we can get is not only cynic but defeatist. Not trying to diminish any bad experiences you, me and so many others made because of disabilities and other factors, obviously many people act in bad ways, but chalking it all up to 'human nature' is not helpful. I
know it's not true because there are plenty of people helping others, too, and many structural issues leading to e.g. ableism have been known for a while; there are people working to fix that, and a lot of progress has been made. Just not everywhere, and not nearly enough. But that's just another reason to keep at it.
[...]the present Western society built upon abortion[...]
The practice of abortion is all over the history of humanity, fluctuating over time and place but it's always been around. Even in "Western" societies attitudes about abortion fluctuate.
As an aside, I wonder: if it's so outrageous, why does the Bible
say nothing about abortion?
but I could see that discussion heading into interesting topics like the possibility of substantial extraterrestrial human settlement.
Isn't that just postponing the issue? Extraterrestrial settlements don't appear
de novo, they would be built and settled by people who were socialized in the previous society and would bring their values and ideas with them. If there's a problem we need to fix it before that.
