[ExI] The Catholic Impact (was Re: Origin of ethics and morals)

[John Grigg]

Giovanni Santostasi wrote:

>One of the most catholic place in the world is Italy.
>But would you consider such a place anti-intellectual? It was the
birthplace of Renaissance,
>Leonardo, Galileo....

It has been a place of great intellectual creativity, yes...  But I have
always thought of Italy as being a people with a love/hate
relationship with their Church.  And so Italians are not necessarily the
most truly observant of Catholics.

John
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