It's all very well, a few "educated" Catholics (or people of any religious creed) who recognise that myths are just that, myths, an effective channel for good messages to pass down, whilst knowing that the rest, as Bill says, need simpler answers. My strong suspicion is the well-educated echelons are quite happy to let the majority keep on thinking that the myths are real. That's the way to keep the club, or the flock, together, the whole edifice founded on a big lie. For a well-educated Catholic to keep telling us that he does this and that, that his children are free to go, that he's taught them to be critical, etc., is all very well, laudable in fact in some regards, but unfortunately he is not representative, and the trouble is I think he knows that. Yet he defends the system that cheerfully feeds the masses those simpler answers, getting cross when I lambast faith schools, for example. That just leaves me scratching my head, frankly. I know that religion isn't going away any time soon, but I would at least like to see it getting a damn sight more honest.