Friends who teach at a Catholic college put it very succinctly: "We don't let our church get in the way of our religion."

Statistical studies on American Catholics demonstrate that most feel the same way: their church is NOT their religion. Witness, for instance, the attitudes toward birth control.

From my readings into the religion of the Indians, the Bible, into Hinduism, in the writings of Lao Tzu, the Buddha, and so on, certain basic principles do emerge. LH has listed them.