Kenny, you say the Dawkins propaganda against the Catholic Church is "a rehash of old statements made by the reformed churches." Since Dawkins is a born-again atheist, he might not be very happy with your comparison. I get the impression that the Dawkins stuff is very similar to the comic book style anti-Catholic tracts from born-again Chick Publications, which feature cartoons of priests and nuns doing horrible things to righteous Christians. These tracts were very popular in the 1980s. They seem less popular now, but they're still in print.

I think we're probably better off giving people the benefit of the doubt, and accepting the fact that people are people - usually flawed, but probably not half as bad as we think they are.

-Joe-