""What role, if any, should the church have in the running of a 21st Century state." My emphasis."
You asked me to prove that the Church's role was a political one
I would have thought that the fact that the church now 'enjoys' only %10 support of the British population, its role in the 21st century is self-evident.
You seem to be happy with the rest f my posting as you choose only to challenge one part of it.
"Can you point to a 21st Century state that has government without politics"
Who on earth suggested Government without politics, certainly not me?
While my sympathies tend to lie with the Anarchist's exhortation "Don't vote, it only encourages them", I am certainly not one of them.
You seem to be happy with the rest of my posting as you choose only to quibble on two minor points.
Could have gone at length on Clerical abuse, Thhe Madgdelene Laundries, the Industrial schools.... and all the abuses of power that the Church has been found to indulge in, but, mustn't over-butter the bread (just yet!!)
Jim Carroll