[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Beryana

I completely agree that you can understand something and reject it. But I would personally prefer to understand something before rejecting it rather than rejecting something that I understood only on hearsay - then again, that's me and I was told I needed to stop making assumptions in this thread (which is what I have had a tendency to do in this thread and as such am excusing myself - and I did delete more than simply that post because I wanted to, for no other reason than that. . . )

And as far as mainstream media (which is what I am guessing MSM is standing for. . .), my experience has lead me to the conclusion MANY people rely on them for all information rather than doing their own research and making up their own minds. Sadly, the mainstream media tends to like sensationalism and not reporting all sides of the story. Did they bring the child abuse scandal to the attention of many? yup. Was that a good thing? yup Did they neglect to mention all the abuse going on in (and went on) in other denominations, schools, etc? yup Why? because the Catholic Church has seemingly deep pockets.

QFP in case she wants to delete again.