Pope Francis’s US visit illustrates one of the themes of our era: the weird persistence of ancient faithsI blame the Book of Mormon. Not the actual book,but the show. A couple of hours in the theatre with Elder Price, Elder Cunningham and the gang and it’s hard to recall any kind of devout ritual seriously. Not after you’ve spent an evening giggling at the poor saps idiotic enough to venerate nothing more than a book. Related: Can the pope's moral anti-death penalty argument sway American lawmakers? | Lucia Graves Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com