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...course the Roman Catholic religion still exists, but there has been very little further development of dogma within it since the Reformation . . . Most of its believers go to Confession as a way of easing their consciences without seriously changing their lives, and to Mass out of fear...
...through this kind of give and take that the haves and have-nots would understand and meet the problems of progress, said World Bank President Eugene Black, in a cards-on-the-table keynote speech, for they can not be solved by dogma. Said he: "I am as impatient with those theologians of capitalism who preach that private capital can meet all the world's development needs as I am with those theologians of socialism who preach that only state enterprise can satisfy demands...
Stripped of its complex algebraic formulas, Parkinson's Law is this: the staff of any administrative department increases annually by 5%-6% "irrespective of any variation in the amount of work (if any) to be done." Not one to proclaim dogma without data, Author Parkinson presents the strange case of the British Admiralty. Between 1914 and 1928, the capital ships of the British navy declined from 62 to 20, the officers and men of the fleet dropped from 146,000 to 100,000, yet Admiralty officials increased nearly 80% from 2,000 to 3,569. So absolute...
...more emotional and more antique argument rests upon an expansion of the "eye for an eye" dogma. A crime, they say, warrants a punishment equal to its viciousness. But modern penal theory and greater concern for the individual life strongly dilute these arguments. Britain's Sir John Anderson states, "There is no longer in our regard of the criminal law any recognition of such primitive conceptions as atonement or retribution." A dogmatic, retaliatory instinct cannot justify the ultimate penalty...
...chisme Progressif avoids complex dogma, presents simple concepts first, seeks to initiate more involved theology gradually. Many points are emphasized with cartoons, e.g., Jean, who has ignored the instructions of the auto dealer, has just overturned his car, while Jacques, who paid attention, is pictured put-putting happily by on his motor bike. Moral by analogy: "I have faith in God; I ought to obey...