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Victoria · 12-20-2019, 04:18 PM

I actually enjoyed reading Greene’s ideas about religion. I didn’t feel an affinity with them; in fact, some of them felt quite foreign and bleak. But that said, I don’t have a Catholic background, and wonder if that’s partly why I reacted to the book as I did. Maybe I just couldn’t get some of it.

Also, he was writing in the 1950’s, and he may have different views if he was writing today, post Second Vatican Council. He appeared to be struggling with many aspects of the church’s teaching.

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Victoria Wizard Posts: 1,017 Karma: 19767610 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia Canada Device: ipad, Kindle PW, Kobo Clara; iphone 7	I actually enjoyed reading Greene’s ideas about religion. I didn’t feel an affinity with them; in fact, some of them felt quite foreign and bleak. But that said, I don’t have a Catholic background, and wonder if that’s partly why I reacted to the book as I did. Maybe I just couldn’t get some of it. Also, he was writing in the 1950’s, and he may have different views if he was writing today, post Second Vatican Council. He appeared to be struggling with many aspects of the church’s teaching. Last edited by Victoria; 12-20-2019 at 04:21 PM.