[livius]

Here's a good point:

Very often, when having to address grave problems, they [certain Christians] have thought that they should first improve this world and only afterwards turn their minds to the next. The temptation was to believe that, in the face of urgent needs, the first imperative was to change external structures.

Liberation Theology, anyone? Since we can all see how well it worked and what glories it brought to Latin America...

[bourbon]

EXCELLENT observation.