I’m not sure what’s more pathetic, this navel-gazing boy and his cliché “thesis on atheism” or the FReepers trying to take the same as a serious statement on Catholicism.
The author is about to "graduate" from an institution formally endorsed by the Catholic Church, and the Pope's order in particular.
Saying that this story says nothing about the current filthy state of Catholicism is like saying overflowing prisons says nothing about the state of the American inner-city.
If an atheist, agnostic or seeker enters a Christian university they should leave it with at least the Gospel of Jesus Christ presented clearly and convincingly. This guy got the 180 of that. Instead he received the instruction manual for the synagogue of Satan.
Actually it is, as what one does reveals what he really believes more than what they say, esp. on paper. And Rome interprets the latter by treating liberal Catholics, which are the majority , as members in life and in death. And few RCs have really been born again.
And allows such colleges as BC ("brothel college") to call themselves Catholic, despite some making a little noise about it.
What is more on that aspect, after examining the official web sites of 244 Catholic universities and colleges in America, the TFP Student Action found that 107 – or 43% have pro-homosexual clubs. TFP Student Action Dec. 6. 2011; studentaction.org/get-involved/online-petitions/pro-homosexual-clubs-at-107-catholic-colleges/print.html