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  Whether the bishops can ever fully understand just how condescending, how dismissive their position may be on women, I think we live in a society where we are more and more focused on what to do with the time we have.  That awareness of time is gonna work against the church, and as has been noted, will lead to that smaller church.    The question I keep circling back to  is whether smaller is really better.  I think not.
  
  At the end of the day, the church will need to undergo a massive change if it is to remain the kind of force in society that it seems to want to be.  It cannot get there by demeaning half the population, and holding the rest in a sense of servitude.  Either the church is a community of Christians, trying to find its way, or it's a tops down organization modeled off of the court of Constantine.  it can't be both and be successful.  So in that context, I think the "days of our lives" becomes an important factor.