Catholics seem to be to religion
what Democrats are to politics.
Neither are truly free. Both are slaves, on a plantation, owned by a Slave Master who is supposedly solely responsible for their final salvation. Neither is encouraged to read the Bible for themselves. They are told what it says and what it means.
They won’t leave their religious/political plantation for fear of not being able to survive on their own.
One correction: Catholics are discouraged
from reading and studying their Bible for themselves.
Democrats are discouraged from reading and studying the U.S. Constitution for themselves.
Good analogy. It’s sad.