By failing to acknowledge the objective truth-value of the creed and dogmatic statements, subjectivism opposes itself to orthodoxy. Individualism denies that we can make any institution or Church responsible for what we believe. Faith becomes the choice of each particular believer. Egalitarianism , as applied to Christianity, seeks to refashion the Church in the image of democratic society. Those who govern in the Church, it maintains, should be accountable only to the membership at large and operate according to the rule of consensus, adjusting their teaching and precepts in light of public opinion polls or the results of a democratic vote.
Democratization thus tends to be at odds with the teaching authority of the hierarchy.
Two Christian mentalities The whole trend of modernization erodes the foundations of orthodoxy. Many people, in fact, accept religion only on the terms set by the secular culture, and keep God at a distance. It provides a way of marking certain occasions in secular life, such as births, weddings and death. Even though some secularized Christians attend church on Sundays and holidays such as Christmas, they do not regard the Church as an unquestioned authority governing their ideas or conduct. Because of the deep hungers of the human spirit and the high claims of Catholic Christianity, there will continue to be countercultural Catholics.