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[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 87 points 7 months ago (3 children)

is judging people based on what others have done not the whole point of Catholicism?

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There's also buying forgiveness and inquisitioning.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 18 points 7 months ago

And there's covering up mass rape of children.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

is judging people based on what others have done not the whole point of ~~Catholicism~~ all Christianity?

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[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 66 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Oh I'm totally Judging you too catholic. Any religious nuts btw

You want to believe in something go ahead that's healthy,

You want to be part of a money making, rule setting, kid raping, woman killing (see how any religion applies?!) organization that tells you how and what you have to believe and that some people are less than others?! Then you are fucked up

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (5 children)

"see how any religion applies?!"

Atheist of fundamentalist protestant extraction. Aren't like some of the Buddhists pretty cool? Especially the Zen Buddhists. Also, Sikhs seem cool. And the Jainists.

I could totally be wrong. Organized religion is a terrible thing in almost all of my experience.

Wiccans have been real cool in my experience. They have really fun orgies.

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[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago

You want to be part of a money making, rule setting, kid raping, woman killing (see how any religion applies?!)

With the “see how any religion applies” part you are so close to recognizing that this is a strawman argument.

You can take any sufficiently large group of people and find bad subgroups. You can take any sufficiently large organization and find corruption.

Your statement can apply to more than just religion. You could apply it to any country, for example.

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 61 points 7 months ago (7 children)

If you had any sense you wouldn't claim to be part of an organized religion that shielded people who raped kids. They shouldn't shield people who are killing kids and committing genocide. These are pretty easy judgements for me and even Bob sees it.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If you had any sense you wouldn't claim to be part of an organized religion

there FTFY

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Hitler spoke German so that language should be banned.

Prove me wrong /s

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Try better strawman, this one is full of holes

[–] benwubbleyou@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

So is arguing that because an organization has corruption and bad things happen in it that the whole thing is worth throwing away. If that was the case you would have to consider all governments, organizations, systems and businesses that are inherently faulty are worth the same dismantling.

It’s almost as if all things made by human hands are faulty and can’t be repaired or something.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 14 points 7 months ago

Wow, what a fucking disingenuous argument. How disgusting do you have to be to wave away systemic child rape with "some corruption and bad things happen"?

How about you examine why you think that dismantling an organisation that shields these people is a controversial idea? I don't care if it's a government, company, charity, any fucking place that is found to systemically protect child rapists needs to go, period. If you're not comfortable with that idea, you should probably be asking yourself some questions.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Not all things, just organized religions. There's a fine difference between "an organization has corruption and bad things happen" and "an organization has no point to exist other than to protect corruption and bad things within itself". At least government gives me something when I pay taxes to it

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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

You literally are this meme 🤡

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Do you not even notice the irony in your reply? At all?

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago (9 children)

You also shouldn’t claim to be a part of .

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[–] podperson@lemm.ee 35 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And Veggietales (screenshot in the meme) is a Christian-themed show for a Christian audience.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago

There's never ever, ever, ever, ever been a show like it

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago (3 children)

What’s a progressive catholic?

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 34 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wasn’t the Catholic Church involved in eradicating native populations in a couple countries too?

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Someone who vibes with the basic teachings of Jesus (feed the hungry, clothe the poor, turn the other cheek, etc.) and heavy ritual stuff (cathedrals, stained glass, cannibalism by proxy, etc.) but does not vibe with repressive conservative politics.

They were probably raised Catholic, saw some ick with the Institution, but vibed with Jesus too hard to just write the Faith off. Tbf every progressive probably vibes with Jesus if they read what the guy supposedly said.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It’s what is done in his name that turns people off.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That'd be the ick. Still a cool dude though, lot on the ball. I'd say progressive Catholics are mostly the ones who assume that if you don't fw the Vatican you don't fw the Christ and don't think about it too much. There's a lotta good people caught up in that mentality.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Anything is great if you hand wave the horrible away.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And anything is horrible if you handwaved the great. That's why Buddha took the middle path.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Are we talking about Buddhism or Christianity here?

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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A Catholic that doesn’t follow core teachings of the church like anti abortion and gay people go to hell.

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But a little kid raping is ok you just got to be relocated. Enjoy Catholic light*

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

When did I say that? Did you just assume my religion?

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 7 points 7 months ago

Did you just assume I assumed your religion?

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 30 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Very high quality comments in this thread. /s

I wouldn't expect anything else.

[–] benwubbleyou@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

It’s just like that old website, no nuance or discussion. It’s like r/atheism all over again.

[–] jjagaimo@lemmy.ca 30 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

ITT: People doing literally the same thing the meme is about

[–] WillySpreadum@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

“Progressive Catholic” talk about an oxymoron, emphasis on the moron…

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

So many people in this thread proving the point.

[–] Shanedino@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Quick name one mass murder or genocide in the name of atheism.

[–] Phineaz@feddit.org 9 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I mean ... I guess you could consider the planned extermination of Nepalese culture and faith or the concentration camps full of Uyghurs for "re-education" an attempt at genocide if you wanted to use the term very liberally?

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

This is a semantic game. The honest question is that does becoming more secular make one more moral? I've never seen anybody make the case for that (though plenty love to imply it w/o evidence).

Can we agree that Israel is more secular than her neighbors? Is Israel's government or people more benevolent? It's a trope that Muslims are violent, but compared to just half a century of secular Europe's World Wars, Islam is a blameless kitten.

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