Pope says 'backward' US conservatives replaced faith with ideology
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Pope says 'backward' US conservatives replaced faith with ideology - Lemmy.world
Pope Francis condemned the “very strong, organised, reactionary attitude” in the
US church and said Catholic doctrine allows for change over time. Pope Francis
has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the US Catholic Church,
saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding
of Catholic doctrine allows for change over time. Francis’ comments were an
acknowledgment of the divisions in the US Catholic Church, which has been split
between progressives and conservatives who long found support in the doctrinaire
papacies of St John Paul II and Benedict XVI, particularly on issues of abortion
and same-sex marriage.
Religion is the biggest scourge against humans. Controlling behavior, brainwashing the young and stolen untold trillions of $$. Fuck religion. They all need to be labeled as cults and treated as harshly.
Religion, at its core, is basically rules that state “don’t be a dick.” Unfortunately, all of the dicks didn’t get the message.
The problem is “don’t be a dick” meant different things in different points in time. Now, enough time has elapsed that there are a huge amount of different iterations of “don’t be a dick” rules and people just pick and choose which rules suits them.
If you’re talking about all religions, I can’t speak to that. But if we’re talking about “Christians”, then that’s not the case. “Love your neighbour” and “Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those who persecute you” are pretty hard to interpret “differently”. There’s no excuse.
It’s not about interpreting things differently and more about picking and choosing what to believe.
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