• sanpo@sopuli.xyz
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      7 hours ago

      And why would they care anyway? Why does anyone?

      “Pope says” is pretty much irrelevant, even to a lot of christians, not to mention everyone else.

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        The pope does not have the power the Pope used to have in the Medieval era. Back then he was a king of kings, he could make and break countries, and organize invasions like the Normans into Sicily and elsewhere.

        Nowadays though the Pope is just sort of figure head.

        The American Catholic establishment is hardcore right-wing generally They hated the last pope and this one, and the Pope is not going to regulate on them very much.

        The pope should regulate though. He should resurrect the muscular Pappacy And raze and burn this cynical catholic establishment openly betraying the vision of Jesus Christ in America.

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          He could start by excommunicating prominent far-right Catholic figureheads like Matt Walsh and JD Vance (I think???).

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            Oh my god, there’s a big list but JD Vance is a cynical player of religious people, he should be excommunicated. He doesn’t believe. He’s playing the flock to frustrate the vision of Jesus christ, and frankly excommunication is the best he deserves. Back in the old days, we would deal with this very differently.

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          3 hours ago

          From my experience, Catholics in the US are generally on the left side of the spectrum when compared to other Christians politically.

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            It’s kind of like a 50/50 split between good and bad guys. Obviously the bad guys don’t know they are the bad guys that goes without saying.

            Obviously said good guys are not that great either and also completely delusional. Those of us in reality are a lonely bunch.

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          I think the biggest difference is that people had the mental capacity of a drunk toddler back then but now we probably average around a drunk teenager level.

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            Drunk though people were back then, they were not I don’t want to say retarded by chemical pollution but that.

            That is a traditional use of the word, nothing to do with ableism by the way, they would say that preservative to retard spoilation, for centuries.

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        7 hours ago

        I never thought we would hear religion be the voice of reason. Time STEM to to become SEM

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          5 hours ago

          That is true, I am actually a direct representative of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, anointed by the pasta to fulfill this Flying Spaghetti monsters mission on Earth hallelujah.