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[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 161 points 3 days ago (3 children)

These people would literally crucify Jesus again if he came back, even with absolute undeniable proof that's him.

[–] msage@programming.dev 65 points 3 days ago (2 children)

even FASTER with absolute undeniable proof that's him

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 19 points 3 days ago (5 children)

quick get rid of the evidence

what evidence

the evidence that we were wrong

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Jesus: "The fuck is a border?". "What do you mean rich people, how could there be poor or desperate people?". "You created projectiles that explode and kill people? I thought you torturing me was supposed to be the end of this shit?".

...this is hopeless, I'm going back to heaven, see none of y'all there

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Flip them tables

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well yeah, he would be black and therefore clearly a member of MS13

[–] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Omg, how funny would it be to popularize portraits of Jesus with MS13 on his knuckles in Calibri typeface.

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[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Screenshot of a Tumblr post by cryptotheism: I would rather have a woke pope than a nonwoke pope but there will never be a pope woke enough to un-genocide the Americas.

the catholic church is an institution that is rotten to its core, even when fascists hate the guy at the top

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Appreciating that the Church will be anti-republican and leaning ever so slightly more into liberalism can exist alongside the Church’s history.

I’ll never be pro-religion, but we n ed to take a win when we can.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A book I was just reading told a story of how the Massachusetts church was trying for a long time to build more affordable housing, and basically got blocked out by NIMBYs and white patriarchy. So, given recent media, I’ve found them to sometimes be okay.

I don’t think we should be surprised their pro-zionists in the Bible Belt are psychopaths molesting children though.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's weirdly cloying, right? Amid all the negative press, the catholic church is on the whole responsible for a shocking amount of good in the world. Personally, a catholic hospital waiving the cost of a (really extravagant) medical disaster is both the only reason I'm still alive and not living in crippling debt as a result. Sometimes they do, in fact practice what they preach, and that's awesome.

That ain't the big-c Church, though. Their socially regressive attitude alone has inflicted more harm than all the good they've ever done, and that's just one of the minor things they're responsible for. It's important to keep in mind that individuals doing good works don't represent the absurdly draconian institution they're a part of.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s all just fluff and disingenuous crap. Take the last one, Francis. He pretended to be soooo humble because he slept in a nice cottage still in the disgustingly opulent Vatican instead of the even nicer pope bedroom. As an absolute monarch he had the power to dismantle the entire system and give away the wealth to the previous victims of the church to make amends. But he didn’t. This one will say a bunch of nice stuff about migrants, but when the rubber hits the road nothing will change. And they’ll still force every one of their poor members to pay a 10% income tax while burying more gold in the Vatican.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

he had the power to dismantle the entire system

One guy vs a globe of catholics? I realize he's supposed to be the voice of god and all, but... I just don't believe this.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So all those Catholics are just lying when they pledge their fealty, and they actually are willing to defy the voice of god? What a bunch of hypocrites.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes?

You've gotta think in terms of sociology. People aren't just pledging fealty to the voice of god; though they do submit themselves, it's still to a collective, social understanding of what they think being Catholic means.

Don't get me wrong, the Pope has a lot of social influence, but if he was too obviously antagonistic to his own role, I think a lot of people would make up some gobbledygook about this one being poisoned by satan and they would just take him out. The material interest of keeping the Catholic machine going is more valuable than strictly adhering to literally anything and everything this one guy might say.

As an analogy, you don't want to cool glass down too quickly because it will crack and shatter.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's an old conservative scare-mongering line that's really cemented itself in the cultural consciousness - the idea that the pope is an absolute ruler and all catholics must do as he says was spread around (well, throughout all of history but specifically in the US) to turn people against JFK, a catholic. We can't have a catholic president, that'll put the pope in charge of the country!!

Reality is that the pope has a shitload of soft power and could start to implement reparations least at some level (and yeah, utterly dick move not to have done that, Frank...). Broad picture, canon law is beyond arcane and there's plenty of restrictions on the actual "money spending" powers of the papacy. The requirement for charity is probably the biggest one, but there's also the requirements for upkeep of the various shrines/churches/sites(?)/the holy see (obvs) as well as having to provide support for the many many agents of the church.

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[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

If Nazis don't like something

It's probably worth supporting

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 79 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Somebody should really report these MAGA people for their anti-Christian biases

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 37 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Fundamentalist protestants hate Catholics almost as much as they hate Jews and Muslims.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The evangelicals I know deny that catholics are even christian. I understand it's some stupid wordplay - they call themselves Catholic instead of Christian therefore they aren't Christian. We don't self identify as a denomination, simply as Christian because obviously we are the correct, default choice.

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s not ridiculous for Protestants to say catholics aren’t Christian. Protestant movements came about because they believed the Catholic Church wasn’t teaching the word of God. It’s not a coincidence it came about at a similar time to the printing press.

As people became more literate they started to learn the contradictions between the priests and the bible. The reaction to this resulted in movements that preached personal relationships with God and rejection of false profits (worshiping popes, saints etc).

If your not aligned with either of these religions is seems ridiculous. The reality is you can’t think Protestantism is the correct path if you believe Catholics are Christians. This is the same for many religions, they mostly claim they are right and everyone else is wrong.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

The above doesn't track. Every sect of Christianity thinks its the "true" sect, but you aren't likely to see a Methodist claim an Baptist isn't Christian. They just claim they aren't following god correctly.

Attempting to remove catholics or even mormons from being "Christian" at all is just a push to de-legitimize them as religions entirely. It's not reasonable, it's hateful by design, an intentional "othering."

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mormons are non-trinitarian, so I'd say people trying to claim that they're not Christian have a much better case than protestants saying Catholics aren't Christian.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

They believe in the same god, son and the holy spirit, but believe they are separate-ish, yes.

I think that's just a case of degrees of "how we see the same god," so i'd call that a pretty weak argument, honestly.

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 48 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately really not a high bar.

Normal person: We should improve society somewhat.
MAGA: ~~Woke.~~ What is wrong with that person? Why are they aware of issues that we face as a society? We need to put a stop to this by voting for a guy who's never lived an ordinary day in his entire life.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Also MEGA, it doesn't matter anyway because I hate who I'm told. Even if I don't know why. Knowing things (anything at all) is what the libs want.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 3 days ago

Don't let them off that easy.

They were hating minorities long before Trump came along. He just taught them that it was acceptable.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

You can judge a man by his enemies.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 35 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Is that because he's not trump? Were there MAGAts who genuinely believed that trump even had a chance?!

Wait, never mind, of course MAGAts thought trump had a chance, they don't live in reality.

[–] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] madjo@feddit.nl 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They really are weird little snowflakes, aren't they?

[–] Cronization@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

🌎👨‍🚀🔫👩‍🚀 Always have been

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Tbf reality is a horrible place, especially now. Source: I live there

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Source: I live there

Well that makes you a communist. Living in reality is a form of communism

[–] IndieSpren@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago

He has said some anti lgbt and anti feminist stuff. But also, he has said anti capitalist, pro worker's union, and pro immigration stuff.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So basically turning around the MAGA philosophy? They hate everything vaguely leftist, even if it's food for them. Like bicycle paths, renewable energy, unions, taxing the rich, universal healthcare, etc. Not really a good way of looking at things.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago

It must be a coincidence that all of the things on that list would be to the minor detriment of the wealth of billionaires and trillion-dollar companies if they were implemented

[–] synapse3252@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

I generally agree that blindly hating without critical thinking what somebody supports is problematic, but the reasons for which they hate the pope are pretty fucking dumb. So 🤷

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

Two shitty delusional cult leaders hate each other.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I would've lost it if they had elected any of the other more conservative candidates. The less conservative-leaning-on-fascism, the better. Fingers crossed this comment ages well.

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Could he be a pope if he didn't?

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[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I honestly hoped that the now deceased Pope stacked the deck with an American to call out how unchristian most American christians are.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, a centrist American like Leo will be able to speak to America during its ongoing crisis period.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

MAGAs have lost their souls and minds, if they ever had the latter. The whole Pope position is more than iffy, totally unnecessary and a relic of the past, a reminder of the times in which the Pope had lands and actual power (and much blood was shed making these people rich and using the name of God as an excuse). This pope might be, insha'Allah, a better human than every single red American, sure, but that's a very low bar, especially for a religious leader. The last Pope was loved by all and was an exception because he was a reasonable and moral man, not a politician in funny clothes.

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