If only Hell existed and if only it all wasn't a ruse to placate people in to accepting their poor lot in life so the rich can continue to not be eaten by the poor.

To be honest, it's kind of surprising that the prosperity gospel only took off fairly recently. "Get rich and feel good about it" is an easy sell.

Just the idea of selecting your faith is weird to me. I can understand a person who has a firm conviction that X religion and it's dogma are divine truth and feeling compelled to follow it. Even if it's not for me, I can understand that.

I don't understand someone who's like "I don't actually believe in any of this, but I want to be in the cool kids club. I just can't unless you fix some of these things that Jesus said". Who tf is giving Jesus notes?

It just seems to me that Catholic isn't a thing you aspire to be, or a thing you turn on and off like a lamp. You either believe Catholicism is the dogma of God himself, or you should have no interest in being a part of it.

Dude already chose a different religion long ago and its name is capitalism.

It's unreal how ~~uncatholic~~ ~~unchristian~~ irreligious most ~~catholics~~ ~~christians~~ religious people are.

I find the evangelical Christians to be far worse (at least in the US). If you can imagine that

Belief and religion is whatever you want it to be because it is man made and maintained by man.

Modern Christianity, especially modern American Nationalist Christianity is based on the belief that you can literally do whatever you want in life, even the most despicable, immoral, selfish and disgusting things .... and their modern belief is based on the idea that if God doesn't like what you are doing, they you will be severely punished for your behaviour, in this life before you go too far ... or in the next life after you die. However, if you do those terrible, disgusting things and nothing terrible happens to you and you continue to lead a good, happy, healthy life ... then it is a sign that God has allowed you to continue and that you are part of a grander plan where you should be allowed to continue doing the terrible things you are doing in order to fulfill some sort of prophecy or master plan.

If you hoard wealth, destroy the poor, ignore moral values and continue down a path where you just literally want to destroy everything and everyone for your own greed and you get away with it all ... then God is complicit and wants you to get away with it ... he allowed it all, which makes it sacrosanct ... it is God's will.

I can excuse child sexual abuse, but I draw the line at helping the less fortunate.

The biggest upset yet in my eyes. The Catholic Church looks on track to be one of the good guys at the end. Wild shit.

I mean, we've had to shift the definition of "good" to "doesn't openly display a swastika somewhere on their property" but sure.

They're straight up complaining that Jesus is woke.

Largely it's on purpose. Not on their own, of course.

There's no existential crisis, they just claim their religion isn't following the religion correctly

Was probably too busy being diddled.....

I honestly don’t think the pope has that kind of power. I’m pretty sure it’s a facade. Think of all the times their actions have been so minimal in any direction while their words swing one way or the other.

Let me introduce a new gang in town: Evangelicals. A pure breed of hypocrisy, racism and cruel capitalism. The original followers of supply-side jesus

One of the most Christian things one can do now a days is to leave the Church behind.

He whipped up on people for less.