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wah_wah_wah
04/04/17 11:10:28 PM
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Zero_Maniac posted...
wah_wah_wah posted...
Zero_Maniac posted...
What does the Catholic Church even do these days to be annoying? Pope Francis these days says stuff almost blatantly contrary to the Christian faith (claiming that Christians and Muslims worship the same God, for example), which should be more annoying to Catholic Christians than any other faction.

For all he's built up to be this reformer, what he says is basically empty and contradictory enough not to get him in too much trouble with the right and it never translates into action that would get the Church to stop promoting harmful and dangerous practices in developing countries. I really don't like Pope Francis at all, particularly the left's love of Pope Francis. He is not a reformer, he is just skilled public relations hack.

What does the bolded mean?

And the Church doesn't even need reforming. That all happened last millennium. We aren't handing out indulgences like candy, the Church isn't a pyramid scheme designed to launder money (as much as people like to think and say it is), and we're not violently crusading against people who reject Christianity (at least, no sane Catholic is).

Changing Church doctrine to suit the liberal-leaning world is probably what people mean when they say the Church needs a reformation, but that's just not going to happen. Homosexuality (as well as other sexualities aside from heterosexuality) will always be considered a sin just like masturbation and viewing pornography. The problem isn't the doctrine at all, it's the peoples' attitude. No matter what kind of sin people fall into, the goal should be to encourage them to repent, not to ridicule them. If they don't want to repent, that means you pray for them or passively encourage them to do so. Unfortunately, we have a lot of close-minded people who only know how to ridicule rather than encourage.

Of course, some of the blame is on the LGBT community for encouraging LGBT "Catholics" to be obstinate in their sin, and that's probably why Catholics react so poorly to homosexuality and get labeled as homophobes.

It sounds like you've already made up your mind about shit and I don't feel like getting into an argument. Just know that Francis is not a reformer at all.
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