You think I haven't heard that one before? I was consistently top of the class in my religious studies and by no coincidence the only one who didn't identify a

You think I haven't heard that one before? I was consistently top of the class in my religious studies and by no coincidence the only one who didn't identify as a Christian. My understanding of the Catholic faith, Abrahamic religions in general, and their pagan origins, stems from a historic and analytic approach to theology and my personal experiences simply reaffirm what I understand the Catholic Church to be. A system of control that operates via moral gatekeeping, social defamation, and historically threats of violence. The Church was the embodiment of anti-science dogma for centuries, the bastion of bloody wars of conquest, and is responsible for destroying the lives of countless individuals to remain in power and stave off any changes to the socioeconomic status quo. The Church you think you support and the Church as it is are two separate things, and you cannot see the forest for the trees when you are in the thick of it. This isn't the kind of discussion the mods like on HN and I don't wish to be chastised, so let's not discuss further.