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Same here. Although I grew up a Catholic and am now an atheist, my father counselled me that there were few institutions in the world that look after the downtr
by jamesblonde 1y ago
Same here. Although I grew up a Catholic and am now an atheist, my father counselled me that there were few institutions in the world that look after the downtrodden. The Catholic church has often not done that, but under Francis moved more towards that goal than any other time in recent history.
- B1FF_PSUVM 1y ago> look after the downtrodden. The Catholic church gifted all women indissoluble marriage, which was practiced by the Roman aristocracy as "confarreatio". This was trashed as soon as possible, and the trashing was billed as great progress.
- make3 1y agothis is terribly inaccurate. they teach gainst using birth control even in poor, AIDS ridden regions (see Mother Theresa in Africa), treat women as lesser beings (including not recognizing that marital rape is a thing), cause the mistreatment of queer and homosexual and trans people, etc etc
- inemesitaffia 1y agoAny Abrahamic religion that teaches otherwise isn't compatible with tradition or scripture period. Also the condom thing is false. Keep up to date.
- make3 1y agoI don't keep up to date with how slightly less random the fairy tales decided to be this year