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These are the types of things talked about in small groups near your local cathedral by members of groups like Opus Dei everywhere around the world. All are wel
by mensetmanusman 1y ago
These are the types of things talked about in small groups near your local cathedral by members of groups like Opus Dei everywhere around the world. All are welcome :)
- dragonwriter 1y agoI don't think Opus Dei spends a lot of time discussing Rerum Novarum, honestly.
- CGMthrowaway 1y agoWhat do they discuss? There is an Opus Dei church near me and I always wondered what was up
- _a3ax 1y agoOpus Dei is an extreme reactionary group within the church. Leo XIII was a liberal pope responsible for the social doctrine of the church (this text). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_Opus_Dei https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_Opus_Dei Personal experience: when I was in high school in my country there was a teacher who was in Opus Dei. He tried to recruit students by leaving them a letter and inviting them to a "scholarship". I got such a letter, I was so excited. The school found out about that and investigated. We're a mixed-race country. The Opus Dei teacher has invited exclusively white students. He had invited top students #2 to #4 in my class by grade, but not #1, who was black.
- mensetmanusman 1y agoMeanwhile I mostly interacted with Opus Dei members near Harvard that were Nigerian, Spanish, and Mexican.
- zorked 1y agoEach country has their own racial hierarchy that may not, and usually does not, match yours.
- mensetmanusman 1y agoThis was the US.
- adl 1y agoWhere they wealthy? That's the only thing the Opus Dei cares about.
- 4ggr0 1y ago> We're a mixed-race country There are single-race countries?
- CGMthrowaway 1y agoDepending on how you count, Egypt, Morocco, Bangladesh, North Korea...
- 4ggr0 1y agoi know what you mean, although they're not single-race (i hate using this expression, omg) in a binary way. or at least only if you exclude the minorities in these countries who still make it diverse, be it in a small way.
- lambdaphagy 1y agoWhen I visited an Opus Dei house once for a philosophy lecture they were discussing Plato, the Timaeus in particular.
- tclancy 1y agoI dunno, they spent a ton of time talking about how to get rid of the last pope, so who knows which other "Actually believe the teachings of Christ" popes they bad-mouth when they get together?
- cperciva 1y agoAll are welcome Including atheists?
- bb86754 1y agoYup
- hokumguru 1y agoEspecially atheists
- mystified5016 1y agoAs long as you aren't a smug asshole about it, most religious people don't mind talking about religion with atheists. You have to be honestly interested in what they have to say and not just looking for a way to 'prove them wrong'
- 90s_dev 1y agoConversations with those kinds can be fun too, if you're in the right mood.
- toofy 1y agowhile it wouldn’t surprise me to learn they might be discussing this, but if they were it would almost certainly be in disgust—opus dei is very very extreme in their dislike of ideas such as those from pope leo. one of my grandparents dabbled, and every single one of them i’ve met were very… trying to be kind here… veerrry very into the church. not a normal into the church, much more extreme. i’m desperately trying not to use the c word, but it really does fit. if one finds themselves being taken in, truly, please, take just a lil bit and learn how orgs like scientology and heavens gate etc… recruit people. the recruitment similarities are uncanny. the after effects are uncanny.