Pope Francis condemned the âvery strong, organised, reactionary attitudeâ in the US church and said Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.
Pope Francis has blasted the âbackwardnessâ of some conservatives in the US Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.
Francisâ comments were an acknowledgment of the divisions in the US Catholic Church, which has been split between progressives and conservatives who long found support in the doctrinaire papacies of St John Paul II and Benedict XVI, particularly on issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.
Religion has sucked shit since it started & the first scam artist started stealing $ in the name of a fake âgodâ.
Everything has two sides to it. I think it was predominantly used more for good back in earlier civilizations, but I donât think thereâs a need for it today.
Itâs much easier now in 2023 to be able to look back at how religion was used for thousands of years and criticize it. Iâm an atheist myself and I think the necessity of religion was to learn from it and advanced society. Today I think weâre so advanced we no longer need it.
What? Look, Iâm an atheist myself by choice but Iâve seen religion fix up a homeless man and through âGodâ he was able to get himself back on his feet and reenter society. I think reddit/Lemmy has too big of a hate on religion, but in the outside world itâs still the majority dominated beliefs.
Plus you canât overgeneralize âreligionâ as thereâs about 4000 of them. Buddhism is pretty dope if you read into it. Regardless, I think we will see a shift into more atheists/agnostic people in the future though.