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.
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.
Yea I donât think Iâm changing your opinion here. I think everything has two sides to it. Iâm of the opinion of just let people live their lives. Shoving atheism down everyoneâs throat is equally as annoying as shoving religion. Remember that religion â Christianity. The Greeks gods are also pretty cool in my opinion.
Itâs just human nature to âworshipâ something. Whether it be materialism or idealism. As I see it, there couldnât have been an early world without religion because humans are just that way.