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More pedophiles in public schools than the Church.
This tired old lie is itself satanic.
What, that there are a lot of pedophiles in Catholic churches? Really? That's a lie?
If by a lot you mean an above average amount, then yes, total lie.
There's an above average amount. That's not a lie. It's not nearly as bad as public schools, and I'm sure Disney is even worse, but it's a problem that can affect any heirarchical structure, Christian or not. If it's centralized, it can be infiltrated. Which leads to the other problem: Good Catholics have their faith tarnished by the sins of corrupted leadership.
Certainly, the sin of scandal is significant.
But it's by some numbers not above average. It's likely not as clear-cut as either of us want it to be.
And you're also right that the evil one seeks to infiltrate anything he can. But I'd argue that the common factor in all institutions is their eventual fall as of result of him... all institutions, that is, except the Catholic Church. The Gates of Hell have not prevailed yet, and I'd wager based on precedents that they won't be any time soon... or ever.
Ok. Do you realize that you're kind of making my point for me here?
You made it a point to separate the Catholic Church from other Christian denominations, and to then imply that the rate is much higher than average.
This is a lie, public schools are worse but no one goes after them of course, and some sources even claim it's lower than average in the Church.
The Catholic faithful are the vanguard. As such, the Church hierarchy has been infiltrated and subverted for centuries. In todays time there is a full court press to discredit and destroy Catholicism and the sheep regurgitate the tropes put out by the propaganda masters.
I separate the laity from the hierarchy. The Vatican no longer represents Catholics. Bergoglio is the antipope. If only the other Christian denominations could see the evil that presides over them as clearly as Catholics see the demons within the Church.
We have our Champion, Vigano, while it remains unchecked and unopposed in other denominations.
So God didn't keep His promise that the Gates of Hell will not prevail against His Church? And are we not all Christ's sheep, with His Church as our shepherds?
To call the Pope a heretic is the opposite of the tradition for which the Church stands, and is wholly uncatholic.
And I'd propose that the very press used to discredit Catholicism is used against the Pope. He's said his fair share of incredibly based, and incredibly anti-establishment things. It's just never reported on, since they're too busy claiming he's pro gay for saying some shit like "don't murder gay people".
If the Pope is evil, why does he compare trans to nuclear bombs? Why does he consistently say things that affirm Catholic doctrine and fly in the face of Satan's agenda? Why does he never say anything that's actually against Catholic doctrine?
Sure, it's simple to just call him a liar, but what can the tiny little Vatican do if it actually opposes the powers at work in our world? Such a hand wave completely ignores the complex politics that are at play.
Ultimately, to personally declare that the Pope is evil, is to be a protestant. It's no different. You are elevating yourself above the leaders of the Church because you view your own personal interpretation of events and your own views as being more valid than the views of those who are to shepherd us. It's the same lack of faith in God to preserve His Church, it's just veiled behind some machinations of a shadow church and a false Pope, as if that doesn't just establish that the Church has fallen to begin with.
Also, the laity is the hierarchy. The bottom of it, to be precise. The same kind of thinking that gave us Protestantism and rebellion from tradition is what gives people this idea that the masses are somehow above their teachers. It's an inversion of the system that God imposed.
We are supposed to trust and follow our teachers, since they are the ones God has entrusted to teach us and lead to us. To not trust them, is to not trust God. To pick and choose who you listen to based on whether or not they disparage the Supreme Pontiff (i.e. whether or not they agree with what you already believe), is to really just make yourself your own god, just like Protestants do.
And personally, I feel pretty well represented when the Pope says trannies are nukes and that "there is an air of faggotness in the Vatican". I don't agree on climate change, but I also don't make it a point to call him a heretic for going off the information he is given on that one. Trump's not a climate scientist, and neither is the Pope.
Sorry, I disagree. I was raised Catholic so I'm very familiar with the church. ONE priest abusing a child is too much. Just ONE.
So you're an atheist now? Or at least an agnostic, right?
Surely you're not one of those filthy Protestants? Just like those evil horrible pedophile pastors! (this is sarcasm)
And more seriously, surely you're not under the impression that one priest being bad makes the whole Church invalid? Priests are not infallible and are not perfect, that would go against scripture which the Church never does.
If the Church was susceptible to the machinations of the Devil and the sinfulness of Man, it would have fallen a millennia ago. And that's being generous. We can scarcely keep a functioning government going for 300 years, let alone 1000.
You might want to double check this post. Make sure you're not replying to the wrong person...
May have misread him, and may have been thinking about some of what we later discussed that he likely didn't read.
He only replied to my admittedly lazy whataboutist comment. I still stand by it, of course, but I could have been clearer and gone into more detail with that one.
I was thinking he was saying he was a former Catholic who left because of the pedo priests, but I suppose I simply made that up.