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Originally Posted by Mathgod
The pope's words are a day late and a dollar short.
The catholic church still largely views homosexual activity as a mortal sin and an abomination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathol..._homosexuality
The pope is ok with same-sex unions but not same-sex marriage.
And of course there's the church's long, documented history of child sexual abuse. The church has a TON of work to do if it hopes to earn back any public trust.
I think it's perfectly fair to have disdain for the church itself without having disdain for catholics in general (or religious people in general). |
1) Wikipedia is not a legitimate source
2) The Church's sexual abuse history is brutal and indefensible. Other segments of society, like Canadian hockey, also have brutal and indefensible sexual abuse histories. I believe that the Catholic Church has taken some steps in the right direction, but work in this area is far from over.
3) You say that you can have disdain for the church without having disdain for Catholics, but by and large CalgaryPuck disagrees. There are many many posts that get lots of thanks that attack Christians for their belief in God which seems ironic in a thread complaining about a lack of tolerance and inclusivity.
Here are three quotes from this thread that attack attacking Christians. Ridicule isn't really showing tolerance or inclusivity.
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a couple people out of 700 worshiping a bigoted god
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you have guys gleefully soapboxing about some make believe voice in their head that told them to do something dumb
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it reveals what is inside the confused, gullible, demented mind of a "christian"
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