The Emperor of Mankind
Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
Sorry for taking so long to respond. I'll answer both questions simultaneously.
Well it would remove a strongly regressive force which is causing so many problems for our species. The global child abuse scandal is merely the latest in a line of problems that can be traced back to the Church.
And why would you want that?
What would destruction of the RCC even achieve, exactly?
Well it would remove a strongly regressive force which is causing so many problems for our species. The global child abuse scandal is merely the latest in a line of problems that can be traced back to the Church.
- The spread of AIDS in parts of Africa due to the Church's lie-filled preaching against the use of condoms;
- Aiding the escape of Nazi war criminals after WW2 to mostly Catholic countries like Argentina;
- Human trafficking of children in Spain - the Church stole children from families that the tyrant Franco deemed were unfit to have children and gave them to 'more deserving' families i.e. richer ones and/or families that agreed with Franco's regime;
- Campaigning against most if not every socially progressive advancement in Europe for at least the last century;
- Approval of and encouragement of cultural genocide against various 'New World' peoples including participation in the residential school system;
- Stealing babies away from single mothers in various countries and then subjecting said single mothers to slavery in the Magdalene Laundries. This continued until as recently as the 1990s;
- Campaigning against legal access to abortions for women - thus denying them the right of bodily autonomy as well as forcing them to seek illegal and less safer measures out of desperation. This resulted in both women finding themselves put into the Magdalene Laundries and children sometimes going into Church-run orphanages which are now also being opened up to accusations of criminal activity and abuse of children. Oh, and then there are the women who die completely preventable deaths due to complications arising from pregnancy that could be stopped by having an abortion like Savita Halappanavar due to Church-influenced anti-choice laws in Ireland;
- According to a retired Vatican ambassador, the current Pope who is constantly touted as a reformist who will actually do something tangible about the child abuse scandal apparently knew of allegations made against Cardinal McCarrick yet not only did nothing but continued to cover for him. Hardly the actions of a reformist who believes in transparency;
- The Church promotes a nihilistic view of humanity and its doctrines are repressive nonsense our species would do well to rise above;
- The Church actively stamped out the worship of not only my gods but also repressed the religions of numerous other peoples in its single-minded approach to force everyone to adopt its creed;