Cooky
Veteran Member
Fair enough, @Revoltingest...
I'm just hoping the news picks up soon, because religion is obviously one of my least favorite subjects to discuss.
...I'm only here on account of lack of news.
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Communist priests and Bishops
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Fair enough, @Revoltingest...
I'm just hoping the news picks up soon, because religion is obviously one of my least favorite subjects to discuss.
...I'm only here on account of lack of news.
There's dang little religion in the religion of Revoltifarianism.Fair enough, @Revoltingest...
I'm just hoping the news picks up soon, because religion is obviously one of my least favorite subjects to discuss.
...I'm only here on account of lack of news.
Most of the scripture is recipes involving bacon or anchovies.
Not elected by the people, neither are the Bishops elected by the people..
Duke_Leto
Active Member
@PopeADope , if you knew the first thing about left politics you'd know this was impossible. Communists can't co-ordinate with each other. For another thing, don't believe what you read on the Internet. Nothing on the blog you linked is taken from a reliable source; Bella Dodd's testimony is problematic, to say the least, and then AA 1025 must be the most obvious hoax in world history. The blogger's delusional ravings against an anti-hierarchal feeling in the Church is ridiculous as well: The kind of feeling she's talking about is that pretty much that espoused by the Eastern Orthodox, who, to any impartial observer, have preserved the more original form of priesthood. And,
Do you honestly believe that shadowy communist conspirators need to infiltrate the Church to spread this perception?? If anything, leaving the Catholics to their own devices seems to be the surest way to spread it!
Look, I'm a communist myself, and I'll answer any questions you have about the subject if you PM me. What communists want is the abolition of, essentially, social inequality. We don't hate religion for the sake of it -- many communists are religious. Marx didn't like religion, it's true, but because he believed that priests and clerics have historically tended to aid the ruling classes, and that they try to pacify the masses in order to prevent revolt, not because religion is a guardian of morality (hah) which must be destroyed to propagate communist thought or whatever.
Do you honestly believe that shadowy communist conspirators need to infiltrate the Church to spread this perception?? If anything, leaving the Catholics to their own devices seems to be the surest way to spread it!
Look, I'm a communist myself, and I'll answer any questions you have about the subject if you PM me. What communists want is the abolition of, essentially, social inequality. We don't hate religion for the sake of it -- many communists are religious. Marx didn't like religion, it's true, but because he believed that priests and clerics have historically tended to aid the ruling classes, and that they try to pacify the masses in order to prevent revolt, not because religion is a guardian of morality (hah) which must be destroyed to propagate communist thought or whatever.
Cooky
Veteran Member
So? Neither are the presidents in the United States. We have an "electoral college" here.
...But actually, the pope was elected by the diocese of lay parishioners up until 1059 according to wikipedia. Sooo...
Cooky
Veteran Member
I. of course, do not agree with the electoral college, but our system of government has checks and ballances and an elective process the Roman Church dies not. Our government does not have a heirachy of divine authority. Presidents four years.
. . . but actually?!?! Maybe, but that is no longer the case. It remains that the heirarchial system has unquestioned divine authority, which is the major problem.
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Cooky
Veteran Member
Of course you don't like it, @shunyadragon. Not until the pope declares Balallulah a prophet, right?
Then, of course, The Vatican would need to switch the official religion to Bahai'i.
Then, of course, The Vatican would need to switch the official religion to Bahai'i.
Of course you don't like it, @shunyadragon. Not until the pope declares Balallulah a prophet, right?
Then, of course, The Vatican would need to switch the official religion to Bahai'i.
Interesting maybe discussion, but a very different issue for the topic of the thread.
No, but an interesting topic for another thread on the Baha'i Faith.
Personally the claim of Catholicism infers the belief in the Universal. I do not believe the Roman Church remotely qualifies as Catholic.
joe1776
Well-Known Member
The divine authority is not questioned? The divine authority is God. And the interpretation of God's Will has most certainly been questioned.
Within the governing body of the church, there are liberal, moderate and traditional factions. The liberals seem to be in power in recent years (at least since the middle of the last century).
Despite this so to speak variation the divine authority remains unquestioned.
And in the news.....
Pope blames devil for Church divisions, scandals, seeks angel's help | Reuters
Those poor innocent priests.
They can't be held responsible for the evil they do to children.
Communists? Nah! "The Devil made me do it!"
The Roman Church is the problem of the believers, and not the Baha'is
If atrocious things happen the simple answer is; "The Devil made me do it!"