This deferential coverage of the Criminal Conclave is making me sick...

[Lemmy]

Also: its easy to demonise Catholics, when Mormons and JWs have just as much abuse and woman hate in their ranks; its just cooler for the media to go for Catholics.

Assuming this is true, and I believe it is, doesn't lessen the heinous activity by the catholic church. It only means that they are all shit. I am just referring to them as corrupt organizations......nothing to do with the faith and religion aspect.

[Gitfiddle]

I have been reading (well, audiobooks) a bunch of stuff on Scientology......fucking fascinating cult it is. Mrs. Lemmy is equally fascinated! We want to join the Sea Org.

I love how people of more established religions look at scientologists as kooks. "my fake dude in the sky is realer than the fake dude you believe in." Ponderous!

Scientology is amazing. Not only have they gotten people to (literally) buy into the kookiness but that L. Ron Hubbard, a scifi writer, actually created the entire religion from scratch and, according to rumor, on a bet.

But it's really no worse than all of the other bullshit superstitions that religious nuts practice.

[Gogol Boobdello]

Topless Women Protest Conclave: Police Wrestle 2 Activists To The Ground Outside Vatican (NSFW)

[Lemmy]

Scientology is amazing. Not only have they gotten people to (literally) buy into the kookiness but that L. Ron Hubbard, a scifi writer, actually created the entire religion from scratch and, according to rumor, on a bet.

But it's really no worse than all of the other bullshit superstitions that religious nuts practice.

From the limited amount I've "read" it was more of a "self help" kind of program but with some big cash coming in and powerful/influential followers it was morphed into a religion for tax purposes. Brilliant!

[Stew Nod]

It looks like a Daveindiego lookalike contest

hahahhahahaha

[Bobby Heenan]

Genesis, up until Moses, was passed on orally anyway, many theologians feel the first few chapters are actually songs that were used to pass the information down the generations.

[Mlaw]

Matthew seems to spew the teachings of Evangelicals and Charismatics, who teach that Catholicism is a cult, yet even he could tell you that the one thing you need to believe in to get to Heaven is also part of Catholicism.

Mathew, when he dies, will find many good Catholics waiting to have a chat to him.

Also: its easy to demonise Catholics, when Mormons and JWs have just as much abuse and woman hate in their ranks; its just cooler for the media to go for Catholics.

Other religions do indeed marginalize women, abuse children and steal. The difference here is that with the Catholics there was a system wide conspiracy to cover up the crimes that can be traced all the way to Rome.

Additionally the church is extremely influential politically with a centralized power structure that has convinced governments to give them sovereign nation status in order to avoid criminal prosecution. I'm sorry, they are in a league of their own