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Money is far more important than principles. -Modern Christianity
Historically Christianity hasn’t been much different unless you go way back.
Not really. They banned priest marriage so they could stop paying pensions to widows and would inherit all their property, and throughout the Catholic existence they were selling pardons for sins.
Even the establishment of Christianity was a cash grab. They gentrified Jesus because Jews weren’t interested in this particular messiah and it was the gentiles who had the cash at the time.
I dunno, there was some pretty cool stuff going on in central/south america in the 60s. Ernest cardenal and solentiname come to mind.
Yeah and Jesus was a pretty groovy dude but his religion hoards wealth.
I remember talking to a historian in Portugal who said she loved the Vatican for its history, but hated it for its opulence.
Less than twenty years after the Catholic church formed "rat lines" to smuggle Nazis to South America to protect them from prosecution for their crimes against humanity.
It's okay though, they both apologized to and forgave themselves in their own heads so it'd be rude to bring it up.
Blessed are the rich and powerful, for they fill God's collection plate
"But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He’s all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can’t handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit!"
-George Carlin
The Christian Schrodinger Fetus ..... it is neither dead nor alive ... worthless nor valuable .... you don't know what it is until you see it and once you do, it is probably already dead
Hey hey now. Dont be bashful. You and your ilk has screamed that it does. In your eyes, you killed a person. You can't switch when its uncomfortable for you.
Unfortunately, they can and will.
Just dig up their past statements. They've definitely said shit on abortion before, they're religious they can't help it.
religion has never been about truth or consistency, it's a matter of power
I would love to have the judge question them directly on the sanctity of human life and how it does not apply in this case but applies to abortion.
Hell, if we can get a hold of the plaintiff and ask them to lose the case so that we can build case law off of the ruling, we might be able to get the Catholic church on record as saying abortion should be legalized.
No, they'll just say it's only valid if they do it, like an annulment vs. a divorce
Them losing doesn't guarantee anything if it isn't well argued. They need to try to win and put up the best defence. If they fail then there will be a solid case to take it further if they throw it, higher courts will look at it and the arguments and see that it doesn't apply.
Abortion is MURDER! UNLESS it Costs us MONEY in Which case Abortion is NOT MURDER!
-People who Follow the ~~10~~ ~~9~~ ~~8~~ ~~7~~ some Commandments!
Rules for thee and not for me
I've encountered many situations of priests having girlfriends, boyfriends and even whole ass families on the side and the parishioners were...okay with it? Like, being celibate is one of the basic prerequisites for your job and you are violating it so casually? No wonder the Catholic church is hemorraging members, this type of in-your-face hipocrisy has become commonplace.
That is an even more finicky situation. Roman Catholic priests cannot marry, but Eastern Catholic priests can, and there are exemptions that can be made for Roman Catholic converts. On top of that, you may have seen a “high church” protestant group (looks like a Catholic Church) like Anglicans who generally can marry or date.
The reason behind priests not being allowed to marry originally had nothing to do with their faith though. It's because Catholic priests were bequeathing church assets to their children when they died. The church just put a thin veneer of dogma on top of the reasoning when they used the dictate of no marriage to stop the theft.
"Faith-based health care provider" is one of the saddest euphemisms I've heard in a while.
I mean they cover up child rape . Totally on brand for them and most religious organizations
I don't know why I'm still surprised by the hypocrisy at this point.
Abortion? It's a person, you murderers!
We fucked up? Well it's a fetus, not a person!
Well, the problem is that "Faith Based Institutions" are exposed to any amount of liability for anything at all. Obviously, these people were infallible and it was the sinful patients who were at fault.
Those guys will say almost anything for their weekly free money.
Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa, a faith-based health care provider
A what?
It is a left over system where hospitals were basically run by nuns and churches. Originally done in good faith as there wasn't any other option, so nuns would double as nurses, staff, etc. That is basically how Mayo clinic started. It is outdated now but many of those hospitals combined to form CHI, Dignity... Some are huge systems.
It's who provides medicine in America. Why do you think our media depicts healers as clerics and priests.
Fr. John gives a hell of a sermon alongside his trademark appendectomy
Now, now, the Laws of Hammurabi clearly state what to do here...
22 “If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. 23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
So you will note that punishment is only given out as the woman is harmed, as this is a life. Miscarriage shmishcarriage, it's not a life yet so no harm done, no punishment given.
It's an open and shut case, Your Honour. The husband can demand all he wants but no life was harmed here, no eyes, no teeth, the $250,000 cap applies as "the court allows".
Numbers 11.
Abortion is only wrong when it’s a woman’s choice.
The Bible does say in several places that life begins at the first breath.
The bible also gives you a recipe that will induce abortion, yet here we fucking are.
The Bible says a lot of things, you think they’ll listen?
There is zero point in ever listening to what a conservative is saying. It changes based on whatever they think is beneficial to them in that exact moment. They're like the demons from Frieren.
CURIOUS
Ahhhhhh this rules 😂
Not so convicted in your beliefs that you won't turn over some of the peoples donations?
Well, that almost feels like hypocrisy, doesn’t it?
A hypocrisy is you
Maybe get out of the healthcare industry if you're not willing to provide care for patients' health.
