Give a man a loaf of bread and he'll eat for a day. Modify societal and political structures to allow him to plant wheat for himself and his community and he'll eat for a lifetime
Or one of the societies decimated by venereal diseases in large part because the Catholic church didn't just ban condoms but also claimed (during the height of the 1980s-1990s epidemic) that condom use causes AIDS.
Or one of the many societies otherwise empoverished as a direct result of the actions of the Catholic and other abusive churches.
The Catholic Church does a lot more awful things than charitable things and guess what?
None of the charitable things are impossible without the religious and ceremonial aspects, and almost all of the awful things have a causal link to religious dogma including Catholicism-specific rules.
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Codpiece@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 65d
Is he offering to sell off all of the Catholic Church’s gold to help pay for food?
programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 65d
Give a man a loaf of bread and he'll eat for a day. Modify societal and political structures to allow him to plant wheat for himself and his community and he'll eat for a lifetime
Codpiece@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 65d
Well, unless he happens to live in one of those societies that collapsed due to extreme natural events that caused crop failure and starvation.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 65d
Or one of the societies decimated by venereal diseases in large part because the Catholic church didn't just ban condoms but also claimed (during the height of the 1980s-1990s epidemic) that condom use causes AIDS.
Or one of the many societies otherwise empoverished as a direct result of the actions of the Catholic and other abusive churches.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 65d
That’s a really weird extreme to go to.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 65d
Weird take to swipe at the world’s most charitable entity.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 65d
Bullshit.
The Catholic Church does a lot more awful things than charitable things and guess what?
None of the charitable things are impossible without the religious and ceremonial aspects, and almost all of the awful things have a causal link to religious dogma including Catholicism-specific rules.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 65d
No amount of charity will cover the fact that the white-robed hypocrite is hiding a pedophile ring.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 64d
I thought he was going to sell it so that he could crack down on crime instead?
oldscratchXV@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 65d
Pope Leo: "I'm not naming any names"
*points to Trump
garbage_world@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 65d
0li0li@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 65d
Such position of power, leader of a major religion; can't do shit about anything XD
Zorque@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 65d
What, like preaching a message of peace to its billion plus followers?
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 65d
You're right.
It's what a person says that matters, not their actions.
SouthEndSunset@piefed.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 65d
Catholic Church is probably heavily invested in a few wars.
Astronut@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 65d
Forward he cried from the rear
And the front rank died
And the general sat
And the lines on the map
Moved from side to side…