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Pope Francis says it's better to be an atheist than a greedy Christian
Pope Francis says it's better to be an atheist than a greedy Christian
"And so many Christians are like this, and these people scandalize others. How many times have we heard -- all of us, around the neighborhood and elsewhere -- 'but to be a Catholic like that, it's better to be an atheist.' It is that, scandal. You destroy.
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I guess what his logic probably is is that it would be better (in his view) to worship no god at all than to worship your money while claiming you worship God.
I'd hate to see his opinion of greedy atheists...
To be serious here. He is talking about people like Creflo Dollar and other prosperity gospel preachers, people who only bring up their religious beliefs when they can discriminate against someone else (Hobby Lobby, bakers who refuse to bake for gay people) and people who claim to be Christian but refuse to help those less fortunate because those people somehow deserve to be poor and suffer.
I do like this Pope much more than previous ones.
I agree this pope is a lot better then Senator Palpatine.
Maybe the former, sure, but John Paul II? Debatable.
I personally have no opinion of him as I was not interested in Catholicism at that point - raised Anglican, now Shinto - so while I'm sure he was loved by many I can't say I personally have much to go on!
I wonder how many greedy "Christians" lose their shit over this statement.
Well let's see we have already had republicans criticize this pope a few times for what he has said. I am going to guess this latest comment is going to piss off a lot of them and I expect Fox News to complain for a few weeks.
Eh. Catholics aren't going to criticize him because he's the pope and therefore infallible. Protestants won't care because they aren't Catholic.
Congressional Republicans have criticized him and Fox even says he should resign.
Ahahaha. Because protecting the environment and equal rights are far-left issues.
You heard it here first, folks. Jesus was a goddamn pinko commie.
He was also brown.
Pope is only infallible when he engages infallibility mode. There is a great if statement here that defines that. Strangely they neglect to mention the bit when he shouts 'I... AM... INFALLIBLE!' at the end