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In reply to the discussion: New Pope Elected: Centuries Of Make-Believe (Religion) Reaffirmed For The Masses [View all]stopbush
(24,725 posts)There is very little chance that any die-hard Catholic is ever going to be won over to anything that conflicts with their dogma.
But that doesn't mean people should sit on the sidelines and shut up about the crimes of the RCC and the 13th-century opinions of their newly elected Pope.
People are leaving the RCC. Young people are deserting religion. Europe has become a largely religion-free zone in many respects. All of that is happening because the non-religious and the irreligious have decided to not sit in the corner and keep quiet anymore. The trend away from the stupidities, lies and false hopes of religion are not going to continue if non-believers go back in their shells just as things are gathering steam. Progress is being made in the movement against the fantasy and PRIVILEGE of religious thought.
Our target is building a rationally aware world of the future for our children, not this lost generation of fantasy believers who expect others to respect them for holding childish, self-serving opinions about gods and other make believe characters.
BTW - every Catholic who donates even a penny to his local church IS complicit in the rape of children that has gone on for decades, just as anyone who donates to the R party is responsible for their legislative attacks on gays, women and the poor. Money is the very lifeblood of the RCC. If you're donating, you're supporting the child rapists. Until THAT reality sinks in to the (apparently) thick heads of the religious, the criminals will continue along their merry way, raping at will with the aid and comfort of the RCC clergy at the very highest levels.
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