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Pope Francis: I don’t bless a ‘homosexual marriage.’ I bless two people who love each other.
(www.americamagazine.org)
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Oh, you sweet summer child. He's just making sure his religion still has followers in the coming generations in which homosexuality will be totally normalized. This is marketing, it's all planned. This is just the Vatican figuring out how to stay relevant and powerful for generations to come.
Isn't it curious how this religion keeps adapting to the moral views of the majority? They know the homophobic generations are about to die, this is calculated.
Do you think the pope is allowed to say whatever he wants?
Fact is, Christianity is getting less bigoted. Does it matter if it's a calculated move by the Vatican or one man using his authority to call out immorality?
Insult me all you like. The end result is the same
I didn't insult you at all. Yes, it does matter to me because this strategy means they'll gain popularity with newer generations and will still push their other bigoted ideals until they no longer satisfy the majority.
The fact they are in power is harmful. It is a power structure that protects pedophiles and steals money from people. So yes, it is concerning for me that they are planning how to stay relevant and powerful.
It's very painful to see how people think this pope is a good guy instead of what he actually is, the head of a corrupted organization.
It's a facade, they just find the guy that will follow the role they need in order to stay powerful and keep the money coming in. He's just following the role he's meant to follow.
I have seen with my own eyes a priest stealing money from a person living in conditions of poverty. Made the person pay for groceries and then left in his truck. The person was so brainwashed that she got mad when my mother tried to talk sense into her.
Fuck that organization, specially the head of the organization.
Ok, so a heavily bigoted organization with their fingers in governments across the globe is better to you? The Vatican isn't going away buddy.
What you're saying is essentially that you'd rather a completely evil and corrupt organization influencing global politics than a reasonable but still immoral and slightly more popular organization doing the same.
Either way, this argument doesn't matter. I don't care for catholics either. It's a whole other thing to actively sneer at the group for adopting more tolerant policies.
Have fun with that.
They are already an evil and bigoted organization with fingers in governments across the globe, regardless of whatever this pope says. The pope is just a marketing tool.
That may be true. That doesn't change the fact that it's markedly less likely that some gay kids are going to be bullied. Or that some homosexual couples are going to be denied a marriage certificate.
You seem to be missing the forest for the trees.
Anyway, this discussion is pointless. I'm out
Sure, and greenwashing marketing is helping the environment.
Bye.
Everything is made up and the rules don't matter, my friend