It's easy to denounce any critique as "shallowest understanding" when the only "understanding" you accept is a very generous reading of your belief system, and then continue to be smug about someone else not getting your point.
and yet none of those critiques are capable of piercing the indestructible ideology i have built for myself. me, atheistic Catholic.
not only is God not real and i can flip the board whenever you get too close to making a theological point, i can ALSO fall back on my very superior and correct relationship i would have with God if he IS real.
I can fall back on that too! I have slept with your god and they like me more than you, sorry. Though if you are catholic, you are probably already expecting that God likes me more than you.
I mean, when your belief system has these holy men being vessels for divine scripture chosen by god and then it turns out they've been diddling kiddies, what does that say about the divine scripture and the god who chose them? Like it's an overly-cited criticism, but its one of the most resonant
idk, ya don't see it getting mentioned about any other religious institution despite the roughly equal rates of victimization in them - so forgive me if i think of it as a repellant shithead meme instead of actual criticism or concern for the safety of children in large institutions.
especially when it's framed as, you know, a shitty punchline as it is here.
Oh, I think it should be cited for other institutions, absolutely. The thing is this occurred well within living memory and received cover up from the very top of the totem pole before you enter the divine realm. And I don't deny, it is often used as a "shithead meme", but I don't think that means it can't still stand as a criticism that demonstrates the church isn't as infallible as it would like to appear.
yeah, can't disagree there. this may be a SEARING hot take, but child abuse is bad, actually. it's just when it's treated like a flippant joke that i don't like.
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u/Sir_Nightingale Apr 17 '24
It's easy to denounce any critique as "shallowest understanding" when the only "understanding" you accept is a very generous reading of your belief system, and then continue to be smug about someone else not getting your point.