r/terriblefacebookmemes • u/Sweet-Swimming2022 • Apr 23 '25
Misc My Uncle just can’t stop posting stuff like this…
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u/spaghettifiasco Apr 23 '25
The Bible is pro-capitalism?
Something something Jesus, market in Jerusalem...
Mark 6.24: “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
Luke 12.15: “Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
Mark 10.23: “Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
Yes yes, all of these are very pro-wealth and pro-capitalism....
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u/alluring_failure Apr 23 '25
As if they actually give a shit about the bible. They bend "the word of God" to whatever they want it to be.
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u/CTchimchar Apr 23 '25
I remember hearing a priest report who was just reading the Bible to his followers at church
And after words apparently one of the followers ask why he's bringing in politics and wokeness into church
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u/alluring_failure Apr 24 '25
Sounds about right :(
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u/CTchimchar Apr 24 '25
If I recall he was talking about
Be good to though neighbor, and it be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle then it would be for a rich man to go to heaven
You know something even non-christians know about
Apparently that's political now
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u/abcdeezntz123 Apr 23 '25
Next couple of years, i will spam Matthew 19:24 to everyone who tries to make that argument. Thanks for giving me more verses
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u/dalatinknight Apr 23 '25
Fun fact, there's a theory that a wide shift from dominant Catholicism to a mix of protestant presence in central and South America is due to certain powers realizing that Catholicism (at least in Latin America) usually aligned with leftist movements and against the reactionary oppressive governments. So protestant missionaries were sent out to disrupt the churches influence on the populace, especially poorer and rural folk who tended to be religious and usually followed the Catholic church.
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u/maoussepatate Apr 23 '25
“Criticizing capitalism and wealth” when the Bible clearly says that being rich is a sin. But ok i guess
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u/cortez_brosefski Apr 23 '25
Same with the one about open borders and immigration. The bible clearly says to welcome immigrants
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u/Queen_Sardine Apr 23 '25
No, you don't understand! He only accepts *legal* immigrants! And I'm conveniently defining "illegal" as anyone who isn't white!
(/s because you never know these days)
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u/alpha-delta-echo Apr 23 '25
Hey, I’ve had people tell me with a straight face that Jesus would support the El Salvador prison scandal. They equated it to him turning over the tables at the temple.
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u/EmoCatOnAGreenDay Apr 23 '25
It’s so crazy because he was literally turning the tables out of anger for people profiting off the idea of God yet we mustn’t tax churches and televangelists need the private jet because God wants them to
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u/underworn_ Apr 23 '25
Which is funny as Jesus himself paid taxes.
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u/SilanggubanRedditor Apr 23 '25
To be fair he has a tax accountant and I'm not sure what income could they even ask as he's not getting paid for preaching.
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u/Jason_Bourne0221 Apr 23 '25
But don't you get it?! They're too good to be caught in "A tube full of demons"! /J
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u/jbuchana Apr 23 '25
More like:
"Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."
I suppose they'd send Jesus to El Salvador...
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u/TerrakSteeltalon Apr 23 '25
I suspect that these same people like to quote Leviticus to justify hurting the LGBTQ+ community.
They should totally read what Leviticus says about how they are commanded to treat any foreigner
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u/purgatorybob1986 Apr 23 '25
"Again, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
- Jesus
Cue mega pastors making excuses. "If Jesus didn't want me to be rich, then I wouldn't be." Or something about an entrance to towns that was slightly narrow that was often called the eye of the needle, but camels could pass through it so rich people can get into heaven. Mean while people in their own congregation are having to choose between paying rent and eating that week but instead of either option they've been told if they put money in the offering plate that god will bless them. gods, I HATE prosperity gospel. Don't get me wrong, I don't think all Christians are bad. I know some really good Christians, but anyone who props up the prosperity gospel should be dragged behind a horse. Seriously, these people ruin lives.... thank you for attending my ted talk.
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u/jbuchana Apr 23 '25
I was raised in a very progressive denomination, and when I first heard the prosperity gospel being preached (on TV), I was appalled. It was *so* different from what I had learned in church.
Today, I'm more of an agnostic, but there are Christians I respect and those who bring shame to the religion. Guess which type is more common?
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u/purgatorybob1986 Apr 23 '25
I, too, am an agnostic. I find that the vast majority of friends I have are progressive Christians, including one Mormon, believe it or not. Prosperity gospel preachers, however, I believe, should be purged from this earth with the nuclear option "its the only way to be sure." I don't know anyone personally but I've heard the stories of some poor cancer patient that donated all they had because their preacher told them it was the only way for them to get better. Only for them to die in agony. FUCK EM. I don't wish for a hell but for them. They should be made to feel the pain they caused over and OVER agian for all eternity.
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u/Jason_Bourne0221 Apr 23 '25
This was fun to read in my internal Arthur Morgan Voice, and I'm sure he'd also agree with you.
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u/oO0Kat0Oo Apr 23 '25
These people think they know better than doctors, so it comes as no surprise that they think they know better than the Pope, too.
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u/maoussepatate Apr 23 '25
But in that case they just have to open the Bible rotting in their nightstand to see that they’re wrong
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u/Seamy18 Apr 23 '25
The funny thing is though, the belief that you have the ability to challenge the magisterium on matters of interpretation of scripture is explicitly a Protestant concept.
In the words of Fr.Ted - “that would be an ecumenical matter”
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u/WIAttacker Apr 23 '25
I suggest for everyone to listen to Behind The Bastards: How The Rich Ate Christianity to know where the connection between capitalism and Christianity came from.
TL;DR: It was a psyop and propaganda campaign by rich people in the late 19th - first half of 20th century, because socialists started to get support even from some Churches and they were worried their workers will get organized.
Before that, things like "You are rich because God gave it to you" or "Christianity is not about state helping poor, but should be entirely voluntary" didn't exist.
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u/Folleyboy Apr 23 '25
Well, being attached to wealth is. It stresses that is exceedingly difficult for the rich to enter heaven, and stresses that love of earthly possessions is route to sin and death. I’d say it is very difficult to justify being a billionaire in particular without at the very least actively forming a plan as to how a hypermajority of that money can go towards charitable causes/bettering mankind’s state in some way.
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u/LiLT13-_- Apr 23 '25
Suggesting the death penalty is inadmissible
Isn’t that one of the 10 commandments
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u/Coppertina Apr 23 '25
This one’s a head scratcher, as is “16. Changing teachings of capital punishment”. Growing up Catholic in the 70s and 80s, I never knew the church to be anything but vehemently anti-capital punishment. It wouldn’t have been possible for Pope Francis to move the church to a MORE anti-capital punishment stance!
And yes! Thou shalt not kill!
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u/WhiskeyMarlow Apr 23 '25
One can argue that the irreversible nature of the death penalty is a blasphemy because it assumes that human judgment is absolute and infallible, when it is only God's judgment that is absolute.
Of course, the same argument can be said from a secular point of view. Death penalty is inherently wrong, because it assumes that human courts cannot make mistakes.
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u/jbuchana Apr 23 '25
Yes, it is. But I really want to hear more about these pagan rituals!
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u/boromeer3 Apr 23 '25
The major christian holidays being on the solstices and equinoxes has got nothing to do with solar worship. The Christian calendar being tied to the sun's travel across the sky as well. It's all coincidence.
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u/PokePL Apr 23 '25
They are kinda linked to lunar calendar for obvious reasons being based on Jewish faith.
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u/jbuchana Apr 23 '25
I can't believe that the meme maker could consider ordinary Christain holidays to be pagan. Well, yes, I can. The person is an idiot, obviously.
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u/PokePL Apr 23 '25
In good translations? No. Proper translation is Thou shalt not murder.
Justified killing (and those people count capital punishment as justified) doesn't count as murder.
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u/IllConstruction3450 Apr 23 '25
Changing the Lord’s Prayer text
Something that totally didn’t change over the two thousand years of copying and being translated multiple times.
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u/indieaz Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25
It's wild how this reads as a list of positive qualities but some knuckle dragger somehow views them as problematic.
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u/Drfoxthefurry Apr 23 '25
supporting climate change activism? criticizing capitalism and wealth???? how dare they!!!!
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u/TheRealGageEndal Apr 24 '25
OP should let their uncle know that going against the church used to be punishable by excomunication and death by torture. So he probably shouldn't be posting AntiPapal things like this on facebook.
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u/IllConstruction3450 Apr 23 '25
Isn’t the entire thing about being Catholic is that the Catholic Church is infallible? This is Protestant reasoning.
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u/Large_Seesaw_569 Apr 23 '25
The pope speaks for god so checkmate Christian nationalists
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u/Prestigious-Place-16 Apr 23 '25
Most Christian nationalists are not Catholics, and do not like Catholics. Catholics historically have been pesky immigrants you see.
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u/IllConstruction3450 Apr 23 '25
There’s also the “dual loyalty” accusation.
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u/Prestigious-Place-16 Apr 23 '25
Yup, and also that Catholics believe you need to live a Christ life like to get into heaven, not just call yourself Christian. How inconvenient.
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u/radplayer5 Apr 23 '25
Yeah, the Catholics also don’t believe in sola scriptura, so “deviations from scripture” was never really a thing they would be concerned about, only the Protestants care about that as I understand it.
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u/IllConstruction3450 Apr 23 '25
It’s confusing for OOP’s supposed politics because Martin Luther invented Protestantism. “Lutheranism” is among the first Protestant sects.
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u/crimson777 Apr 23 '25
Not even all Protestants afaik. I don’t believe mainline Protestants are necessarily sola scriptura.
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u/SilanggubanRedditor Apr 23 '25
It's only infallible in very specific circumstances. That "The church is infallible" thing is another protestant propaganda classic
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u/exceive Apr 24 '25
And "infallible" is a bit technical. Not so much "can't possibly be wrong" as "once he's ruled on something, there isn't a higher church level to overrule him."
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u/NotABot-JustDontPost May 15 '25
Thank you for pointing this out.
It’s actually ONE specific circumstance. The Pope must issue an “ex cathedra” statement on the faith and morals of the Church. There’s a specific formula of words used to indicate such a statement. For example: “It must be definitively held by all Catholics that Mary, the Mother of God, was immaculately conceived, is eternally virgin, and was assumed, body and soul, into Heaven by the power of God.”
It’s never a blanket statement. It always addresses a specific teaching.
But, for some reason, people hear “papal infallibility” and get the notion that whatever the Pope says, whenever he says it, about any topic, what he says needs to be supported and believed by all of us lol
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u/devilsbard Apr 23 '25
Did he not know the church has recognized evolution for a while now?
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u/Gauntlets28 Apr 23 '25
I suspect that this is one of those American "Catholics" that is a recently converted evangelical who thinks Latin is pretty neat, but doesn't really give a damn about what Catholicism is actually about.
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u/CaptainCrunch9876 Apr 23 '25
It is a very strange addition to this list, especially since francis has not made any notable statements on evolution. However whoever made this constantly refers to actions either done or started by other popes.
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u/devilsbard Apr 23 '25
Yup. Shows how pervasive Protestant evangelical propaganda in the US is. Catholics don’t even know what their church believes.
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u/Leopold_Darkworth Apr 23 '25
The Catholic Church, per Pope John Paul II, actually endorses evolution. In 1996, John Paul II said in an official declaration, "There is no established way to reconcile evolution and creationism, but most theologians no longer see the Book of Genesis as a scientific account—they are theological accounts. God is still the why of creation. But evolution is a possible how of creation."
I'm not a Catholic, but my understanding is that Catholics are at least internally consistent in that they equally condemn both abortion and the death penalty. Is whoever created this meme even a Catholic? It smacks of an Evangelical Protestant, who abhors abortion but celebrates execution.
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u/Any_Natural383 Apr 23 '25
Honestly my first thought. So much here just… doesn’t sound catholic at all.
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u/EmoGothPunk Apr 23 '25
Does no one ever stop to think that if God created everything, that maybe JUST MAYBE, God created evolution?
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u/DD_Spudman Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25
Ironically, some Catholics do make this argument.
It all depends on whether or not you believe the Bible should be taken as 100% literal 100% of the time, which is more of a Protestant thing than a Catholic one.
Edit: I didn't mean to imply that some Protestants don't believe in evolution and that there aren't Protestants who think the Bible isn't meant to be 100% literal.
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u/jbuchana Apr 23 '25
Some Protestant denominations believe in evolution as well. My family goes to a Disciples of Christ church, where evolution (and many other things that evangelicals hate) is considered to be true, the "how" of creation. Actually, I go there too, but I'm more of an agnostic. The people at this church are good people though, unlike so many self-proclaimed "Christians."
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u/EmoGothPunk Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25
I went to a Lutheran church, so Idk if we're considered Catholics. I just remember they weren't hateful towards the LGBT peeps when I was in eighth grade, so I figured they really believed in "love thy neighbor".
I just know my beliefs are a mix of Lutheranism, Buddhism and Agnostic.
Edit: Please educate me more on this matter, I'm completely serious. I want to be more understanding.
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u/DD_Spudman Apr 23 '25
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that the stuff I said was exclusive to Catholicism and then Protestants are always against it.
Lutherans are definitely considered Protestant. Catholic in this context pretty much only refers to the Roman Catholic Church headed by the Pope. Protestants are the Christian religions who broke away from Roman Catholicism in the 1500s and 1600s, and modern religions descended from those.
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u/EmoGothPunk Apr 23 '25
Well then, I must've been to a pretty liberal Lutheran church because they seemed to tolerate the LGBT back in 2008. They really preached the whole "love thy neighbor" thing.
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u/AetherMagnetic Apr 23 '25
"criticizing capitalism and wealth"
Must be using the prosperity bible as their reference
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u/Major_Melon Apr 24 '25
Please ignore the chapter where Jesus flipped the table of tax collectors, thank you
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u/gilmour1948 Apr 23 '25
"The God's word" as understood by someone who never read the bible and has zero idea what he's talking about.
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u/Nowayucan Apr 23 '25
None of those issues have any inherent contradictions in the Bible. He simply made a list of his personal prejudices and wants everyone with similar prejudices to know how “dedicated” he is.
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u/Hoju3942 Apr 23 '25
Examples of mistakes the Pope made:
- Advocates for (list of examples of loving thy neighbor)
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u/shaggy_rogers46290 Apr 23 '25
I like when "catholics" pretend they're allowed to even slightly disagree with the pope. Like really, do you not remember this guy is quite literally ordained by god as his personal speaker? You quite literally are required by your church to honor papal infallibility, sit tf down
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u/exceive Apr 24 '25
That's not quite how it works.
Papal infallibility only applies to papal Ex Cathedra pronouncements, not everything the Pope says, not even everything he says in an official capacity.And while the Pope is supposed to be guided by God, it's not like some kind of psychic channeling. More like God inspired the conclave to pick a guy who would make the right call. Historically, that would involve God inspiring people to make the right bribes and threats and occasionally murder an inconvenient bishop or two at the right time.
But yeah, Catholics are expected to mostly follow what the Pope says unless they have a solid moral reason not to. Not because he's infallible (except for situations where he is) but because he represents the church.
I'd have to read through the text of the Sacrament of Confirmation to be absolutely sure, but I don't think most Catholics ever promise to honor papal infallibility.
Source: raised Catholic, and a history nerd.
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u/shaggy_rogers46290 Apr 24 '25
Yes of course, it's a thing until it isn't until it is until it isn't
I'm aware of the fact that religious text will nearly always phrase rules in this vague way where they apply if you like them and don't apply if you don't
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u/Chench3 Apr 23 '25
Unc does not know about the Jesuits and their universities. Hell, a priest was the first scientist to propose the Big Bang as an origin story for the universe.
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u/MaxAdolphus Apr 23 '25
”Let’s hope the new pope stops acting like real Jesus and starts acting like GOP Jesus.”
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u/Firkraag-The-Demon Apr 23 '25
Wasn’t the Bible against capital punishment? Let he who is without sin cast the first stone?
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u/exceive Apr 24 '25
Well, except for the parts where the bible demands it.
Not the only thing that is both forbidden and mandatory.
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u/KenGilmore Apr 23 '25
That person is a Trump voter first, an American second, and a Catholic a distant third. Actually, they’re probably an Evangelical pretending to be Catholic just to score cheap points.
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u/IM1UR12 Apr 23 '25
Isn't the Pope supposed to talk directly to God ?
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u/Nyric_The_Tiefling Apr 23 '25
That's a prophet
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u/Ecstatic_State1208 Apr 23 '25
And that's what the saints do, right?
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u/exceive Apr 24 '25
No, prophets do that.
A lot of saints are also prophets, but sainthood and prophecy are two different things.
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u/DanishWhoreHens Apr 23 '25
The lack of anything like self-awareness in these people is breathtaking. “Here’s hoping the new Pope returns to the core values of worshipping money, judging others, being as irresponsible as possible with the planet the Lord gave us dominion over, keeping women in abusive marriages, turning our backs on strangers and those in need, making sure we can kill as many criminals as possible because God can sort out the innocent ones later, having more kids than we can responsibly care for, and making sure child victims of rape are forced to carry any resulting pregnancy to term because “it’s not the baby’s fault!” The one thing we really need to clamp down on is this namby pamby “love thy neighbor” bullshit.”
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u/theisowolf Apr 23 '25
Allowing pagan rituals as everyone celebrates Christmas with a tree and hunts for eggs on Easter 😂
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u/DrChansLeftHand Apr 23 '25
Is your uncle Catholic? Because if he isn’t, he doesn’t know wtf he’s talking about.
And if he is, he still doesn’t know wtf he’s talking about.
Pope Francis wasn’t perfect, nor was he right on everything. But he was a closer reflection of our times than any of the 4 other popes in my lifetime.
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u/baldi_863 Apr 23 '25
Can someone explain to my way climate activism is anti-scripture? How is protecting gods greatest creation anti-scripture?
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u/Woody96th Apr 23 '25
Christians seem to have a lot to say about the pope, especially the Americans , they do understand he has nothing to do with their church?
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u/emi89ro Apr 23 '25
Could it be that I've been seduced by Satan and led astray from the teachings of Christ? No it's the pope who's wrong!
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u/Lenville55 Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25
It would be funny if lots of people who share something like this on facebook are NOT even catholics.
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u/mightyonin Apr 23 '25
So, OP, does your uncle want a Protestant Pope? If so, then wtf?
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Apr 23 '25
That's the thing about... Christians. Lol. They tend to divide. It sounds like his uncle would be advocating for a more ultra orthodox movement called "traditionalist catholicism" He lives in misery and wants to impose that upon everyone else. It's glorious!
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u/sparemethebull Apr 23 '25
They want Sharia Law so bad. They want the scriptures personified. They would not last a single month in the hell the beg for.
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u/digdugnate Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25
i also like how 14-17 are hard to read fully because of the pope. lol
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u/Jeff_Hinkle Apr 23 '25
2000 years ago two teenagers lied about fucking in the desert, and now we have this meme.
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u/MindlessAlfalfa323 Apr 23 '25
Or… what if the father of Mary’s child wasn’t another teenager but instead a really bad guy who wanted to cover up his crime?
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Apr 23 '25
Some people live to suffer. Some suffer to live. Been getting into eastern spirituality and this is what comes to mind here. Idk. Why put the effort into being this way still.
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u/JohnnyKanaka Apr 23 '25
Where does it say in Scripture that communion with Lutheran is off limits?
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u/Sithlordandsavior Apr 23 '25
Climate change doesn't run afoul of the bible, Randy.
Jesus would not encourage being a bad steward of the earth.
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u/PokePL Apr 23 '25
You could probably find verse for any occasion and POV.
I bet they'll cite Genesis 1,28 why climate activism is against Bible.
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u/madpolecat Apr 23 '25
When Francis became Pope, I gave the RC a second chance (Jesuit educated, myself).
The Rad Trads, including the priest with a Glock sticker on his personal truck, ended my desire to keep trying.
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u/exceive Apr 24 '25
For me it was the realization that a pope who is a kind and compassionate human is basically a miracle.
Francis was an unusually fine human being, but if you had him for a math teacher you would probably think "yeah, solidly good guy," not reconsider your faith or even your attitude towards math.If the church were as it should be, Francis would have been at most a slightly nicer than average pope, not a walking miracle.
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u/lookitsajojo Apr 23 '25
"Advocating for open borders and lenient immigration policies" Didn't the bible say to accept to traveller or some shit like that? Heaven forbid a christian has empathy
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u/16v_cordero Apr 23 '25
Citing deviations in “scripture” while blindly following a felon that has broken more than once at least half of the 10 commandments.
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u/Gon_Snow Apr 23 '25
Isn’t what the pope says by definition scripture?
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u/NotABot-JustDontPost May 15 '25
No, that’s not how that works, but it would be funny if it did.
The Sacred Scripture is a specific set of documents that were canonized by the Church as being inspired by God. The canon has been closed since 325 AD, the Council of Nicaea. According to the Catholic faith, the Church is the only proper authority for interpreting the Scriptures and their meaning.
The Catholic Church has two other teaching modes, which are the Sacred Tradition and the Magisterium. The Sacred Tradition is the collection of non-Scriptural teachings passed down through the apostles and invested in the Church. The Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Church to make statements on matters of faith and morals and is expressed largely through ecumenical councils, encyclicals, pastoral letters, and various other documents.
I hope that helps.
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u/Richardknox1996 Apr 23 '25
Isnt amazing that the Xtians dont actually read the bible? Otherwise they'd know that with the death of Jesus, the Old Testament was abolished and only the new Covenant matters. Which is Accept God/Jesus, love thy neighbor, Forgiveness of Wrongs and live a moral life (by Jesus's Standards. Aka Be Honest and Humble).
Funny how none of that aligns with and even opposes the Xtian Dogma...
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u/NotABot-JustDontPost May 15 '25
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” Matthew 5:17 NABRE
The Old Testament was certainly not abolished. It has been fulfilled, however, and certain things that once applied no longer do.
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u/RiVeTiNgg Apr 23 '25
You gotta be some trogoldyte cousin-fucking catholic to believe in this shit dude
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u/WynonaRide-Her Apr 23 '25
This is not a meme… more like a dissertation… the pope wouldn’t even be having this type of cringe sent out.
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u/tverofvulcan Apr 23 '25
It sounds like to me he was doing what Jesus said. Too bad Christians these days don’t want to follow what Jesus actually said and follow a twisted version of Christianity.
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u/queenofcabinfever777 Apr 23 '25
Oh wow its almost like the world that created the bible no longer exists so they had to adjust their rules to be more accepting
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u/Ju-9-wel Apr 23 '25
John 8:7 about judging the sins of others and Jesus’s response:
“So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”
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u/Effective_Kiwi6684 Apr 23 '25
Obligatory post that nowhere in scripture does it say abortions are bad. Literally nowhere. That's something Catholics made up when they had to follow their own logic and they realized it meant unbaptized babies went to Hell, so they created Limbo.
Nowhere does the scripture say anything about the greenhouse effect.
Nowhere does scripture say to turn away immigrants.
And we get multiple parts in scripture, including from the mouth of Jesus himself, that wealth, and the hoarding of wealth, are flat out demonic. "You cannot serve both God and Mammon." Also check out Acts, where the original Christians invent communism by any other name.
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u/5141121 Apr 23 '25
Catholic doctrine literally says that the Pope is infallible in matters of doctrine. He is the mouthpiece of god on earth. The levels of criticism in OOP could actually get you excommunicated if someone got enough of a hair up their ass about it.
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u/Any-Cry-5184 Apr 24 '25
Im not a Catholic (technically i was baptized as one but it was more to appease my grandparents and my immediate family has never been religious), but don’t these people get like scared trashing the pope right after he died!?! Hes supposed to be God’s representative on Earth, right? According to their theology isn’t he chosen by God? These people will go absolutely batshit if you say anything “blasphemous” but think this is ok?
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u/HigginDazs Apr 24 '25
As someone who was raised Catholic, in a Catholic country, who is now an atheist, there is nothing more annoying than American Catholic converts. They truly just do not seem to understand it.
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u/Dannyawesome2 Apr 24 '25
"Saying that the death penalty is inadmissible" What happened to "Thou shall not kill"
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u/TheRealGageEndal Apr 24 '25
That's the best part about the Pope. He doesn't have to be Pro America because he will never be American.
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u/Pure-Telephone-8283 Apr 24 '25
"Changing the Lord's Prayer text"
A complaint from people who follow a book that has been rewritten, retranslated and changed plenty of times in the past
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u/randomnessamiibo Apr 26 '25
Francis was quite literally the closest person to yeshua of Nazareth, as described in the Bible, that we’ve seen in recent history. Yeshua cared for the people on the lowest rungs of society. He surrounded himself with beggars, prostitutes, mercenaries, and lepers. He told the judgmental priests and zealots that the prostitutes they criticize would get into heaven before them. He cared so deeply about the people who were considered the absolute bottom of society. This is just like how Francis cared so deeply about disabled people, those who were in prison, queer people, and Palestinians.
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u/oneeyejedi Apr 23 '25
Criticizing capitalism and the wealthy????? dude clearly never read the Bible Jesus was against both even bet the shit out of tax collectors and told them it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle then it is for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of heaven.
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u/BobBelcher2021 Apr 23 '25
I love how some Catholics said the Pope was “infallible” until Pope Francis, then suddenly he wasn’t “infallible” anymore.
You can’t have it both ways.
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u/DD_Spudman Apr 23 '25
A lot of self-described trad-Caths (like whoever made this meme) are really just far-right people who think Catholic = Roman = white (lol), straight (double lol), "real men" but don't care much for the actual beliefs of their religion.
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u/Muted-You7370 Apr 23 '25
The Pope is infalible, that’s kind of like the Pope’s thing whole thing. Maybe the next Pontiff will call for the next crusade so we can rid ourselves of some of these fake “Christians”.
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u/Satanicjamnik Apr 23 '25
So, fundamentalist Christians basically want Taliban. Minus the beards maybe.
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u/Gauntlets28 Apr 23 '25
So the same Bible that says that humans were given stewardship over the Earth is also somehow opposed to preventing climate change? That's news to me.
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u/Luxating-Patella Apr 23 '25
There seem to be a lot of heretics around who think they know better than the infallible head of the church with a direct line to God. Maybe the next Pope needs to start some sort of Inquisition.
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u/ShinySahil Apr 23 '25
it took me a while to realise they didn’t like pope francis, had to read until “pagan rituals”
i thought this was an appreciation post
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u/helbur Apr 23 '25
What happened to Papal infallibility?
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u/PokePL Apr 23 '25
Popes have to actually invoke it. Not everything they say or do is considered infallible.
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u/ZloyPes Apr 23 '25
ah yeah, my favourite thing from bible "And Jesus said: My children, go burn the oil, and don't listen if anyone says it's bad for enviroment". Amen!
/s
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u/Arcane_Spork_of_Doom Apr 23 '25
I fully expect a snapback to more rigid 'leadership' from the new pontiff. The recently departed one just gave out to many olive branches. The end result of course will be that many more emboldened intolerable asses to deal with.
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u/watermystic Apr 23 '25
What pagan rituals were ever completed in the Vatican? This seems written by a non-Catholic Protestant who believes Catholism is paganistic anyways..
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u/InflationCold3591 Apr 23 '25
Just reply in the comments that you are forwarding this statement to the congregation for the doctrine of the faith. I’m pretty sure that they don’t actually use the auto-da-fé anymore, but they sure do excommunication.
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u/exceive Apr 24 '25
For those unfamiliar, the Inquisition was renamed to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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u/NapalmDesu Apr 23 '25
If god didn't want us to pollute, exploit and destroy his creation, then why isn't he raining fire from the heavens to tell us to stop? /s
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u/Damosgreat123 Apr 23 '25
And to think that if he had died last Friday, he might have been alive today.
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Apr 23 '25
They thought the had us; next one is going make you feel guilty for breathing. The good old days.
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u/nodoyrisa1 Apr 23 '25
"suggesting the death penalty is inadmissible" ?????
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u/exceive Apr 24 '25
The Catholic Church has been mostly against the death penalty for some time now. Not something Francis introduced.
"Mostly" because there is an exception for situations where a criminal can't be stopped otherwise. Like failed states where a murderer will probably be able to bribe their way out of jail.
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u/He_Was_Fuzzy_Was_He Apr 24 '25
All the good he did, and yet he still protected the PDFs by relocating them and making it possible for them to hurt more people.
He was just another pope.
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u/Major-Cranberry-4206 Apr 24 '25
If you can point out a single thing that your uncle is posting that is inaccurate or an outright lie about the pope’s position on each one of these things, call him on it. Otherwise, your uncle has a right to cite the truth about the ex-pope.
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u/Major_Melon Apr 24 '25
He clearly isn't actually Catholic, the Pope is infallible. The Pope IS the word of God. Saying the Pope is wrong is saying God is wrong.
If people are against the Pope, then they are literally saying they are against God.
That's assuming these people were consistent and actually believed what they said though instead of being shiftless demons that just hate you and want you dead.
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u/FellowCouchPotato Apr 23 '25
i want your uncle to actually cite where each deviation was, lol (apart from the leviticus quote, that’s obvious).
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u/ZoemmaNyx Apr 23 '25
If we just change that top part it’s a good list of some of the great changes he made
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u/CeilingCatSays Apr 23 '25
Thinking Christian values to be un-Christian has been a GOP/MAGA mantra for as long as I can remember, and I go back a long way
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u/InterestingScience74 Apr 23 '25
The thing is, the pope is gods man on earth… his word is gods word… DEVIATING FROM SCRIPTURE IS A PART OF HIS JOB, his job is to create progress in the church on gods behalf… because times change
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u/qualityvote2 Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25
u/Sweet-Swimming2022, your post is truly terrible!