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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

He makes a good point.

At the same time, how much has religion defrauded the common people?

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Enemy of my enemy and all that. With the state of things the way they are, you bet I take what I can get.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Rather it be the catholic church doing the defrauding than the regime. At least the church has a (spotted) history of helping people. I mean they shined brightly during the black death, and they are a source of comfort for some people in the final moments. That, in of itself, is noble and something worth supporting despite a spotty record.

Compare that with the regime's looting the coffers with nothing remotely comparable.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Spotted is an understatement. Pedophilic rings and Mafia dealings forever.

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Sounds like the US government atm

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah.. Leo likes to throw bricks but lives in a glass house of billions and pedophiles and misogyny. Maybe clean up his own act before preaching.

[–] weew@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. I visited the Vatican on vacation and my only thought while inside St Peter's was "Damn this place is so fucking expensive."

I'm not even sure how anyone can get any sort of piety happening with that ridiculous amount of wealth on display.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 41 minutes ago

And they still want women to die in childbirth and have no rights within their church.

How many pedophile priests have been caught to date? 6,000 just in the USA. This makes Epstein Island not even a rounding error.

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Why not take on both using the same message.

Let’s not gatekeep influential people acting in the positive interests of others just because they have problems of their own to work on

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 40 minutes ago

What is he doing to address the problems in the vatican?

He's making distracting comments. Very Trumpish.