While speaking at a Turning Point USA event in Athens, Georgia, Vice President JD Vance said that Pope Leo XIV should “be careful” when he talks about theology. The pope recently criticized the war with Iran.
  • Matriks404@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    58 minutes ago

    I am an agnostic myself, but one thing I can say for sure, that every time one wants me to say that their religion/beliefs are supreme, the more willing I am to convert switch to atheism. Also all organized religions are bullshit.

    • PhoenixDog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 minutes ago

      I’m a theist agnostic. I believe in some sort of higher power, whether an individual, multiple, or even just spiritual energy. I firmly believe that organized religion as a whole is bad for humans. It removes the ability to question and think critically of things. You’re supposed to believe this. You’re taught to believe that. You’re not choosing to believe in something, you’re being told to.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
    17·
    16 hours ago

    MAGA has come to the Catholic Church, and we’ve all seen what happens when MAGA comes to town. If he’s smart, the Pope should excommunicate him immediately, and threaten every other MAGA with the same if they don’t straighten up.

  • baeb66@lemmy.todayEnglish
    14·
    16 hours ago

    Of the 50 people in that audience, half were shocked by what he said. The other half were trying to remember the lyrics to the Baby Shark song.

  • BillCheddar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    331·
    19 hours ago

    If you’re not a Catholic, you might not understand how fucked up it is for Vance to stand there and call the Pope wrong about theology.

    By definition, the Pope is right about religion. If he changes his mind tomorrow, he was right then and he is right now.

    The equivalent would be if I became a Buddhist and then told the current Dalai Lama he was doing it wrong. Or maybe if I became a Hindu and then insisted that, actually, cheeseburgers are fuckin’ awesome.

    No joke, Vance is like two more dumbass statements away from being excommunicated.

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    16 hours ago

    as a catholic, vance should probably be careful talking shit about the pope.

    you know, the literal hand of god on earth, the holy see, the Supreme Pontiff, the very man who could order Vance’s excommunication after a thorough auto de fe?

    he’s so fucking dumb, join a worldwide club then whine piss and moan about it’s leader…

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    20 hours ago

    One of the requirements for being a fascist is being stupid. Vance is no exception to that rule.

  • AeonFelis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    47·
    23 hours ago

    When Vance tells a Pope to be careful, that Pope should be careful. You know, considering Vance’s established track record with Popes…

      • LostWon@lemmy.caEnglish
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        22 hours ago

        Vance had a visit with the last pope at the Vatican, right before he died. At the time, Francis was trying to get him to acknowledge biblical teachings to love your neighbour (and I think that ICE was the antithesis of this), and not the vaguely dystopian stuff Vance was pushing about only only offering respect/kindness/compassion to the people closest to you.

  • Avicenna@programming.devEnglish
    27·
    23 hours ago

    It is a bit like saying a professor of mathematics with 10+ years of experience in teaching calculus should be careful when talking about calculus.

    • Zannsolo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 hours ago

      It’s way worse than that. Based on doctrine the Pope speaks for God so iIf he talks about theology what he said is correct 100% of the time in Catholicism. If you’re not a Catholic his words mean shit all.

      It’s more like saying you better be careful about your pronunciation to the creator of the .gif format.