• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      I’m convinced that the church has always seen the molestation of boys as a recruitment strategy. Most go on with their lives after being abused, but some probably learn to like it, and they stay in the church, and then do it themselves. This has probably been a pattern for literally centuries, and is responsible for a significant number of recruits.

      Celibacy has never been a strong draw, any other strategy that brings in recruits can’t be easily dismissed.

        • IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf
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          huh?

          yall are just re-enacting 1800s america now

          how was a random person working for the church a rapist?

          proof?

          • IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf
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            you realize the KKK treated catholics like they treated black people

            “all priests are pedophiles” is like “all black people are thieves”

            • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world
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              It’s nothing like that. Because all black people aren’t thieves. That’s racism. Calling all priests pedophiles is just facing reality.

              Your entire religion is based around child molestation and rape. That is what your God is about. That is what your Jesus is about…

              • HM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uk
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                It’s nothing like that. Because all priests aren’t paedophiles. That’s just anti-catholic bigotry. Calling all blacks thieves is just facing reality.

                It’s exactly like that

                Your entire religion is based around child molestation and rape. That is what your God is about. That is what your Jesus is about…

                Must be pretty poorly done then considering nowhere in the Bible does it encourage or condone rape or child molestation

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                I have a hard time believing that Catholicism can be pure evil. I can accept that child molestation and rape play a major role, but EVERYTHING?

                People are fucked up, yeah, but a lot of us are decent too

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                  me when I provide genuine proof against their claims and they say “this was probably written by a pedophile” QUITE LITERALLY WHAT