Tempe 12ft Chicken writes:
In a recent sermon, Pope Francis has taken the lead step in allowing for religion to accept atheists in this world!
At first I was all "well, isn't that nice... this Pope Francis sounds like a pretty decent dude. Yay 'n stuff."
Then I thought about it a bit.
Is it really "nice"? Or is it just normal?
I think it's really just not-being-a-douchebag.
Accepting that people are different and that other opinions are just as valid as your own should be a
default human baseline. Not something seen as "nice" or "special."
They still have problems with other opinions that simply differ from their own. Like the gay stuff.
So, no... I don't say "Yay Catholics! That's a nice move!"
I'll just say "Yay Catholics! You're almost not-a-douchebag! If you keep going in this direction, one day you'll move up to the moral status of Average Human Being!"
Admiring the Catholic Church for this move is like congratulating the school bully for not stuffing someone in a locker.
Oh... sorry for this rant. I played a double-header of slo-pitch last night. It was raining. For both games. And cold too. I might be feeling somewhat bitter.
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