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Hyena_Of_Ice posted...

No. The Catholic Church does not currently fall under 6, 7 (what?), 8, 10 (WTF?), 14, or 17.
It DOES fall under 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, and 18.

Recruiting:
As I said, #6 goes beyond mere proselytization, as recruitment is MANDATORY for all members.

I'll concede on that.

Front Groups:
Really? You think the Catholic Church has a bunch of these?

Corporations aren't the only ones who have their hands in several non church related things. Until the Catholic Church started saying that gay people should be left alone, they gladly helped with silencing that group.

Wealth:
We're not talking about small donations, here like tithing. The Catholic church fell under this category back when it did indulgences (pay your way out of purgatory) but that was ended centuries ago.

I find it hard to believe that the Catholic Church isn't paying political donations under the table.

Sexual Favoritism
Really? You think the Catholic church does this?

Do they allow female priests? Seriously, I don't know. But half joking, they do tend to help cover up a certain sexual favoritism amongst its clergy.

Violence: Amount of approval when used by or for the group, its doctrines or leader(s).
I'm not aware of the church doing this today. In fact, the last two or three popes have leaned towards being antiwar. Do not forget that there are rad-trad and other breakaway Catholic groups, which are not part of the Roman Catholic Church. You also have individual bishops with their own views, which can also be cultish (it is next to impossible for the Vatican to have the level of oversight needed to keep tabs on all of them)

That is still too recent for it to not count. Imo, more passage of time is needed.

Surrender of Will: Amount of emphasis on members not having to be responsible for personal decisions; degree of individual disempowerment created by the group, its doctrines, or its leader(s).
I'm really not aware of the Catholic Church doing this one. You do understand that this category refers to a cult making everyday decisions for the followers, or the cultist relying on a leader to do all of their problem-solving for them, right?

Is that stuff mainstream to the Latterday Saints? (I have no idea as I haven't looked into it) Also, as far as them being the same as the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints, I wasn't aware that vanilla Latter Day Saints lived on compounds.

That was my bad. I overlooked it.

Hyena_Of_Ice posted...

Here is the difference between a religion/new religious movement and a cult. Actual cults tend to check off several or more of the below boxes *or simply check off the Isolation one*:

So basically the Catholic Church. All they're missing is #12 and #13.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space is looking promising. And unlike other Dead by Daylight clones, the Humans stand just as good of a chance of winning as the killer. And instead of playing as just one Killer Klown, you can play three.

Police unions are the only bad unions. Teachers unions are only bad in that they can't really accomplish shit. The rest of the unions are good, but corporations have found a way to make them mostly ineffective. Take Kroger for example. They had a successful union strike a few short years ago. Kroger's response? Find any minor way to lay off/fire employees, and keep circulating younger, lesser paid ones.

Solid_Sonic posted...

Is fighting at Waffle House racist?

No. It's a rite of passage.

Frosted_Midna posted...

Someone needs to shove a bunch of Skittles down his throat until he is happy. He just sounds miserable!

While he wouldn't be happy, I'm all for him being forced to taste the rainbow.

EventualDecline posted...

And yet liberals are the most pro-censorship, which includes censoring sex and nudity, especially these days. How do you dance around this one?

I don't need to. The religious right hasn't stopped trying to turn media into a puritan age. And most liberal censorship has been around loli stuff.

Proof? I'm not saying that conservatives aren't fappers, but you're going to have to back up this claim.

You're kidding, right? Anytime the right accuses the left of something, it always ends up becoming projection. And a most immediate example is in the OP. It's the ultimate circle jerk.

SuperShake666 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d4c4d3ff.jpg

I realized what I said right after posting it.

SuperShake666 posted...

Forgive me if I don't trust news like this out of China.

Even if it's true, our bigger worry will be big pharma trying to cover it up.

Euripides posted...

Also, Jesus wasn't convicted

Pilate was just like a modern day politician who was too scared of losing their voting base over doing what was right.

Hyena_Of_Ice posted...

Yeah, I've seen way too many comparisons to Jesus (I count 3 off of my head. Even one is one too many)
--Comparing Trump's conviction to Christ's crucifixion
--Comparing the judge to Pontius Pilate
--Comparing (presumably Biden) to Barnabas (the murderer that the Pharisees and Saducees' fanbase demanded be released in exchange for Jesus, whom Pontius stated was an innocent man)

BTW, at the risk of derailing the topic, am I the only one who always found it weird that Christians historically focused exclusively on the Jews' role in Jesus's crucifixion? I mean, the Romans don't end up looking any better.

PHARISEES AND SADUCEES FANBOIS
--Put a blood curse on their children for the execution of Christ, and innocent man (also, IIRC don't generational curses in the Old Testament only last for 3 generations?)
--Were an angry mob who were about to riot
--Demanded that a murderer (scheduled to be crucified) be released in exchange for Christ's crucifixion, despite acknowledging that he had not committed a crime
--They spat on Jesus as he made that painful march to the hill

ROMANS
--The guards beat Jesus in jail, stripped him of his clothes, and then gambled on who got to keep them
--Pontius acquiesced to an angry mob instead of upholding justice
--The Romans carried out the execution, including the painful march to the hill, whilst whipping him
--Longinus (who later regretted it, supposedly) stabbing Jesus in the ribs just for the hell of it

And Jesus's disciples (minus Judas who betrayed him) abandon him and pretend not to be his followers (though Peter, who later denied knowing Jesus directly, initially tried to protect him from the guards, attacking one of them with his sword.) Nobody comes out looking good in the Gospel stories except for Jesus and the female characters.

Careful now. The Bible might be considered too woke for their fragile little minds.

It's weird how conservatives are so anti sex, yet have the most fap material.

Oreo? They should've named him Yogi.

Sounds like a potential lawsuit. You probably wouldn't want to go through all that hassle, though.

Kinda hard not to label it one when its founder was on record saying that the best way for a man to make a million dollars, is to start his own religion.

Since California is supporting this, I now know that this is a corporate lobbying scheme. It was bad enough that they had our credit card information. Now they'll have our identification information.

Oh well. Time to sail the seven seas if this ever extends to Colorado.

This is better than the original pride lights.

I'm sure there were.

So business as usual, then.

GhostFaceLeaks posted...

https://x.com/censoreddottv/status/1795964274038145292

He got community noted twice and apparently thinks Japan created pedophilia.

I thought the Catholic Church created pedophilia.

Also Gavin hates TV, video games, sports, reading, and mainstream music.

What the hell does he do in his past time? Drink and be an edgelord?

LightHawKnight posted...

They went full mask off years ago.

True, but for some reason social media is just now catching up on recent years. Plus, it didn't get REALLY bad until post COVID.

bluezero posted...

It's been like this for years, I'm not sure why anyone gets surprised anymore.

They're not used to the right being this open and blatant about it. Back then they at least pretended and used dog whistles.

The minute one of them receives the Ashley Babbit treatment, those cowards will fold like a bad poker hand.

From 60 years ago? Forgiveable, provided she was truly remorseful, but only because it was 60 years ago.

Still kept her lovers letters? Yeah, she's only sorry she got caught. Glad he dumped her cheating ass.

But overall, what a dumb bitch. She could've gotten away with it.

I've known quite a few edgelords in my lifetime. Thankfully that phase usually passes.

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What fence sitters are left at this point? Anyone still considering the Republican viewpoint were never fence sitters to begin with. That said, this should be the ultimate spotlight on the Republican party as a whole. If the GOP doesn't abandon Trump, labeling anyone who still votes Republican as evil will be easier than ever before.

Her body isn't disgusting, but her face is. But that's not body shaming. It's a natural look that evil people get. The more inner evil they have, the more that evil displays outward.

Case in point. People say Lauren Boebert(sp?) is attractive, and I can only take them at their word, because her inner evil is outwardly displayed.

People used to like him. Now they're just indifferent about him. After Toy Story 3, people just stopped paying attention to him.

Enjoy them while you can. As corporations continue to cut corners to increase profit, expect them to remove this feature in the future.

Sounds more like she was calling the radio station racist, not your boss.

Republicans have a very loyal base that will vote for them no matter what they do. Democrats voters can barely be arsed to vote on good days.

I'm not understanding the joke. I've been to public schools my entire childhood, but I'm not getting the cookie monster pajamas bit.

If it's coming from a Republican, no. Otherwise, it depends on what they also believe (planned parenthood, government assistance, etc.).

The age gap is odd, but can be overlooked if given the right circumstances. But did you say she's married? That should be an instant deal breaker.

Scotty_Rogers posted...

Regardless, Anakin was the supposed to be the one to bring the balance back.

The Jedi at the time just didn't realize that it meant they had to be killed, too.

Which is why it's safe to say that while Disney did indeed run Star Wars further into the ground, Lucas had already buried it long before, his greatest sin being the whole midochlorian thing.

Didn't George Lucas mention something about the Jedi misunderstanding what bringing balance to the Force really meant? If so, then the Jedi prophecy was flawed from day one.

Dearth vadors got nothin on Dark Helmet.

Good question.

Spider-Man is most definitely a deep and complex character. And unlike other superheroes, the writers don't even reward him for his sacrifices.

Spanky Ham - Adam Corolla.

What? Get outta town!

And he would've gotten away with it, if it weren't for those meddling kids!

"I paint the world as I see it." said the artist. Yeah, that's on her for not researching before hiring. Besides, that probably says something about her.