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Originally Posted by That Guy
you mean like when the catholic church debated the cathar's, lost and then decided to murder them into extinction? I'm not totally in love with the excessive violence of "peaceful" organized religions.
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Is the Catholic Church sanctioning another pogrom? I must have missed that on CNN this morning.
But, hey, you're absolutely right - b/c the Catholic Church is imperfect and has sanctioned and carried out what it would not sanction or do now, there can be no truth in anything they have ever said. How dare they not be perfect from the start. Obviously, the 10 Commandments and Christ's Two Great Commandments are completely without basis. Clearly, understanding the infinite by finite beings should be accomplished without even the slightest hitch.
Religion and the claim to authority over your eternal soul has led to many abuses. So has the pursuit of scientific discovery (Dr. Mengele, the Tuskeegee Airmen, Project 922). Nothing touched by humans is free of abuse and perversion to evil ends.