Popes Francis’ #Beatitudes papacy makes him one of the most important #antifa politicians of our era because,
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go find what i have posted on Pope Francis and his transgender posse. it’s why i chose the word DEVELOPMENT.
again, AM AN ATHEIST; but because there was a time i wanted to be a nun, i feel equipped to see them for what they are without having to justify their theology. after all, there are 2 billion catholics out there, affecting my life on a daily basis whether i believe or not.
so whatever Da Pope does to change the RCC & rebuke capitalists, doomers & sundry fascism, am here for it
@blogdiva I'm glad Pope Leo and his predecessor have been pushing for justice for the poor and dispossessed, but I'm not going to refrain from asking for justice for trans people.
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@blogdiva I am really curious about how we see things differently, because of our backgrounds.
Like, I am from Poland, which in my childhood/teenage era was a predominantly catholic country. However, due to involvement of catholic church - especially after selecting JPII as a pope - to get rid of Soviet umbrella, there was a continuous flirtation between the throne and the altar. With church-aligned people having more and more influence on the affairs of the state. Which is the problem we bear to this day.
I had my spiritual experience there. I guess you could call me back then a born again Christian. I had - for a brief moment - a sense of community, a sense of belonging. But I have seen how the teaching of the priest warps the biblical teaching of Jesus. I also have been working for a few years for a church non-profit, which was important enough, that my bosses had a personal audience with the pope back then. So, I had one handshake to both, JPII, then BXVI (back then, a cardinal).
And all of that has left me dry. And it has left me dry even more when the years has passed, I've discovered I am more and more queer, and the church has become one of the harbingers of hate against me.
And I am talking just about the things which has directly affected me. Because if I recall all of the misdeeds of the church from a recent century or two, it will make things even worse.
So, right now, when I see the pope doing proper things, I am like: "yeah, you are, finally, calling openly for doing good deeds, but I have exactly zero reasons to trust your motives". And that's addressed to former popes as well.
Nonetheless, the church in Poland - and I remind, the catholic church is a hierarchical organisation, with clearly established chain of command - still is a harbinger of hate, and is bedding right wingers. Because it's far beyond the flirting phase.
I will look with the interest on the current development, but I am not going to hold my breath.
FWIW, even if I am formally still a member of the catholic church, I have never went through apostasy path, I am certainly considered a heretic, as I refuse to accept Paul, and his teaching, as a part of my believes. I consider him as a false prophet, and the fruits of his teaching we are collecting to this day. Which for me, right now, has only the intellectual meaning.
My spiritual life is not existing (please mind, this is a statement of a fact, not a complaint), and if I would ever want to change that, I would rather search for a local witch coven.
don't know how to respond to this other than, as a “Vatican II atheist” am equipped to report on the nuances of catholicism as opposed to the many closeted fascists posing as enlightened atheists. and i studied Catholic politics as part of my PhD work.
there are 2 billion CATHOLICS, affecting our lives daily. here in USA six of them sit on the fascist MAGA-aligned Supreme Court.
so when i write about Catholcism, i do so my readers can understand the good & bad am seeing
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most people paid little attention to Pope Francis and that may have been a huge blessing in disguise.
Pope Francis’ predecessor was not only the most corrupt pope in recent history. Pope Rat was a nazi.
so, i cannot impress upon you enough how important Pope Francis was:
THE RCC DIDN'T WAIT FOR POPE RAT TO DIE TO NAME A NEW POPE
and they needed the #antifa anti-Ratzinger because they couldn't coverup anymore the rape & pedophilia & human trafficking harbored by the church itself 🧵…
@blogdiva I saw the Rat for what he was when he was on the steps approaching the conclave. There was an evil darkness to his countenance, and he was salivating as if he knew it was a done deal. I was shocked he was ever a bishop and more shocked that he was elected. I figured it was blackmail and extortion all around. I for one, happy when he ‘retired’.
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I am agnostic, but I do not reflexively condemn religion or religious people - Christianity included. Christianity can and has been used to justify many things, good or bad.
And if Christians use their religion as motivation to go out and help people, how can I reject that?
@juergen_hubert @blogdiva +1. You can't separate MLK's work from his faith, or Gandhi's, or Malcolm X's, or Jimmy Carter's. The problem is that some humans take good things and misuse them, whether that's family or faith or work or sex or any other good.
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@blogdiva I'm glad Pope Leo and his predecessor have been pushing for justice for the poor and dispossessed, but I'm not going to refrain from asking for justice for trans people.
go find what i wrote about Bergolio’s efforts.
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@Kerplunk
Polling in late summer suggests a much greater majority of evangelicals supported him. A majority of Catholics did, but not by much and driven highly by whites.In all areas, the problem is whites.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/09/white-protestants-and-catholics-support-trump-but-voters-in-other-us-religious-groups-prefer-harris/
@blogdiva❝ In all areas, the problem is whites. ❞
which is why it’s funnier that Pope Southside is like my Thing2, a white-passing, icognegro of AfroCarib ascendancy
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don't know how to respond to this other than, as a “Vatican II atheist” am equipped to report on the nuances of catholicism as opposed to the many closeted fascists posing as enlightened atheists. and i studied Catholic politics as part of my PhD work.
there are 2 billion CATHOLICS, affecting our lives daily. here in USA six of them sit on the fascist MAGA-aligned Supreme Court.
so when i write about Catholcism, i do so my readers can understand the good & bad am seeing
@blogdiva I'm sorry if I explained something you may know better than me.
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@blogdiva 'supply-side Jesus' is a _fantastic_ phrase, thank you
@mothninja @blogdiva Welcome to the world of Supply-Side Jesus. https://imgur.com/gallery/gospel-of-supply-side-jesus-bCqRp
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@mothninja @blogdiva Welcome to the world of Supply-Side Jesus. https://imgur.com/gallery/gospel-of-supply-side-jesus-bCqRp
@mayintoronto brilliant, thank you for the link!
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@blogdiva Hell, the US Miscelleneous Prodestants seem to walking away from Jesus. https://newrepublic.com/post/174950/christianity-today-editor-evangelicals-call-jesus-liberal-weak
@InkySchwartz @blogdiva
"The editor in chief of Christianity Today is warning that evangelical Christianity is moving too far to the right, to the point that even Jesus’s teachings are considered 'weak' now."Um... that's been happening since at least the 1980s, but yeah, evangelical Christianity today absolutely would be condemned by the actual Jesus along with the Pharisees and Saducees. The Beatitudes are nothing if not woke.
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RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116313103762711048
Popes Francis’ #Beatitudes papacy makes him one of the most important #antifa politicians of our era because,
THE BEATITUDES ARE THE OPPOSITE OF FASCISM
have said numerous times USA’s #1 export is #fascism. Bergolio survived #OperationCondor and understood that, to fight fascism inside the #RCC, he needed a vanguard of bishops like Prevost.
Pope Leo’s homily is a complete rebuke of evangelicals’ supply-side Jesus. USA warmongering #christofascism is not only an oxymoron. it’s #heresy.
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@blogdiva *Wow.*
That be some audacity to say "he rejects them." I'd have worded it differently: his answer is "NO."
But that's me. GO POPE LEO!!!! -
RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116313103762711048
Popes Francis’ #Beatitudes papacy makes him one of the most important #antifa politicians of our era because,
THE BEATITUDES ARE THE OPPOSITE OF FASCISM
have said numerous times USA’s #1 export is #fascism. Bergolio survived #OperationCondor and understood that, to fight fascism inside the #RCC, he needed a vanguard of bishops like Prevost.
Pope Leo’s homily is a complete rebuke of evangelicals’ supply-side Jesus. USA warmongering #christofascism is not only an oxymoron. it’s #heresy.
🧵…
@blogdiva
One time a high-ranking Polish nazi^Wpatriot blocked me on Twitter for saying his views on the Christian God (them not being infinitely merciful) are not what the RCC Catechism says, and thus a heresy ^_^ -
when nobody was watching, Pope Francis GUTTED the #RCC fascist, pedophile-enabling leadership in the Vatican and WORLDWIDE.
he also left a whole library on how Catholics needed to use the Beatitudes to fight the death cult of capitalism on issues like #ClimateChange
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en.htmlnow Pope Leo gets to build upon Francis’ legacy.
as an ex-catholic, it’s exciting to witness something i believed would never happen in my life time: the development of an #antifa papacy /🧵
@blogdiva At Beloved INclusive, yes, the focus was peace and also oh, how conflicted we can be. (So right after Peter claims "I WILL NEVER DENY YOU" we sing a hymn "we will drink the cup, we will win the fight..." and the perspective that yea, Peter & the followers were feelin' it but .... oops, later on...
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Pope Southside’s homily isn’t a one-off.
Cardinal Pizzaballa ―the Patriarch of Jerusalem who was on the short list for pope―, called out Israel’s attacks on #Gaza and Palestinians, #genocide; and calling any war “a holy war” a grave sin and heresy.
Cardinal Pizzaballa: Abusing God’s name for war is the gravest sin - Vatican News - https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-03/cardinal-pizzaballa-middle-east-war-abuse-god-s-name-gaza-israel.html
Look, am an atheist, but as former catholic, this is a BIG FUCKING DEAL 🧵…
@blogdiva WAIT WAIT WAIT
are you trying to tell me
we could have had aPOPE PIZZABALLA
serio, chica, serio?
por que no???
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Pope Southside’s homily isn’t a one-off.
Cardinal Pizzaballa ―the Patriarch of Jerusalem who was on the short list for pope―, called out Israel’s attacks on #Gaza and Palestinians, #genocide; and calling any war “a holy war” a grave sin and heresy.
Cardinal Pizzaballa: Abusing God’s name for war is the gravest sin - Vatican News - https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-03/cardinal-pizzaballa-middle-east-war-abuse-god-s-name-gaza-israel.html
Look, am an atheist, but as former catholic, this is a BIG FUCKING DEAL 🧵…
@blogdiva Somehow I think the guys that defiled and then resold the Bible aren't going to care what Popes and Cardinals think.
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@InkySchwartz @blogdiva
"The editor in chief of Christianity Today is warning that evangelical Christianity is moving too far to the right, to the point that even Jesus’s teachings are considered 'weak' now."Um... that's been happening since at least the 1980s, but yeah, evangelical Christianity today absolutely would be condemned by the actual Jesus along with the Pharisees and Saducees. The Beatitudes are nothing if not woke.
People forget/overlook the fact that the historical Jesus (what little is known), was a poor, illiterate peasant, and preached to people of his own class: The poor, the dispossessed, the oppressed, and those who were at the bottom of the social/political hierarchy.
The better off in the area had sold their allegiance to Rome and the Empire. The imperial government executed Jesus for sedition; crucifixion was a common method. All the stuff about the various Jewish factions was invented later, as was so much of the NT.
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Pope Southside’s homily isn’t a one-off.
Cardinal Pizzaballa ―the Patriarch of Jerusalem who was on the short list for pope―, called out Israel’s attacks on #Gaza and Palestinians, #genocide; and calling any war “a holy war” a grave sin and heresy.
Cardinal Pizzaballa: Abusing God’s name for war is the gravest sin - Vatican News - https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-03/cardinal-pizzaballa-middle-east-war-abuse-god-s-name-gaza-israel.html
Look, am an atheist, but as former catholic, this is a BIG FUCKING DEAL 🧵…
Psychopaths and their followers, like Pete Hegseth, think calling or a holy war is doing God's business. In fact, he's doing the psychopath's business and calling him a god, which is another of the gravest sins.
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@InkySchwartz @blogdiva
"The editor in chief of Christianity Today is warning that evangelical Christianity is moving too far to the right, to the point that even Jesus’s teachings are considered 'weak' now."Um... that's been happening since at least the 1980s, but yeah, evangelical Christianity today absolutely would be condemned by the actual Jesus along with the Pharisees and Saducees. The Beatitudes are nothing if not woke.
@msbellows @InkySchwartz @blogdiva “blessed are the warmongers, for they shall leave a trail of holy devastation across the land”
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People forget/overlook the fact that the historical Jesus (what little is known), was a poor, illiterate peasant, and preached to people of his own class: The poor, the dispossessed, the oppressed, and those who were at the bottom of the social/political hierarchy.
The better off in the area had sold their allegiance to Rome and the Empire. The imperial government executed Jesus for sedition; crucifixion was a common method. All the stuff about the various Jewish factions was invented later, as was so much of the NT.
@c_merriweather @msbellows @InkySchwartz @blogdiva why the “prosperity gospel” people are so obscene
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@blogdiva
Hey, look at who saw trump for what he was and have been remarkably consistently right.
https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/catholics-support-for-trump-s-agenda-has-not-significantly-changed-pew-report-says
@Kerplunk
