re: The pedophilia Chilean order of Bishops - latest scandal out of the Vatican

Was writing this in the last religious thread before it got locked down...

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Before that, he was an ardent Catholic. He even earned the title "Defender of the Faith."

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Church is politics. The invention of the monotheistic gods to better organize the people under state rule was far superior in ironing out disputes between city states and creating better alliances than the polytheism that was used 2000+ years before. But when these regions wanted to break away from corrupt foreign rule they had to create a sect in the church as well which is why you have all these different christian sects.


Of course Emperor Constantine couldnt just adopt Judaism bc then the power of the church would be in Jerusalem so he had to empower the christian sect so that he could have the church in Byzantium. And the fight over the power of this church would sway between Byzantium and Rome, then over to Habsburg rule depending on which ruling family was strongest at the moment. Thats why you have the famous saying that the Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor roman, nor an empire. (edited)


I will admit that it is probably best to still have religion going forward, after hearing so many christians say that if it werent for their religion they would not have a moral compass and would be incredibly bad people. I guess we really need religion to control so many crazies.