(August 30, 2016 at 9:57 pm)Aegon Wrote:(August 30, 2016 at 9:39 pm)Jesster Wrote: I already had no respect for the Catholic church. They can stop trying to lower my opinion of them because there's no room.
I have a conspiracy theory I'd like to share.
At first, I gained a little respect for the fact that they elected Francis as Pope. He seemed like a genuine guy who wanted to improve the image of the church. And, while I still think that's true, I think the cardinals elected him solely for that purpose. Francis has been saying all sorts of liberal shit (for a Catholic that is) but what has the Church really done to reflect his words? The Church has no intention of changing, they just realized how shitty of a public image they have, so in order to remain relevant they conspired to elect a guy who says everything the younger generation wants to hear. Everyone will now think of Catholicism has more tolerant than it actually is, attracting a younger generation who is the least religious ever.
That's most likely what's going on, even if we don't know it for sure. I still can't respect the guy. While he did run out the doors on the first day shouting as liberally as a Catholic possibly can just to impress us, he also started falling back into the usual Catholic bullshit later on. He's rather quiet now as well, which I think is part of that.
I don't believe you. Get over it.
