Here's actually a positive story from the Catholic Church - or is it?
Quote:A group of U.S. Catholic bishops has released a statement condemning the bullying of LGBTQ youth, insisting “all people of goodwill should help, support, and defend” them
The signers noted the Catechism of the Catholic Church — which describes “homosexual acts” as “intrinsically disordered” — also calls for LGBTQ people to be treated with “respect, compassion and sensitivity.”
“All people of goodwill should help, support, and defend LGBT youth; who attempt suicide at much higher rates than their straight counterparts; who are often homeless because of families who reject them; who are rejected, bullied and harassed; and who are the target of violent acts at alarming rates,” the statement reads.
The signers of the statement, for their part, directed part of their comments directly to LGBTQ people, saying, “know that God created you, God loves you and God is on your side.”
https://religionnews.com/2021/01/25/a-gr...btq-youth/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
