(December 17, 2023 at 5:26 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(December 16, 2023 at 9:54 pm)Ahriman Wrote: I grew up in the Church and nothing like that ever happened to me or anyone I knew. Just saying.
I know some people aren't as fortunate.
It puzzles me that these people who do that stuff would be affiliated with any church.
It's like, if you want to do bad things, why bother pretending about some religious whatever?
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It's for protection. If you want to be a loan shark, you join the Mafia. If you want to diddle little kids, the Catholic Church will cover for you.
Boru
The difference between the Mafia and the Church is one is a highly organized group of thugs under the order of an untouchable figurehead who uses manipulative tactics and threats of violence to ensure total compliance from their victims and the other is the Italian Mafia.
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