A Catholic dissing on the Vatican?
Quote:Mel Gibson dubs Vatican a 'counterfeit parallel church' consumed by evil on Joe Rogan
Gibson referred to the Vatican as a "den of pedophiles" who prey on children while steering the Catholic Church away from the Christianity instituted by Christ.
Gibson himself is a devout Catholic and had some harsh criticism for the religious institution. In addition to accusing its leadership of being overrun by predators and child abusers, he claimed that the Church is no longer following the teachings of Christ but has been taken over by what he calls a “counterfeit parallel church” running an entirely different--an evil religion.
Not one to ever hold back, Gibson continued by suggesting Pope Francis is complicit with a global network of child abuse within the Church. “The Church was instituted by Christ,” he said, “but it’s not what it purports to be anymore.”
https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entert...m-34458977
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"
