Is the catholic church a force for good?

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Atheist beliefs. Yep.

What did I just fucking say about telling me what I believe, god botherer?

I have plenty of beliefs, they just happen to stem from rational thought, not meaningless dogma.

There's a very easy way to discern between the Christian who momentarily lapses into sin and the sinner who is an atheist in disguise.

Only the Christian admits that what they did was a sin against God and accepts their punishment/repentance.

Heading into a no true scotsman fallacy there, but let's examine that: by your logic, the pope that just left was an atheist in disguise, given that he never accepted punishment for his part in the sex abuse scandals within his church. Interesting...

The atheist does not accept Gods existence. The atheist assumes the right to ignore the Church's official condemnation of sin.

Last I checked, your church wasn't in any sort of power: I have the right to ignore any part of their pitiful demands that I want. Get off your damn high horse.

And the atheist does not even care about, let alone fear, an afterlife punishment for;

- breaking a vow of chastity,

Excuse me? Are you assuming I've made a vow of chastity? I haven't, you know.

- having unmarried sex,

How is this any of your fucking business?

- teaching a disgusting adult sin unto these little ones. (Matthew 18:6)

Two things: one, who is teaching anything more than tolerance for other people?

Two, do you kill every gay person you meet? Because that's what the bible demands, and if you're not doing that, you're far from holy yourself, no?