Catholicism: One step forward, Two steps back

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I still have less of a problem with the Catholics than with the countless denominations running rampant.

The reason for that is simple. The man with the funny hat calls the shots and you pretty much know what you get when dealing with Catholics. It's not that simple with evangelical pastors. Each of them pretty much propagates his own brand of madness. And you never know which of their followers, who contaminate politics, is horny for some Armageddon action.

When have Catholics ever obeyed the Pope?

That's the problem when all your claims are unfalisifiable. Anyone can make anything up, and it's no "less true" than anything else, as far as we can test. It can also be defended in exactly the same flawed way, the argument from ignorance.

I gotta write about unfalsifiability on my website. I invite any theist to examine their religious beliefs. Write them all out, every important belief. Now see how many of these are unfalsifiable (cannot be proved wrong, at least by our current understanding). It will most likely be all of them. If there are any left which are (humanly) falsifiable, then let's have them.

I've never understood the point of making claims that aren't testable in someway. How did they even come to their conclusions in the first place then?

Lek: I'd take that as a badge of honour, getting banned from a crazy place. I've never been there, but for them to ban you, they must be full on nuts.

I imagine he said: "Hello, I'm not a Catholic."