Oddbean

As someone shoved to the margins of the Catholic church — and content to be there — I say, when I look at men like Paul Gosar (and Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Leonard Leo, Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis, and countless others): The US Catholic church needs to own what it's doing to democracy via its right-wing members. Someone catechized these folks. Who did so? #Gosar #homophobia #Trump #Milley #Catholics https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-paul-gosars-homophobic-rant-on-mark-milley-is-derangedeven-for-him

@f884fa2b It's particularly amusing to me that these right wing catholic cults have put hundreds of judges and politicians into power with the help of evangelical protestants, who apparently don't grok that the only thing the catholic church hates more than women's rights is...protestants. Can't wait to see how that works out. Protestants think *their* beliefs are going to be legislated by catholic judges. Really. They think that.

@f884fa2b Read this 👇 about ALL global religions. The whole lot are corrupt, patriarchal , women-hating cults, run by men who interpret the holy texts in any which way that suits their agendas. The world would be safer, fairer, steadier and more forward looking without all of it. https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/111/131/781/929/447/583/original/121d103026e9176f.jpg

@f884fa2b The catholic Church colluded with Hitler in WW2 and turned a blind eye to Nazi atrocities. It makes a habit of siding with the far right whilst taking money from the poor and keeping them in servitude to the church (especially in the developing world)