2026-08-02 15:39 UTC
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@hellomiakoda@pdx.social 2026-08-02 16:17
@vicfroh@mastodon.social One of the times I was taken to church (very much against my will), I got reprimanded for saying "So Jesus said 'Eat me!'?"
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@NicelyManifest@mastodon.social 2026-08-02 16:34
@vicfroh@mastodon.social How convenient that the bible is open to interpretation. But that means it communicates poorly.
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@GGMcBG@mstdn.plus 2026-08-02 16:38
@vicfroh@mastodon.social When your priest asks "Had your weekly mouthful of Jesus, Billy?" you need to run. Take-up real cannibalism. You'll do less harm.
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@a@852360996.91268476.xyz 2026-08-02 16:56
@vicfroh@mastodon.social I was raised catholic and I never, ever heard any doubt of helping the poor. that sounds like evangelical bullshit
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@Drums_in_the_night@ieji.de 2026-08-02 17:13
@vicfroh@mastodon.social Not a SINGLE "thought and prayer" do some sanctimonious bastards (definitely not limited to Catholics) spend on the death toll in Ceuta (about 70 human lives lost).
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@clintruin@mastodon.social 2026-08-02 17:13
@vicfroh@mastodon.social I mean...consider the source. Christians in general believe some pretty fucked up shit...no? 🤔
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@luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-08-02 17:40
@vicfroh@mastodon.social The book has all the answers. Now, writing a book with all the meaningful, intelligent questions is out of reach. Fantasy literature is fascinating.
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@Earl@mast.john1126.com 2026-08-02 17:45
@vicfroh@mastodon.social His disciples understood the spiritual meaning of eating his flesh and drinking his blood. #Jesus is the Word of God made flesh. When you read or listen to his word, you are consuming his flesh. His word is #spiritual nourishment for your soul. Live according to his teachings, then his spirit is flowing through you, like a heart pumps blood throughout your body. That is drinking his blood. Man does not live by physical bread alone. Eat God's word and obey it, to live.
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@josh@hactivedirectory.com 2026-08-02 17:46
@vicfroh@mastodon.social Oof I gotta tell you, if you feel that way about Catholocism, wait till you try MAGA US Southern Baptist White Republican Jesus.
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@LevZadov@kolektiva.social 2026-08-02 18:29
@vicfroh@mastodon.social According to the bible, if you're not a communist, you're not a real Christian. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+2%3A44-46&version=NKJV
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@not2b@sfba.social 2026-08-02 18:32
@vicfroh@mastodon.social There are huge problems with the Catholics, particularly sexual abuse by priests and thinking women's only purpose is about pumping out babies. Those things are not forgivable. But they do take helping the poor a lot more seriously than, say, evangelical Protestants. The Catholic church closest to us runs a food bank and another one close by is a major supporter of homeless folks, collecting clothing and supplies. The cannibalism is crazy, but at least in the US the Catholics stress the Sermon on the Mount and many, not all, protestant churches don't preach it to the point where their followers find the language foreign, "woke", and that faith is all you need, screw the poor because you have a personal relationship with Jesus (atheist here, recovering Catholic).
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@ShadesofRaye@mastodon.social 2026-08-02 19:20
@vicfroh@mastodon.social I'm not Catholic so maybe I'm wrong,but that sounds more like the Evangelicals. (Source: was raised Evangelical but not any longer.)
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@morton@kolektiva.social 2026-08-02 19:58
@vicfroh@mastodon.social I am in a country where Catholicism is the dominant religion. The Church’s social teaching is often left-leaning (healthcare should be free or affordable, workers may form unions and strike, and immigrants must earn the same wages as locals for the same work and enjoy the same rights). Yet, Catholic politicians couldn't care less. https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091981_laborem-exercens.html
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@deirdrebeth@mas.to 2026-08-02 20:22
@vicfroh@mastodon.social As I've said to my, very Catholic, parents many a time. If as individual "good" Catholics, you have to defend your faith against generalisations supported by looking at individual "bad" Catholics, then it's a Catholic problem, and saying that "no real Catholic..." isn't a defense, it's a confession. My father didn't really agree until he was about 20 minutes into a story about how the woman who he saw begging always refused "real" help and only wanted cash. My siblings and I stopped him to ask how he knew that what she needed more than she did. We offered examples of multiple situations were cash would be the "real" help. None had occurred to him because they were outside his world view. It took him being called out very specifically for him to realize he wasn't "helping the poor", he was acting in exactly the way he condemned in "bad" Catholics by putting himself in a position of authority over this woman because he thought he knew better how she should live her life.
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@islandman67@mastodon.social 2026-08-02 22:31
@vicfroh@mastodon.social I believe that you might be mistaking the Catholic faith with another denomination of Christianity. While some other denominations of Christianity believe that scripture is God speaking through God’s own words, Catholics believe that scripture is God speaking through human authors. Catholics believe that therefore, God speaks through the faith, intelligence, abilities, and LIMITATIONS of the human authors, which is why Catholics don’t treat the Bible “100% literally.”
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@JohnnieMac@mastodon.scot 2026-08-03 00:09
@vicfroh@mastodon.social being a good person need not be complicated, nor is it limited to one faith…
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@valhalla@social.gl-como.it 2026-08-04 05:22
@vicfroh uhm bishops-lords in the middle / modern ages, sure but in the last century or even two, if there is one thing the Catholic church has been pretty consistent at was feeding and clothing the poor, even when being otherwise reactionaries who were trying to prevent any improvement in society (including some of the ones that would have dismantled some of the causes that made the poor poor). prosperity gospel protestants, on the other hand…