Ronin_5@lemmygrad.ml to Nonsense 🇺🇦 Takes (LOCKED)@lemmygrad.ml · 1 year agoPope says 'backward' US conservatives replaced faith with ideologywww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down15cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkPope says 'backward' US conservatives replaced faith with ideologywww.euronews.comRonin_5@lemmygrad.ml to Nonsense 🇺🇦 Takes (LOCKED)@lemmygrad.ml · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareJuice [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoA huge portion of those backward us conservatives are catholic. All he does is run interference for entrenched reactionary power
minus-squareRonin_5@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoBoth parties are reactionary, and ideology is faith, because neither is materialistic. So it’s a nonsense take.
minus-squareComradeSalad@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoNot really. Catholics are a tiny portion. They are by far outnumbered by evangelicals and Protestants.
minus-squareJuice [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThe federalist society is Catholic which means like the entire us judicial system is run by Catholic reactionaries. Catholics are outnumbered, by raw follower numbers but the catholics are damn close when it comes to total power wielded in the US
minus-squareComradeSalad@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYes, but their doctrines are mainly evangelical in order to pander to their primary base. I can call myself any religion I want, but that doesn’t mean much if I go around appealing to the doctrines of another.
A huge portion of those backward us conservatives are catholic. All he does is run interference for entrenched reactionary power
Both parties are reactionary, and ideology is faith, because neither is materialistic.
So it’s a nonsense take.
Not really. Catholics are a tiny portion. They are by far outnumbered by evangelicals and Protestants.
The federalist society is Catholic which means like the entire us judicial system is run by Catholic reactionaries. Catholics are outnumbered, by raw follower numbers but the catholics are damn close when it comes to total power wielded in the US
Yes, but their doctrines are mainly evangelical in order to pander to their primary base.
I can call myself any religion I want, but that doesn’t mean much if I go around appealing to the doctrines of another.