Not defending new atheists btw

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    You can retain your culture without thinking it's the divine truth. You can do both. Maybe do some syncretic shit. Even my extremely catholic grandma doesn't believe the earth is 7000 years old.

    I mean shit she is so old she still says "holy ghost" sometimes.

    • newcru [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I'm pretty sure the catholic church doesn't teach that the earth is 7000 years old (at least not these days), I think that's mostly a weird American thing. When it comes to accepting science it's a lot better than a good chunk of American churches. That's not to defend the catholic church obviously, the only reason I'm not listing why they are awful is because it would come with too many trigger warnings.