• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    I don’t have any problems with building beautiful things like cathedrals or making art in the name of God

    But building oracles and such is gross. The who AI pope question was insane.

    But I will have to read that article deeper, that’s an interesting wikipedia link

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      14 hours ago

      I don’t have any problems with building beautiful things like cathedrals or making art in the name of God

      What about Catholics praying to little figurines and statues of saints? Because that’s been going on for a long time

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        4 hours ago

        You know how people used to put pictures of their loved ones in a locket, or in their wallets, or as a background pic on their phones? That’s what they were supposed to be. (As told by a catholic friend)

        I can accept that. I have one of my kids in the car cause I used to drive like a maniac. It’s a constant reminder of the kind of person I should be while driving.

        But of course, people will be people, ignoring what they’re told and doing whatever the hell they like… “This statue cried blood, let’s pray to it!” (and ignore the leaking toilet upstairs)

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      13 hours ago

      But building oracles and such is gross.

      You’re talking about a religion whose entire foundation is built on saints and prophets. The whole Jesus story is a big deal because it is fulfillment of prophecy.

      The who AI pope question was insane.

      It’s certainly heretical to the Catholic Church. But fits comfortably in a bunch of New Age and Technocratic Futurist Protestant understands of their faith.