If there was a pinned post about Santa Claus disciple passing i would express my concerns about the Santa Claus cult, especially if the cultist were known to be bigots involved in abuse scandals.

Calling out the the admin of a homophobic cult and pointing out their homophobic slurs is "trolling"

You are definitely in good faith for accusing people of being russian trolls in a pope thread...

I'm gonna specify next that the pope is in charge of the biggest cult.

The catholic church is indeed a homophobic cult that condemns homophobia as a sins for which you get punished in hell, having million of followers or being popular doesn't change the fact. Scientology has millions of followers are we going to give them any credibility because of that?

because you clearly are not equipped to meet me where I am.

Ok your eminence

Even the "best" individuals in the catholic church are still the members of a homophobic and misogynist cult persuading people to believe that ghosts are real. catholic church bending and changing its own sacred holy laws as it suit them is more proof of their bullshits.

but you definitely left out the context that would cast doubt on your initial message.

Here is it:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/vatican-sexual-abuse/

The cult leader was addressing sexual abuses in church seminars and said that there are too many "fags" in there.

someone exploiting death for the sake of argument, which makes you no better than the Catholic church by your own admission.

Unlike the catholic church i'm not exploiting death to convey lies and promote my cult, i'm not exploiting death at all i'm simply commenting on a pinned thread about the shady stuff this guy was involved in.

Now fuck off back to r/atheism and quit spamming lemmy news threads with edgy drivel.

r/atheism is where they discuss the non-existence of god. A news thread looks fit to discuss the shady scandals involving the person in question. Perhaps you should go to r/chatolicchurch

You expect dogma to be nullified with a snap of finger?

I expect homophobic cult leaders to be called out for what they are and not praised or defended

you’re sensationalizing old stories

They are not old stories, the homophobic slurs were from last years and the context is a recent scandal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/vatican-sexual-abuse/

If you’re going to use someone’s death as a jumping-off point for pointless masturbatory anti-religious rhetoric

"Someone" is the internally appointed CEO of a cult that use death for any sort of non-sense masturbatory rhetoric.

They took action after there was a public backlash. Do you know what the context of the original comment is?

https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2021/07/a-teen-was-accused-of-abuse-inside-vatican-city-powerful-church-figures-helped-him-become-a-priest/

The cult this guy is the internally appointed CEO of, does not spare people guilty of homosexuality even after their dead: they are to be damned for the rest of the eternity.

A pinned post where people are praising him to me looks like the right time and place to remind people about the shady shit this guy was involved in.

He's the internally appointed CEO of a cult persuading people to believe that ghosts are real. The blessing of same-sex couples is a stunt the catholic church pulled to save face in 21st century, their different treatment of homosexual couples still speak loud about their cult homophobia.

Francis was known as a liberal reformer, making headlines across the globe by permitting the blessing of same-sex couples and promoting global action on climate change.

He was also known as the ceo of a homophobic and misogynist cult and for strolling around italy in a private helicopter.

He was outspoken about clergy abuse and called on the Catholic Church to “act decisively” against paedophile priests just months after his 2013 appointment.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/19/pope-francis-victims-church-sexual-abuse-slander-chile

The homophobic slurs should also be a reminder that the catholic church is a homophobic cult.

Don't be sad, he was as just bad as any of his colleagues.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/world/europe/pope-francis-homophobic-slur.html

Why is this pinned? This person was the CEO of a cult persuading people ghosts are real and manipulating them to give the cult money. Thanks god he's dead.

I think 2022 it was 1 person and most just got given a sentence and an ankle bracelet and served the sentence that way.

This reminds me of the lone person refusing conscription in israel and the propaganda dismissing the actual number of people ending up in jail.

https://ebco-beoc.org/finland

"I’m not sure what you mean with this, what form would it take, some sort of militia or what sort of thing?"

Putting an electronic bracelet on someone who refuse conscription it's a big giveaway of government true intentions: they want to have control on people. Being under house arrests or in jail is a limit to the ability to defend yourself, not being drafted isn't.

I didn’t mean it rhetorically, how would you ensure a credible defence for Finland? It’s the big issue.

Allowing people to defend themself as they want and not forcing them into an authoritarian army with jail as a repercussion would ensure a better defense if you ask me. Drafting people by force only benefit the government and rulers not people.

And most people who don’t want to do conscription go to civil service. Working in a library, school, such things. For women the whole thing is voluntary.

https://www.thelocal.se/20190404/sweden-hands-out-first-jail-terms-for-draft-evasion

I’m not sure what other sensible alternative there is for Finland than conscription.

What's the alternative to slavery? How do we get our food without a slave forced to farm 14h a day?

Actually funnily enough people are surprisingly supportive of expanding the conscription

So supportive that if they refuse to go they go to jail.

The US government has been supporting and arming israel for decades, haven't you learn already?