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Originally Posted by Pangloss62
I thought his job was to oversee the Catholic Church and its adherents. I take offense of his Council labeling unbelief as a "problem." You see, "The Church" used to declare war on Islam and kill the Muslims, now they (Joe et al) want to make peace with the Muslims and all work together to fight "secularism." Like we need more crazy religious people fighting against this evil thing called secularism.
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Thanks to this "secularism", most of Europe moved through the Renaissance and the Age of Reason, and jumped head-on into scientific discoveries which have turned their part of the world into a paradise compared to what it looked like in the Middle Ages. The "holy" Roman Catholic Church, on the other hand, held back Spain, Mexico, and any other territories under their jurisdiction and prevented the advancement of education, science, and social services until they were forced into the 20th Century by a world war. Another result of the stranglehold of the Catholic Church was the ossification of the Spanish language (Castillian) to the point that they were forced to borrow and modify words from the developed countries so they could even discuss the world they shared. I consider the Catholic Church to be a huge part of the problem with the Philippines, which is sinking into the bottomless cesspool of ignorance and corruption while the Church praises the country for its "piety and religious devotion". On the other hand, the Islamic nations used to be the most educated, cultured, and advanced places on earth. But now they are among the poorest and most ignorant and oppressed, all thanks to the omnipresent religious control. It seems this is one area in which these two religions definitely have something in common: they are both obsessed with control and suppression of innovation and open investigation of ideas, to the horrible misfortune of their believers.