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[–] 42 points 2 years ago (5 children)

In my youth I went to your standard Roman Catholic schools and church and such, and they would never ever try to influence your decisions in this way. That's wild.

Now, I dislike organised religion as much as the next person, absolutely. But if there's a religious group that are trying to take away people's agency on who to vote for, they need to be shut down immediately.

They are a threat to our democracy.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You've never been to a cowboy church in the south then. Because I went once with a friend and I swear the pastor talked more about politics than the bible.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    The worst a priest said, around where I live at least, is that "you should vote within your beliefs as a catholic. Primary issue is abortion, I'm not telling you how to vote but I am asking that you do your research and try to vote within the beliefs of the church"

    Other than that, politics was NEVER talked about

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Samesies. Two different Roman Catholic schools, actually. I'd even go as far as saying that thanks to my second school, is that I'm no longer affiliated (or feel, at least, since except for excommunication, you cannot leave the Church) to Catholicism. Even more so, because my Philosophy teacher and my Catechism teacher were SO good. The first one taught me to think by myself and critically, and the second one to actually question my religion by looking at other religions.

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