• stoly@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    I am with you. I don’t believe in what the Pope stands for but also recognize that he is not only the head of state of a foreign government, but the mouthpiece of a significant part of human tradition. This really is like the “fake news” arguments from Trump’s first campaign, i.e., “I don’t agree with what they say so I will attack them personally.”

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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      Theology might just be overly-specific literary study, but I can at least acknowledge when someone is a world-class expert on it.