Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) celebrated following the death of Pope Francis on Monday. "Today there were major shifts in global leaderships," Greene wrote on X just hours after the pontiff died. "Evil is being defeated by the hand of God." Greene's remarks came after Rep. Nancy Mace's (R...

This made me laugh incredibly hard, so had to post it.

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I’ve met Mormons who don’t consider Catholics to be Christian, which is pretty fucking hilarious.

    ETA: Speaking of Catholics who try to cozy up to the right-wing evangelical Protestant movement because they have common causes but don’t realize they are being used… The Mormons are even further up the enemies list of the right-wing Protestants than the Catholics. And they too don’t seem to be aware of this. Basically if the likes of MTG get their wish to crush gays, trans, feminists, atheists, and liberals under their boot heels, they will turn on themselves. Starting with the non-Christian religions, then the JWs, then the Mormons, then the Catholics. They will go with the lowest hanging fruit.

    • Libra00@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      4 days ago

      I’ve met Baptists and Methodists and other main-line Protestant denominations who don’t, so it’s by no means isolated to the fringe.

    • kreskin@lemmy.world
      71·
      4 days ago

      the book of mormon says black skin is the mark of sin for “rebellion and iniquity.” And mormons only came to a more moderate understanding of that historically very recently.
      So you’ll forgive me if I dont care about what mormon clowns say about much of anything.

        • kreskin@lemmy.world
          3·
          4 days ago

          good catch yeah. I dont beleive in much that christians say either, but I try to keep that to myself because I dont want to fight about it. The bible is an absurd and terribly written document. The Torah is even worse. And I dont know much about the Koran, but I dont have high hopes considering its another Abrahamic religion from the same time period and philosophies.

          I’m not about to make the time to read holy books, I’d sooner shove bamboo up my own fingernails. …The benefits of a catholic school education, all the way up to undergrad. So many years wasted to get to the conclusion that none of those people had any idea what they were saying, and what they did say they didnt actually believe or adhere to. I do consider the bible to actually be a founding document of the US, insomuch as it teaches “rules for thee and not for me” and “ask too many questions of authority and you get beaten”. And not much else.

          Ok you can call me an edge-lord now.