Xilizhra t1_jeebyvj wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:12 PM

Reply to comment by JustHereForTheBacon in The Catholic Church took a fresh step Thursday in acknowledging abuse endured by Indigenous peoples with the Vatican formally rejecting 15th-century papal edicts that empowered Europeans to colonize non-Christian lands by DoremusJessup

Interpretations evolve over time. Faiths need to live and grow too.

JustHereForTheBacon t1_jeecgx5 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:16 PM

Definitely. But if god were perfect and infallible as they claim, and this were his infallible word, it wouldn’t constantly change with public opinion, would it?

Xilizhra t1_jeecoko wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:18 PM

God's perfect, we aren't. That's the long and short of it. Faith isn't about rote adherence to dogma; one has to remain open to better ways to approach Her.

JustHereForTheBacon t1_jeecr1h wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:19 PM

She is a fickle master ;)

But Catholics do claim they preach the infallible word. They don’t say this is our best current interpretation.

Xilizhra t1_jef6fq2 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:52 PM

I'm not Catholic, and that's one of the reasons why.

JustHereForTheBacon t1_jegau93 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:18 PM

Are we not talking about Catholics?