There nto a cult, their god is the only true god. All the other religions are a cult. don't you know anything?

>They don't: molest children, indoctrinate, scam money, or many other things.

That you know of or are willing to admit.

>hey do: get money to poor families, provide counseling in things like alcoholism, family violence, and promote strong families which provide better outcomes for children.

You don't need to brainwash and abuse ignorant and weak people to accomplish those things. Which every church does inherently.

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The main issue i ahve with everything youve said is, that your not following catholic scripture. All these good things are entirley denounced in even modern bibles. Youve essentially invented your own religion and by doing so made the concept of religion redundant as anything other than a standardized set of morals.

You cant say "im catholic, but i dont command my wife", because by not commanding your wife, your not catholic.

Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands (Eph. 5:22-24).

not to mention the whole contraception debate.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/11jknh4/comment/jblrmbi/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

hers some. it seems hes correct. it nearly 50 50 exactly some years.

*doubt*

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/political-ideology/liberal/religious-tradition/catholic/

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/24/like-americans-overall-u-s-catholics-are-sharply-divided-by-party/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_politics_in_the_United_States#:~:text=Since%20the%201970s%20non%2DHispanic,Latino%20Catholics%20have%20voted%20Democrat.

Well shit whod have thought.

it's in the name. They want to conserve the status quo.

not a christain god. if the old testament is to belived he would have personally dropped metorites on all the people making him look bad or gave their children the plague or something by now.

A modern utopian christain god wouldn't have let these things happen at all.

They prey on the weak and ignorant. Most are born into an already catholic family and are brainwashed from inception. Many people struggling with poverty might be lucky enough to find aid from a local church or churchgoer and assume the whole church is like that. etc..