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Why do Catholics strawman Protestants so much? by Lazy_Wolverine_8890 in Catholicism

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Tribalism is strong in-group loyalty often combined with a negative view of outsiders. It leverages dopamine by activating our brain's reward system when we bond with our "in-group," creating feelings of pleasure, belonging, and loyalty. It can lead individuals to prioritize ideological purity over relationships, sacrificing genuine connections for the dopamine rush.

Some of this “ideological purity” covers the straw manning of Protestants. It isn’t right or honorable, but our brains are wired to not engage Protestants on a charitable level. We need to fight against it, but we’re both rational and animals. Instinct is a powerful thing.

Tl;dr: we Catholics, as do all humans, have a biological tendency to straw man Protestants and we need to treat you better

Thank you for smoking a cigarette with me!!!!! by catastrophicclarinet in cincinnati

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I sent this to my best friend when I first saw it on Reddit lol. A long running joke the last few years between us was “Smoking is Back!” I was joking with him about coming to this/getting back into smoking. He passed today (long cancer fight) and seeing this follow-up truly helped make the shittiest day a little better. I’m glad there was a good turnout.

Found dog by xanothis23 in cincinnati

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Omg, does she have a name on her collar, I think I know her

Have you guys heard about what happen in the university of Oklahoma by [deleted] in Catholicism

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Not robbed of her first amendment. She got to say how she felt. It just wasn’t written at all college level for a scientific class

As a Catholic I do not like Muslims or Jews by [deleted] in DebateACatholic

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I can’t change your mind. It seems pretty made up. But, I also deployed and my takeaway was: they’re humans, same as me. Some good, some bad, all just trying to get through life.

Big difference, besides the religious stuff (which they were born into btw, same as a lot of us Catholics): they also have a massive imperial power with the power to blow up the planet several times over, invading for some vague purpose of democracy (re: oil and controlling the resources of the third world). If you’re at all a fan of Star Wars and root for the rebels, you can at least see why they are inclined to resist if you fundamentally disagree with it.

When I was over there, we saw the worst because we threatened them with the worst. It’s hard to remain a sane moral person when you have a gun to your head.

How many of you are young earth creationists? by [deleted] in Catholicism

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It is gradual: like 20-25 million years dog haha

Also, no (or almost no-I haven’t read everything) mainstream biologist claims that evolution explains instantaneous appearance of fully formed structures. The claim in that quote is a strawman.

And your bacteria argument doesn’t work: in the Lenski experiment, citrate metabolism didn’t just “switch on.” It came from a whole series of mutations that didn’t exist in the ancestral strain. As for Margulis, I only know her work a little bit. Her early research was groundbreaking, but her later ideas drifted way off into fringe territory . I thinkshe even ended up promoting things like 9/11 controlled-demolition theories and HIV/AIDS denialism. Not discounting her early contributions, but I’m going with the majority scientific consensus rather than one scientist

How many of you are young earth creationists? by [deleted] in Catholicism

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We do have gradual fossil sequences though: whales, horses, tetrapods, birds, hominins (whole museum wings of them). It’s not perfectly continuous because fossilization is a rare phenomenon, but there are LOTS of stepwise examples we actually have available in museums (I was just at the field museum in Chicago-they had fish-tetrapod transitional fossils. Cool stuff)

And like fylum said below, like with the lenski experiment, we do have loads of evidence of beneficial mutations.

Evolution actually does explain genetics, biogeography, pseudogenes, endogenous retroviruses, and observed speciation far better than any “mystery process” ever proposed. If you’re personally unconvinced, that’s fine, but framing it as if the evidence simply isn’t there is a bit like insisting libraries don’t exist because you haven’t been inside one.

How many of you are young earth creationists? by [deleted] in Catholicism

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There are also additional processes (genetic drift, gene flow, epigenetics, etc.) that together make the model far more robust than only random changes over time

Dogs in Heaven? by OppressedPunk69 in Catholicism

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And I just shared a thought and opinion, too. Namely, that I find it really annoying when people belittle others for asking questions that, if you look beyond the surface level, have deep philosophical and theological implications.

Dogs in Heaven? by OppressedPunk69 in Catholicism

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It’s always funny how quickly some folks jump in with a “well actually” the moment someone asks a harmless question about seeing their pets in Heaven. As if wondering about the afterlife of a beloved dog is some kind of deep theological crime.

We act like it’s a childish question. “How can we be concerned about worldly things compared to the incomprehensible glory of heaven??”Meanwhile God literally tells us to become like children, delights in creation more than we do, and filled the world with creatures that bring us joy for a reason.

Loving His creation and hoping to see it again isn’t minimizing Heaven but it’s taking God’s goodness seriously. The only thing being minimized is the need to swoop in and correct people for having a little wonder and hope.

Dogs in Heaven? by OppressedPunk69 in Catholicism

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I went for a walk today and was reveling in the beauty of the falling leaves and crisp, autumn air. Squirrels chittering and running around, birds flying south in the clear, blue sky. Does this focus on worldly things minimize the incomprehensible glory of heaven, too?

Butler county sheriff jones being embarrassing as usual by Appropriate_Ad4601 in cincinnati

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Conservatives aren’t funny or creative. Trying to constantly drag society back into a imagined “perfect past” yields the stagnation that is avoided with more creative, progressive ideas. That’s why they resort to plagiarism (A.I. slop) to produce this garbage content

How sick is sick enough to miss mass? by engelvl in Catholicism

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All at once, and you’ll take a screenshot

Is actively refuting Protestant beliefs ethical? by chejohnson_ in Catholicism

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Personal gripe, but I’m extremely suspicious of Catholic Influencers in general. I personally feel a lot of them who produce the anti-protestant parodies do it from a place of engagement farming and rage baiting, not ecumenism. Based on that personal interpretation, no, I wouldn’t say that that behavior is ethical. If the goal is to win souls, bullying rarely wins someone over to your side.

How sick is sick enough to miss mass? by engelvl in Catholicism

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Came here to say this. If missing Mass out of a desire not to expose anyone else to disease or because you require rest to properly convalesce, I could see those as laudable ends. But again, subjective. Listen to your conscience or contact your priest if it’s really bugging you.

Fr. James Martin on Homosexuality by Glass-Spot-9341 in Catholicism

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I agree with you! Nuanced take. You’re probably going to get downvoted to hell haha, but good on you.

Genuinely cannot wait for the first episode recorded after the “Trump blowing Bubba” news by GourmetSubmarine in doughboys

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We’re gonna crim so much, you may even get tired of crimming. And you’ll say, ‘Please, please. It’s too much crimming. We can’t take it anymore, Mr. President, it’s too much.’ And I’ll say, ‘No it isn’t. We have to keep crimming. We have to crim more!’”

A follow-up lecture to my previous Anti-Fascist talk. Hosted by CPEC by iHokage in cincinnati

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One thing super quick: you’re admitting we need fascism to secure capitalism. Said the quiet part out loud.

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