I agree

Everyone has a different path in worship, but leading an entire religion astray is kike tier shit

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Its not being done with any sincerity either, but with the very obvious agenda of corrupting the faith

I'm in a Catholic group chat on fb to keep up appearances with my irl friends

I'll ask them what they think

Also Pachamama is Andean

Its just entirely inappropriate all around

They're not our Gods to venerate

@Diadact is that a cheap plastic oar the pope is blessing

Lmao

It's a wooden idol of Pachamama

Fertility/mother goddess of Andean/Incan ppl

He blessed it, Catholics threw it in the river, he got another idol and blessed that

Why was the pope involved in any of that?

No idea, some other xgzyians think it was to expand the catholic church to include Andean pagan s

because of the church shrinking

If that's the case isnt it obvious?

The church is shrinking because it refuses to defend its followers

I haven't seen logic that bad in a long time <:yeesh:630878470225788928>

And their values

Then again, I should probably stop expecting better <:smugpepe:619749634402942998>

Andean pagans, clearly a large majority of people that would be the perfect choice to absorb into your religion

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Not like you could target any of the dozen sects of catholocism <:smugpepe:619749634402942998>

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No sir, andean pagans are the way to go!

Yeah who was saying that shit @Diadact

Next on the list, aboriginal witch doctors <:smugpepe:619749634402942998>

Jill I think

Tell her shes drop dead retarded

In all fairness, I don't accept the "idolatry" trope which is often tossed around by the monotheistic religions. Signs and images draw power, therefore all signs and images are inherently idols. Also, it doesn't matter if you're an aboriginal or some taoist farmer; no one genuinely believes that the God resides within the stone alone, or whatever. The people very apparently believe that the matter is embodying something which exists metaphysically/after death, that it is a means by which to achieve contact with the God in question.

The problem here is rendering unto Christ what is Christian, and the church is built for that purpose. It's as awkward and unfitting as if I were to go and give the Andeans fucking statuettes of Aphrodite.

Or to place my ethnically reserved images in their most sacred houses.

It's also infuriating to see Europeans being coaxed into prostrating themselves before the items of Sudras.

Weren't it just demonisation, in the efforts toward a quick and efficient way of uh, "cultural assimilation"?

Actually it was probably promoted in that way but obv the idea comes up from lack of effective communication

Why do you think the Pope did that though?

It's symbolic for the past, and potential futures of the land kinda

I guess for past you could say it was like a theft, or a rape if you're really into it