Pope Leo XIV called for artificial intelligence to be more strictly regulated, warning that it can help spread misinformation and normalize war. He also issued an unprecedented apology for the church's role in slavery.
  • Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 months

    I grew up so ideologically opposed to these guys that I hate it when they make a good point. 😩

  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
    3 months

    I stand behind Leo’s message 100%,

    but you have to admit it is kind of funny that the original gaslighter organization which uses positive reinforcement to brainwash people into worshiping a deity of their own creation is trying to stop tech companies from doing the exact same thing, lol.

    • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      3 months

      me when I know absolutely nothing about the Church and I watched a single netflix documentary

      • conartistpanda@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 months

        Pretty sure that documentary would be the more consistent and factually based religious piece of media out there.

        • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
          3 months

          when you just look at your machine like this 👁️👄👁️ because the reply is complete excreta

      • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
        3 months

        I was raised Catholic, actually. Went to bible camp every summer, sang in the choir. The book is fantasy fiction and the preacher’s livelihood depends on convincing people that all good things come from god and all bad things come from humanity.

        • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
          3 months

          Please read the Bible further.

          May I have some of the verses you read that made you think that?

          and no it does not, not at all

          Most religious orders (the way that most people become priests or brothers) do not have you earn your own money, you live in formation houses or active communities with priests and brothers

            • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
              3 months

              translations depend on literalness and the way its said

              for example

              the difference between

              “I ate a bunch of fruit today”

              and

              “A bunch of fruit was consumed by me today”

              • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
                3 months

                Yeah but then you say a bunch of racist authoritarian shit and try to shrug it off as sarcasm when the crowd turns against you. You’re not allowed to decide you were joking after the fact.

          • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.todayEnglish
            20 days

            That’s the point of the garden of Eden story. God made everything and everyone, but we broke his impossible rules and now he punishes us forever, to the point that infants are born with sin.

            It’s a death cult.

        • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
          3 months

          and Jesus Christ wasnt created by the Church…

            • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
              20 days

              Jesus Christ literally said he is the Son of Man and assigned Pope Peter as the “rock” of his church

              • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.todayEnglish
                19 days

                Jesus Christ

                Again, there is no such thing as a christ, magic isn’t real.

                literally said he is the Son of Man

                Isn’t everyone?

                and assigned Pope Peter as the “rock” of his church

                And what does that mean? One of these four interpretations? https://www.gotquestions.org/upon-this-rock.html

                Or something else entirely? Let’s ask Jesus. Oh right… he died.

                • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
                  19 days

                  1. There is, stop strawmanning it to “magic”

                  2. The Son of Man as in the Messiah. Matthew 26:64 Jesus said to him: “You have said it. Yet truly I say to you, hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the power of God, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

                  3. Jesus told him to “feed my sheep”.

    • honesthenery@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      3 months

      We in the USA have a issue with secular and non secular idol worship… The pope is a CEO… Kinda like his own little corpo kingdom… kinda like these billionaire welfare queen pdfile anarcho capitalist libertarian tech ceos…and it seems like both parties can’t keep their hands off the kids. Like musky boy is trying to create or already created. These catholic clergy are just grifters and fraudsters. It is sad to watch the elderly spiral into madness and these vampires love taking advantage of the weak while posing as “the good guy”… the world is a inversion of what people actually believe. It is hard to keep your head on straight with such a heavy knowledge base. I looked into the abyss and it spit in my eye.

  • dasrael@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3 months

    Cult leader in white robe writes about stuff he doesn’t understand.

  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 months

    Since the Catholic church now owns more land than anybody else on Earth (170 million acres), perhaps the Pope can grace us all by paying property taxes from this point onward? The church’s unimaginable wealth should be able to cover it… everybody else manages it somehow.

  • JangleJack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 months

    The pope’s AI encyclical was good reading and reminds us to center human dignity, compassion, etc. Lots of ethics to explore with regard to AI and related cultural phenomena.

    • eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3 months

      So when my priest raped me and the church protected him, that was an example of the ethical views and compassion and respect for human dignity you’re talking about?

      I guess I always have more to learn from this amazing institution, like how I’m an abomination for being queer.

      • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
        3 months

        you are not whoever told you this was doing the work of Satan

        all of us are God’s creations, and God doesnt make mistakes

        your sins do not define you, the crucifixion set you free of them. Have faith in Christ.

        And may I ask for your diocese or archdiocese? Have you reported him to the police yet? I am incredibly sorry that happened to you