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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not one single soul cares what the pope has to say, including so-called Catholics.[/quote]

What’s a “so-called” Catholic?

According to The National Catholic Registry.  
 
The poll found that Catholic voters trusted Trump more than Harris on immigration by a massive 25-point margin, 57% to 32%. It also found that Catholics trusted Trump more on the economy by a 19-point margin, 55% to 36%.

Both Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, courted the Catholic vote heavily in the last few weeks of the election. In late October, Trump called Harris “destructive to Christianity” and said Catholics are “treated worse than anybody.” In that same week, Vance published an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, accusing Harris of “prejudice against Catholics.”

Apparently these Catholics don’t know their history of Catholic immigrants being
second-class citizens to the Protestants who got here earlier.  I wonder how they feel now when they see immigrants dragged along the streets worse than stray dogs.

The states included in the NBC poll were Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.[/quote]

So-called Catholics...  MAGA Catholics are to me by and large frauds.

A person can strive to call themselves anything, but in the Gospels Christ gives a very clear standard: you follow Him by doing what He commanded. And in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, those commands are not ambiguous. Jesus tells His followers to welcome the stranger, yet the MAGA worldview celebrates the expulsion of refugees and migrants. He commands us to feed the hungry, while MAGA rhetoric mocks the poor and pushes to cut food assistance. He tells us to care for the sick, but MAGA politics defends a system that leaves millions unable to afford basic medical care. He tells us to honor and protect the elderly, while MAGA leaders openly discuss gutting Social Security and Medicare.

And there are even more places where the contrast is stark. Christ teaches “blessed are the peacemakers,” yet MAGA culture glorifies aggression and political violence. Christ commands humility, while MAGA elevates pride, domination, and self‑exaltation. Christ warns repeatedly against wealth, greed, and storing up treasure, while MAGA ideology treats wealth as proof of virtue and poverty as personal failure. Christ teaches love of neighbor, love of enemy, and care for the least among us, all of which run directly against the politics of resentment and exclusion that MAGA promotes.

In short, you cannot truly claim to be a follower of Christ if you are MAGA.  And that includes Catholics.  MAGA is the exact opposite of everything Christ taught.[/quote]

Amen.  Anyone who is MAGA is not a true Christian no matter what BS they cry to the heavens.  Their beliefs and behaviors are completely antithetical to what Christ taught.  Period.  End of discussion.[/quote]

As a Catholic, I find it very confusing when someone claims they are Catholic yet they support Trump. Many also practically worship Trump as an idol. What do they think Jesus meant by all he said??[/quote]

What Jesus asks of us is H A R D.  Many of his teachings are not in line with popular American culture. He said others before self.  America is all about the individual first.  No way Jesus would support guns, guns, guns.  No way Jesus would say unfettered capitalism is just peachy. No way he'd like the message in movie after movie about vengeance.  Jesus asks us to be peaceful, humble, merciful, forgiving, charitable, kind, loving.  Welcome the stranger.  Help the widow and the child.  Blessed are the merciful.

Trump tells them loud and proud that it is okay to be a selfish, hateful jerk.  These people take the easy way.  They follow the false god.[/quote]

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