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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
The definition employed generally is "bullshit."
Infallible? What the hell kind of organization is the Church? Sounds like some fucking silly fraternity ritual... "And now, we shall read from the infallible text of our founder, Cornelious Bottomely." Nonsense. I mean, I get being spiritual, but this "Institution Worship" is bizarre. How in the hell can any of this bureaucratic, self-perpoetuating corpotrate horseshit have anything to do with getting closer to God.
You want to find God? Stay as far away from a Church as possible. I think Mencken, perhaps Twain said that. Couldn't agree more.
Absurd, fucking absurd. Infallibility... I mean, really... what are we laity, a mass of imbeciles?
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Outside of Unitarianism, and perhaps some Western interpretations of Buddhism, every religion, and I'd go farther and say every organization of any sort, has some fundamental beliefs. Infallibile doctrine represents those fundamental beliefs in the Catholic Church.
For the US, infalliability is enshrined in our concepts of freedom and democracy. Yes, how we interpret them will change with every generation, but not our fundamental belief in freedom and democracy.
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