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paleotn

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19. Protestants think that's all crap.

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:44 PM

23 hrs ago

The Pope is the whore of Babylon. The Anti Christ per Martin Luther. And all that ritual is bunk and unscriptural. Which, to their point, it is.

Seems there's more than enough silliness to go around. Both sides.

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The anti-Catholic hate from MAGA is not surprising. The Klan hated Catholics and MAGA is the modern iteration of the KKK [View all] applegrove Yesterday OP

Maga goons SunImp Yesterday #1

Trump is the only candidate The Wizard Yesterday #2

All my MAGA relatives are Catholic. maxsolomon Yesterday #3

I don't think so Raven123 23 hrs ago #17

How long will it take for (fill in the blank) to realize that they were just a tool? erronis 22 hrs ago #23

You're correct about my relatives - they are Anti-Abortion voters, period. maxsolomon 8 hrs ago #47

Same here...cognitive dissonance is beyond them. La Coliniere 23 hrs ago #18

Blood is thicker than water. OC375 Yesterday #4

I find it ironic that my raging MAGA sister is a raging Catholic! Hope22 Yesterday #5

I hope she finds the errors of her ways, voluntarily. erronis 22 hrs ago #24

I was asking her to check out Project 2025 before voting, nothing more. Hope22 21 hrs ago #39

Mine too goes to Mass three times a week Lifeafter70 22 hrs ago #34

That sounds like my sister. Hope22 21 hrs ago #40

Damn do we have the same sister lol Lifeafter70 21 hrs ago #41

LOL! That is what I was going to say! Hope22 20 hrs ago #44

Nope Lifeafter70 20 hrs ago #45

All the 'Republican Christians' hated Catholics until their coalition needed more votes ToxMarz Yesterday #6

Isn't JD catholic? Ruh-roh... Marie Marie 23 hrs ago #7

Yes, he probably thinks the current Pope owes his position to him because what happened after JDs visit to the last pope ChicagoTeamster 23 hrs ago #12

I'm sorry but that made me laugh Lifeafter70 22 hrs ago #36

No problem. Trump will just give JD an indulgence... maybe. Or an excommunication if he's lucky. erronis 22 hrs ago #25

The anti-Catholicism from the protestant faiths has always been a thing deep down. the nelm 23 hrs ago #8

Wait 'til the Pope... BurnDoubt 23 hrs ago #13

Personally, left all that malarkey behind years ago. the nelm 23 hrs ago #16

Protestants think that's all crap. paleotn 23 hrs ago #19

I am a Recovering Catholic... BurnDoubt 23 hrs ago #9

Love that: "although Jesus IS the poster-boy for "Woke"... in fact he's the author." erronis 22 hrs ago #26

I have often said that I'm a liberal thanks to the nuns at Catechism pounding the Acts of Mercy into my pointed head dflprincess 22 hrs ago #28

FDT orangecrush 23 hrs ago #10

My Catholic ancestors were true followers of Christ. ananda 23 hrs ago #11

I knew such people as a child. BurnDoubt 23 hrs ago #14

One thing I've always like about Catholics is their view of the poor. paleotn 22 hrs ago #22

I think the same way. ananda 22 hrs ago #38

Funny thing. I always thought the iconography of the KKK was very Catholic adjacent... Wounded Bear 23 hrs ago #15

The Klan was very anti-Catholic until sometime in the late 1960s or 1970s dflprincess 22 hrs ago #29

That's interesting. yardwork 22 hrs ago #31

Yes when I was very young Lifeafter70 21 hrs ago #42

There is a whole crazy history with American protestant Christians and American Catholic Christians. FascismIsDeath 23 hrs ago #20

It's probably less about the cult of christianity than about men's lust for power. erronis 22 hrs ago #27

I could never figure the dislike for Atheists. BidenRocks 22 hrs ago #21

Easy. We're not controllable by appeals to "higher powers". erronis 22 hrs ago #30

Same reason queer folks are hated and feared by MAGATs yardwork 22 hrs ago #33

History Is A Funny Thing. FATHER COUGHLIN, ANYONE? ColoringFool 22 hrs ago #32

Many Catholics are MAGA. Most voted for Trump JI7 22 hrs ago #35

The Fox News KKK bully pulpit. Initech 22 hrs ago #37

On the other hand, Trump has reportedly been supported by a majority of Catholic voters, Jack Valentino 20 hrs ago #43

Recommended. H2O Man 19 hrs ago #46