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Re:The Truth Shall Make You Free: Catholicism and the CIA by krapp on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @06:17AM (#29251516)
>It’s really hard to be a Catholic, or a Christian, and not lean left.

The political and cultural juggernaut that is the American Christian right would disagree.

>I say this as an Atheist, that these ideas are pretty clever for a guy who lived 20 centuries ago.

Every religion teaches the same basic social principles in some way or another. Jesus didn't invent any of it.

Re:The Truth Shall Make You Free: Catholicism and the CIA by netcan on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @08:10AM (#29252525)
>Every religion teaches the same basic social principles in some way or another.

This is often repeated, seldom examined up close. It's true only in the vaguest sense, that "be good" is a common theme and that there are some overlaps in what constitutes good.

You usually need to get into the esoteric theology to find modern notions of equality in traditional religions. Many religions actually teach the opposite: "know your place".

Re:The Truth Shall Make You Free: Catholicism and the CIA by arkj on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @06:29AM (#29251619)
> Every religion teaches the same basic social principles in some way or another. Jesus didn't invent any of it.

Not every religion. The Rigveda and Manu Smriti core Vedic texts clearly teaches a divided society which resulted in untouchables. [0]

I am ok with no credit for Jesus movement but please don’t say superficially all religions teach the same basics which is simply not true.

[0] https://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/mmt/ambedkar/web/readin...

Re:The Truth Shall Make You Free: Catholicism and the CIA by rbanffy on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @06:49AM (#29251799)
> The political and cultural juggernaut that is the American Christian right would disagree.

They calling themselves Christian has nothing to do with whether they follow the ideas Jesus taught.

Remember the guy who said you should sell all your stuff and give the money to the poor was Jesus, not Karl Marx.