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Re:Project Operation Whitecoat Military Human Experimentatio... by almostgotcaught on Monday March 24, 2025 @04:11PM (#43464943)
You're again hitting the nail exactly on the head as to the difference: the Lutheran reformation gave way to Lutheranism, it did not actually reform the Catholic Church (cf the counter reformation). So again you see an instance where questioning foundational ideology from within is not possible.
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Re:Project Operation Whitecoat Military Human Experimentatio... by skyyler on Monday March 24, 2025 @04:28PM (#43465079)
I have a feeling that it's a lot more difficult to purchase indulgences nowadays than it was during Luther's time.

But luckily, I'm not Catholic, so I have no idea.

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Re:Project Operation Whitecoat Military Human Experimentatio... by mullingitover on Monday March 24, 2025 @04:30PM (#43465095)
Arguably the entire hack created by protestantism was the infinite free indulgences "salvation by faith alone" glitch.
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Re:Project Operation Whitecoat Military Human Experimentatio... by skyyler on Monday March 24, 2025 @04:33PM (#43465133)
Okay, so you are admitting that Martin Luther had a measurable impact on the practices of the church, right?
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Re:Project Operation Whitecoat Military Human Experimentatio... by mullingitover on Monday March 24, 2025 @04:44PM (#43465226)
You seem to be saying that religions are open to having their dogmas questioned and then growing from that, something that they are famously not open to (kind of the whole idea of a dogma).

Obviously 'Not all religions,' etc. However the Catholic church is notoriously dogmatic. Usually the more you press a dogmatic group to change, the more they dig their heels in about it. It's only when the organization is wounded by a schism or massive loss of membership do they suddenly start getting word from heaven that God has changed his mind.

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Re:Project Operation Whitecoat Military Human Experimentatio... by skyyler on Monday March 24, 2025 @04:55PM (#43465328)
I asked you a very simple yes or no question, actually.

Your lack of answer to that question speaks a lot.

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