Would he have been a better writer if he were Catholic?
>>25251198Almost thought that was Richard Dawkins for a second
>>25251209Dawkins right now is being one-shotted by the Claude AI
American Catholics are basically Protestants.
>>25251226Even Gene Wolfe and R. A. Lafferty?
>>25251198I notice it has become a semi-mainstream opinion in the USA that catholicism is something akin to "le ebin trad Christianism". It is not. You can look at what goes on in Catholic countries. Widespread 'homemade paganism' either from the church itself, stemming from the ignorance of the clergy, or from the uneducated masses who take inspiration on catholic practices to craft their own superstitions; catholic figures preaching the current doctrine of the State above the one of the Church, many scandals of clergy taking money from the politician class; the fostering of a culture of resentment against those who are doing well (the official thought process is 'they are doing well because we are doing badly') and the instant earthly forgiveness toward those who do unspeakable acts (predilection for murderers, thieves, etc.) with nothing to say about stricness of the teachings or contrition of the sinner. Truly, catholicism and living in a shithole go hand in hand. Do not go that way
>>25251257trvke
>>25251226This meme needs to die
>>25251257
>>25251294>I'm proud of my inability to read and interpret a couple of plain language sentences
>being proud of not being able to read and interpret a couple of plain language sentences
>>25251353are you trying to make me mad? AAAARRRRGGHHHHHHH I'M NOT MAD
>>25251198He would be a better writer if he were less Catholic. For a start he wouldn’t be quite so indulgently fond of Mexican peasant philosophers spouting interminable rubbish.
>>25251290Catholicism? Yeah.
>>25251257The May-Pole of Merry Mount Was chopped down here, nigger. Now quit your effeminate complaining, listen and learn from us Americans on how to be obsequious, obstinate, and ignorant, so you too can escape pagan Europe, the Catholic Faith, and become another faction of Judaism.
>>25251854His mexiboo aspects and use of Spanish makes me drop his books
>>25251854Those peasants are gnostic sages. Not Catholic.
>>25251224You mean Claudia
>>25251198The best writers are usually either Catholic or Orthodox.Dante, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Tolstoy, Dosto, Gogol. Even nowadays, the best one is Fosse.Also, the best Homer translator is Pope who is Catholic
>>25251198The Catholic Church is an unholy abomination if there ever was one.
>>25252114Edgy take
>>25252161Tell me what the Catholic Church has in common with the teachings of Jesus Christ. Afaik nothing; they're a self-appointed holy mob with bizarre rituals, a strict hierarchy, and a sordid history
>>25251224it cant be worse than when he had a meltdown about TSA taking his honey.
>>25251860You're a cunt. Typical fucking heeb.
>>25251290maybe it'll die if you disprove it
>>25252261NTA but that's absurd. The Catholic magisterium is the result of basically all of the smartest Christians for a thousand years fleshing out the Bible. Their interpretations are pretty much the most reasonable syllogisms of the teachings of Jesus, Paul, etc. Even in the early days when they had fierce fights over homoousios versus homoiousios or whatever they managed to come to the more reasonable conclusion.
>>25252479>smart people won't pull power-seeking movesuh huh
>>25252494They managed to hammer things out and come to the correct conclusion over and over. Which position do you disagree with?
>>25252508I'm against your thesis that "they were smart therefore they couldn't have gotten things wrong"
>>25252600When did I ever say thatWhat specifically do you think they got wrong
>>25251290American Catholics don't even believe in literal transubstantiation. They invoke the Aristotelian (aka heretical) formulation of transubstantiation Also divorce
>>25252609nta but the worship of saints and the virgin mary is not compatible with the bible's teachingst. born and raised catholic
Catholics worship Mary and the Church Fathers far more faithfully than they do Christ.
>>25254045Veneration is distinctly different from worship. You're on a literature board, so learn the difference, nigger.>>25254056The whole Catholic religion is centered on the Eucharist, Jesus' body and blood. You people are just Jews until proven retarded.
Every catholic would have been a better writer if they had apostatized.
>>25254056Mary is more likely a goddess than Jesus.
>>25254104Flattery will get you everywhere.t. Second Vatican Councilman
>>25252087Milton begs to differ
>>25252508>They managed to hammer things out and come to the correct conclusion over and overThe Papist solution is literally the Pope is always rightYou described the Eastern Orthodox
>>25251854>>25251860>t. james joyce
>>25251344Choosing not to read a particular screed written by one of /lit/'s retards does not demonstrate an inability to read
