Tag: Pope
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When Popes murdered – and were murdered
The Pope stands as a figure of supreme spiritual authority. He bridges the divine and the temporal. Yet the history of the Roman Catholic Church contains more than faith and salvation. A darker thread runs through its two-thousand-year narrative. The Church used violence. It wielded the ultimate punishment. Many know the Church as a victim…
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Even the Pope can be sometimes right
I am not only an atheist, but I also dispute central tenets of Christianity. I believe neither in a theistic nor a deistic God, and I also have serious doubts that Jesus Christ existed as a historical figure. In my opinion, he either did not exist at all, or the figure is based on someone…
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We really should not care about the Pope
As an atheist, I have been about to puke when reading, for example, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Daily Mail, BBC, TMZ and, then, tons of Czech press when the old Pope died and a new one was elected. According to surveys, more than 70% of Czechs identify as non-religious, atheist, or agnostic. Churches remain largely…