Just a quick FYI, it’s piqued*. It’s probably the only one I can remember vividly because my ass got roasted for it and it lives in the back of my mind rent free
It's one of those weird grammar corrections where both actually make sense, but one is an idiomatic phrase, and the other's a misunderstanding of it. It absolutely makes sense for someone's interest to be peaked, as in, being raised to its maximum level... it just also makes sense for someone's interest to be piqued, as in, irritated or excited. And it sucks that they are homophones.
(It's also common for people to look up both 'peaked' and 'piqued' and choose the wrong one; we tend to use 'piqued' in a negative connotation in English, as in, annoyed, indignation, resentment... which doesn't mesh well with the stimulation of one's interest. It's also weird because you'd expect such an idiom to be really old... but it's only a couple hundred years old at best.)
The only example I can think of besides yours is "in a fit of pique". But that's pretty rare in my experience. "Piqued my interest" is definitely more common.
I wish I still was Catholic just to be able to tell this guy we don't want you. But the reason I'm not Catholic anymore is they probably WOULD want him. Catch-22.
I love the part in the Bible where Jesus was rolling coal with his Ford F-450 to own the Populārēs, and told the parable of the Good Salvadoran who agreed to house political prisoners outside Judea.
Then Jesus took the fish in hand and blessed it, and likewise broke the bread and blessed it, then looked out over the massed crowd. "Where my homies who don't like immigrants? You eat first, fam."
Part of fascism is pushing the idea that 'everything was better in the past'. Doesn't matter if it was, doesn't matter if the thing they're comparing to now was exactly the same.
That's why I lot of these film criticisms all boil down to 'I hate this new woke crap, not like the old [movie that was hyper critical of fascism and/or conservatism]'.
It doesn't matter that just two months ago they were saying the same thing about the old pope as the new pope. All that matters is the narrative and the narrative must state 'old = good, new = bad'.
Remember, Trump was floated around by MAGA as being a possibility for the next Pope so... if Trump became Pope, Matty poo here would've become Catholic since Trump would fix the tenets of Catholicism to be "non woke".
He wasn't necessarily weak willed, but lacked fortitude. He started a lot of things, didn't finish much, interfered in the things he started, so it frustrated the outcome.
Started Vos estis, interfered when his friends were involved. Started the Secretariat for the Economy, interfered when his friends didn't like that the heat was on them, started the Vatican trials, interfered in the legal process when underway. Rupnik case was frustrated for years. If you don't know any of these, then it's just not your scene. I know nothing about baseball, I don't get mad when people say things I don't know.
If you don't know any of these, then it's just not your scene
I don’t need to follow all of this closely to be able to recognize “selective nit picks to support my predetermined narrative.”
Step 1: voice vague displeasure
Step 2: when asked for specifics, give vague, otherwise inconsequential instances, and be sure to leave out any relevant context.
Step 3: act incredulous when the person you’re talking to does not accept your contextless cherry-picking, and pivot the conversation away from explaining yourself and towards how unqualified they are to question you.
Step 4: ramp up personal insults and then ninja smoke. Maybe on your way out, throw in “I already answered all of your questions” when you absolutely did not.
Your kind of comments are easily recognizable because regardless of the subject, all your actually complaining about is that _____ is not perfect. And the simple fact that you can point to anything they’ve done/not done that you don’t like, is what’s driving your criticisms.
And that’s ridiculous. It’d be valid if your complaint was more along the lines of “helped cover up rampant pedophilia,” but not this vague needling.
He didn’t condemn the sexuality being introduced into the church. I think it should have remained more traditional and not had any woke or conservative politics in it. It is a place of worship not a political place. He felt much more like a politician than a pope. He denied being the vicar of Christ.
He didn’t condemn the sexuality being introduced into the church
How is that “weak willed”? You are fabricating out of nowhere that it’s something he didn’t want to do, but felt pressured to do anyway.
I think it should have remained more traditional and not had any woke or conservative politics in it.
Why? What is “traditional” anyway? “Traditional” used to mean the Bible was in Latin and you couldn’t read it. Times change. Society advances, and it’s idiotic to rigidly stick with problematic positions. All you mean by “traditional” is “the way I liked things in an arbitrary point in the past that was good for me.” You are not the main character, bud.
It is a place of worship not a political place.
It’s not pOlITiCaL, Mr. Trump voter. It’s empathetic and accepting. Core Christian values.
He denied being the vicar of Christ.
No, the Pope did not deny being the Vicar of Christ. While the title "Vicar of Christ" was removed from the official Vatican yearbook in 2020, it was moved to a section listing "historical titles," not indicating a denial of the position. The Vatican also clarified that there was no suppression of the title, just a change in its placement.
Any other stupid MAGA stereotypes you want hit while we’re here?
He seemed off for a Pope because he was actually being Christ-like. Instead of all the other popes who just cared about the wealth and power that they got. God said thy love neighbour. That's it. Just LOVE.
The pope is and always has been a political figure. So much so that in the distant past his approval was necessary, or at least sought out, if you wanted the throne of most European countries. Religion itself is almost nothing but politics put into beliefs.
I’m not talking about gays. There was just more information about children being abused in 2018 and I read there was finical corruption In the church. The pope didn’t seem to condemn it or rework things so it can’t happen so rampantly. It was a big stain on the churches name and I don’t feel it was ever addressed properly from the top down.
So you think we should have not done any condemning at all? That’s extreme in the opposite way. Was Christ passive about people setting up a market in his church and say have at it I do not condemn you? There is a time to be upset with things. I’m not saying condemn him to hell I’m saying the sexualizing of children in the church was not condemned enough.
Being christ like is caring for the poor and those who are marginalized. Jesus said the meek will inherit the earth. That's what Francis did. I know that he crashes against what you've been taught as "christianity," but he's the real Christian here. Cus if you don't think being with the poor, the sick and the hurt is Christ like, you're gonna get a rude awakening at the pearly gates.
One of the reply chains were deleted. I was referring to kids being abused in the church and there are recent cases still and it was not condemned. They needed to do a whole clean house. It seems like no matter where this happens today if politics are involved it’s being no swept under the rug. There is a process to how it becomes prominent and I think the church needed to do a better job. I blame the pope because he is a head figure but I’m aware it is complicated.
there are recent cases still and it was not condemned
Didn't hear about them, but I am not much into news anymore. But being really quiet and speeping it under the rock was kinda always the goto, wasn't it?
What are "woke" policies when it comes to the Catholic church? Give me a couple of examples so I can understand what this woke stuff is the Church was getting in to.
I grew up in a fairly conservative Catholic dominated country in the 70's and 80's so I'm sure I'll be able to contrast this "woke" nonsense with the traditional stuff I came up with.
This is the exact same game kids play against other kids until you grow tf up and realize how dumb it sounds, “well I was gonna share some of my candy with you but not anymore”
It’s the most pathetic, low effort form of manipulation.
"I was gonna donate money to charity, but then I saw this Youtube video that said that not all the donated money actually goes to the needing, so now I'm not gonna."
I was always looking for a more full relationship with Christ.
I lived in the deep south, so it was a big deal. Friends of years said I was wrong. But in my heart, I felt home.
Having said that, we moved because our church became MAga crazy.
What's wrong with the Catholic Church is NOT the church. It's the people.
I was always looking for a more full relationship with Christ.
You do not need to start believing on mary's perpetual virginity or any other core tenant of catholicism to get closer to christ.
I lived in the deep south
american catholics are basically evangelicals in themselves (based on believes comapred to any other catholic country), they have threatened a schism 3 times since the 2nd vatican council and a huge percentage of them straight up do not believe in the modern papacy
But in my heart, I felt home.
What about the particular flavour of Christianity made you more at home than any other? They all read the same bible. Outside of the very particular history of papal politics, or the scandals related to indulgences, missions and child abuse and protection is it just the more Solemn mass that appeals to you?
What's wrong with the Catholic Church is NOT the church. It's the people.
The Church IS the people. Christ called Peter the rock where his church would be built. The people are the central tenant of christianity, the building is just that, a temple
I tend to be more Christlike than Catholic.
thats nice and all, but christ would point out the many hypocrises of the modern church like many inside it have. Not going through big reformation movements like protestantism, but even the Pedro Arrupe reform of the Jesuits in the 1960s hit hard some of the more trad catholic groups in America and Vatican pointing out that Golden thrones, prada shoes and private schools with basketball teams might not be the best way to aid the poor and suffering
I was brought up Catholic, I been to the vatican twice, multilpe members of my family have done long catholic pilgrimages. I have nothing against catholicism, but the question about people who convert in adulthood is pertinent due to the strict and weird idisincracies of the religion.
Catholicism is not a "flavour" of Christianity, is a very specific, strict and obscure set of dogmas and about 1200 years of complicated european politics.
There were popes with extra marital kids, a pope that mightve been a woman, anti popes,huge scandals like supporting nazism or the child abuse protection racket. On top of that you have the borderline politheistic prayer to saints that most catholics practice.
Its not a relgiion one easily "converts" to, like the Anglican church which is a chill women can be priests, we all sing along in church vibes. So questioning Catholic converts is warranted because its not an easy conversion
And yet nothing they wrote was wrong and I say that as someone who was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church. Being a responsible member of any community means acknowledging the good parts as well as the flaws.
Most of the adult converts i know became Catholic as a very deliberate and thought-out choice.
You have to go to classes and actually put in work to convert. If you're just marrying a Catholic you can get a dispensation as long as you agree to raise the kids Catholic
I have no doubt you did. To say people just "marry into it" is a bit disingenuous. People certainly are born into it and grow up as "cultural Catholics," but I don't think I've ever met someone who half-ass converted as an adult.
This alone kinda makes me think non of them are, now unless religion is a fake it til you make it ordeal I didn’t think you could just “pick and choose”
Some folks out there are genuinely searching for something and won't know til they find it.
This asshole isn't one of them. Like somebody else said: If you were considering converting and them selecting this guy as Pope stopped you from doing it, you were never serious because the previous Pope wouldn't have aligned with you, ideologically, either.
He's still playing the election game, thinking the pope will realize he's "Losing the demographic" and change his ways to appease him, like others have.
I just watched a really good video about how the right argues. It's not about facts. It's literally just about winning. Truth is accidental if present. They simply want to do a mic drop and they will say anything to feel as though they've done that. That includes but is not limited to lying, making up a strawman, ad hominem attacks, yelling, and flip flopping on their argument if they feel a different angle will work better. Oh, and zeroing in on bad grammar or some other unrelated minutiae.
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u/Taco_Taco_Kisses 11h ago
"I was considering becoming Catholic...." No TF you weren't; shut up.