cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37697209
- Pope Leo XIV has said he will not authorise the creation of an AI avatar of himself, as it would blur the lines between truth and fiction.
- The Pope also noted that he is concerned with AI’s impact on human dignity and jobs.
- If automation replaces too many people and only a few can work, that could be a “huge problem” the Pope said.
You’re making overly broad generalizations about a religion with over 1 billion members.
There are absolutely people who abuse the confession system as a get out of jail free card for their guilt with no intention of changing their ways.
Again, there are absolutely restrictions to freedom of religion, just like there’s restrictions on every other 1A right. I don’t think that it’s possible to make a reasonable case to not make priests mandatory reporters for child rape.
That’s not how confession works. It’s not a “get out of jail free card”, and it doesn’t take a broad generalization to know that even somebody deluded enough to think that it is, isn’t going to tell a priest “and I’ll do it again” and still think they’re getting anything out of it. That’s just a scenario made up entirely in your head, and I wouldn’t waste too much of your energy worrying about scenarios that only exist in your head. We have enough real problems to worry about.
Yes, and the seal of confession is not one of them, nor should it be.
You must be a child rapist since you know so authoritatively what they’d say in confession.
No just somebody with a little common sense is all.
How is speaking to the actions of every Catholic child rapist “common sense”?
Your entire argument is predicated on the fallacy that every single Catholic holds the sanctity of confessional to the same standard you do.
Considering the fact that priests raping children is not a rate event, you’re very mistaken. Christianity has been used and abused by horrible people to justify their behavior since its inception.
To sit there and claim that absolutely no Catholic would ever dare sully the sanctity of confession just shows how naive you are about how awful humans are.
Catholicism isn’t like other Christian sects where you can kinda interpret things your own way. The defining characteristic of the Catholic Church is a rigid adherence to established doctrine.
If there were somebody out there that didn’t hold confession to the standard that I do, they probably wouldn’t bother going to confession. It’s not something you’re forced to do at regular intervals. Either this hypothetical person believes in the sanctity of confession or they don’t. If they do, they aren’t going to go to confession to tell the priest that they aren’t sorry and are ready to offend again. And if they don’t, there’s no reason for them to go in the first place.
The only possible third option which is extremely unlikely, is somebody who doesn’t believe in the sanctity of confession, going into a confessional just to not confess at all but boast about their crimes and willingness to do it again. But in that case, they aren’t taking the sacrament, so the priest could report them.
Your middle school level spiel and circular logic are not getting you anywhere here
Yeah, I’m done talking with someone who supports protecting child rapists.
I’d say have a nice life, but I wouldn’t actually mean it.
Edit: BTW, I think it’s particularly funny that you’re defending a religion that has a long history of raping children and covering up for the rapists.
Not just raping children, too. The Catholic Church has actively participated in the genocide of indigenous peoples.