/lit/ - Literature

Christians sadly continue to selectively align themselves with whatever and whoever will bolster their own image, regardless of the massive hypocrisies they embody.

Pagans? Degenerates, and filth. But not Plato or Aristotle, whose conceptions we "borrowed" much of for our theologies. In fact, here's a passage I cherrypicked which proves that Plato was actually more-or-less a proto-Christian, and his God roughly the same as our own. Also polytheism a shit, but aren't these Baroque paintings simply gorgeous? The Sistine Chapel is an achievement every Christian should feel proud of.

Homosexuality? Burn, faggots. Degenerates like you will most certainly not be allowed to roam freely in an ideal, Christian society. Shakespeare, though? Absolutely a Catholic. He's a Catholic. Those references to men, throughout his sonnets, which editors have since changed to gender-neutral pronouns? That's just a slip of the pen, our Shakespeare ain't no faggot. He was a Catholic, his work is a statement on Catholicism, and his greatness from the fact he was a Catholic.

Science? I don't agree with many of its models, no. The Big Bang? Absolutely true, proving that the Universe is not eternal and uncreated but had to have an exact beginning, thereby matching the conceptions of Genesis! God kickstarted the Big Bang, though I don't believe any of the other details surrounding this hypothetical model. Only what works with Scripture. Checkmate, athiests!

Sarcasm aside, it's quite sad to see a group outwardly dedicated to the virtues of love and tolerance and forgiveness and unity and all these other great, humanistic values, while in-practice showing themselves to be some of the most judgemental, divisive, argumentative, hypocritical citizens around. The way Catholics and Protestants speak of eachother is just a simple example I could point to. I wonder whether people would be more Christlike, closer to embodying his tenets, if they abandoned these outward clubs of religion and simply followed the teachings alone.

Not hating on Christians here, these are just my honest observations. To return to the thread topic, if you're going to claim Shakespeare as a Catholic from what evidence you feel there is for it, make sure you claim him in all his affairs, including his similarly plausible romantic ones with an adult man. To do less is blatant hypocrisy, and Christian scriptures heavily reprimand such a mode of operation.