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It had its day
Nobody said it didn't once do some good
That time is long gone.
Yeah I guess the soup kitchens, services for the poor, rehabilitation programs, the red cross / crescent, support networks, salvation army, the Catholic Climate Covenant, nature reserves like Misali Island and civil right religious organizations like the Satanic Temple have had their day too.
I don't see the leaders of soup kitchens constantly molesting children and getting away with it. All those things you mentioned are still doing good things. What good things have the church done recently other than fix the things they largely caused (i.e. homophobia), and does it outweigh the numerous horrific things they still do?
I never said it does outweigh. And I had a similar discussion with another commenter in this thread about the churches redemption that I don't feel like repeating here.
Anyways, surely youve heard of the saying, throwing the baby out with the bathwater, correct? That is what the previous poster was doing, refusing to acknowledge any recent good in the concept of religion as a whole not just Christianity. Misali Island, Sikh soup kitchens and the satanic temples lawsuits are examples of good done by religion.