• @Matriks404
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    43 hours ago

    I am an agnostic so my opinion might not be worth anything to Christians (or Catholics specifically), but I don’t really see the point in organized church structures. If you believe in God, support his ideals, why do you need to go to church anyway, or at least why would you want your local church support some big hierarchy (often with controversial opinions or actions) for your money?

    • @Kiwi_fella
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      157 minutes ago

      It’s been a long while since I was involved in a church, but my recollection of the Bible isn’t able to reference anything that implies there is a need for the hierarchy associated with the Catholic Church, or similar. It kind of says you can have a personal relationship with God, and I don’t recall anything about Mary being special in any way aside from giving birth to the so called Messiah.

    • @[email protected]
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      63 hours ago

      Same reason people go to comicons or music concerts or protests. People just want to be with others who believe in and like the same things as they do. It’s a pretty simple and basic human behavior.

    • @Tilgare
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      23 hours ago

      “Faith without works is dead.”