Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

SYLOH t1_jb452kc wrote

Reply to comment by Rosebunse in ‘Sick of it’: Catholic women vent frustration over sex, power and abuse by _Brandobaris_

Or believe in God, take advantage of the structure of organized religion, just not the Catholic Church.
People have been sick of the Catholic Church for centuries and have been doing something about it since 1517.
I'm an atheist, and even being an organized theist has better options.

22

GoldenRamoth t1_jb58ubw wrote

Yeah.

Theism isn't the issue. Creating power structures that get abused has always been the issue.

Creating systemic accountability is incredibly hard.

17

Jampine t1_jb5hori wrote

But wouldn't it basically be impossible to merge theism with accountability?

There's no definitive proof that anyone has spoken to, heard or even seen any devine entity, so the entire system is basically built on hearsay.

And because of that, it's impossible to police, since everyone's argument about how it should be run has the same amount of evidence (zero).

4

Smart-Rip-3733 t1_jb6333x wrote

The impossibility of policing is due to the concentration of power. Organizations with access to children often have the problem of child sex abuse. You see this with or without "god" in the mix.

3

Feraltrout t1_jb5oeq4 wrote

That's the part that grinds my gears, accountability should very easy but there is always some excuse for the greed

1

TheRealVillain666 t1_jb5r9kn wrote

There's a reason the Puritans fucked off to the americas, they were whinging about being persecuted for not being able to persecute others.

It's just that we got tired of their shit in the 16th century.

2