We hate it when someone is blatantly racist or prejudice against a community of people. People get mad when people use the "N" word. Yet no one gets angry when someone continues to perpetrate a lie. In fact, many cheer on said bearer of false information. Those who stand against the lie, are told we are stupid, ignorant and treated like garbage.
January 2020 I wrote an article called "The Last Accepted Prejudice: Anti-Catholicism." In this article I spoke about how Anti-Catholicism refers to staunch opposition to the Roman Catholic Church and to its members, usually grounded in conspiracy theory, nativism, and misrepresentation of Catholic theology (and, often, copious amounts of tangentially related wingnuttery).
Today, September 3, 2020 in a Church funny group someone posted a meme of a statue slapping a lady that said "if Mary could speak to Catholics what would she say...Stop praying to me." Several people were saying "that's right, etc." And in the end I said "except Catholics don't pray to Mary." I went on to explain how the church sees Mary. Immediately I was "corrected", told that "they would give me time to google my answer." The hatred of Catholicism is so deep in people's heart, that they can't even have a discussion without putting one another down.
I have come to the conclusion that people believe everything they can find on the internet, and they rarely will read a book or reputable site. Only whatever feeds their beliefs can be true.
In 2000 James Martin, S.J. writes "Since last fall nine Catholic churches in Brooklyn, N.Y., have been vandalized; statues have been decapitated and defaced." In 2020, Jim Denison speaks about how the media doesn't report when even churches are burned.
Instead of posting offensive memes; and instead of taking instruction from those who know exactly what the church teaches, we should be praying "break our hearts God from breaks yours!"
If you want to know what the Catholic church teaches check out these websites:
https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM
https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catechism/catechism-of-the-catholic-church
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