In May, Pope Leo XIV published a 43,000-word encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” which took AI to the cleaners. AI vendor Anthropic tried very hard to sway the contents of Magnifica Humanitas. They …
  • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.todayBanned from communityEnglish
    32·
    10 hours ago

    I was raised Catholic, but am an atheist now. Yet I gotta say I have a LOT of respect for this guy - for someone who’s the leader of the most famous branch of Christianity (so far as I know), he seems very surprisingly down-to-earth. I hope he’s able to move the rest of the flock in that direction as well.

    • A_be_seedy@beehaw.orgEnglish
      10·
      9 hours ago

      I grew up in NJ as a non-Catholic. Even I respect Pope Leo and Francis.

      Granted, I moved to the Midwest and realized for all the quirks Catholics have, they’re not as a monolith god awful people like Evangicals are.

    • Zensate@lemmy.worldBanned from communityEnglish
      325·
      9 hours ago

      The reason you have a lot of respect for him, is because he’s basically acting as atheist as you can while still being the pope for the church.

      That’s great for atheists like us, but it makes him a terrible pope.

      • motoxjake@lemmy.zipEnglish
        27·
        9 hours ago

        I’m curious why you say it makes him a terrible Pope. A lot of Catholics thinks he is great too. Some don’t. It’s all subjective really isn’t it?

        • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
          14·
          8 hours ago

          The Cardinals elect the Pope they want to set the direction of the Church. So, by definition he’s the best Pope.

        • Zensate@lemmy.worldBanned from communityEnglish
          113·
          7 hours ago

          Well it’s kind of like this. Imagine you hate watching football, right? But then you watched a football game and you loved it.

          If someone who hates football loves a football game, then it’s not a good game. It would have to be too fundamentally different from what people enjoy in football games to be a good football game.

          So if atheists are crazy about a pope who is a religious figure, then, it’s not a good pope, you know?

          I love the Pope, but let’s face it, he’s just adhering to atheist values as much as possible while being the pope.

          That’s great for us, but it’s not great for people who are not atheists, get it?

          • flowerysong@awful.systemsEnglish
            9·
            6 hours ago

            You think the fucking pope is “adhering to atheist values”? What an interesting place the inside of your head must be.

          • ebu@awful.systemsEnglish
            41·
            6 hours ago

            atheists and christians are like electrons and positrons. whenever they collide (such as in a football game) they instantly destroy one another