In his January 5th statement, The Pope stated "Today’s regnant agnosticism has its own dogmas and is extremely intolerant regarding anything that would question it and the criteria it employs".
Let's think about that. Can it logically be true? If agnosticism is the state of claiming that you can't (or don't) know whether to believe in God, wouldn't the people who are agnostic want to ask questions and wouldn't they be interested in any questions that shed light on the situation? It is only by a process of discussion that they can get off the fence on one side or another, and surely that is something quite important.
In other words, even more than usual, The Pope is preaching nonsense that is unsupportable by evidence of any kind.
This is another of those cases of Christianity claiming to be the victim, when in fact it is preying on other innocent victims for the sole benefit of the priestly class. All Christianity works towards this aim, but the Roman Catholic Church's work is particularly egregious.
One also has to ask the question - does the wise old Pope confuse agnosticism with atheism or secularism? He might perceive all three as threats. I wonder why he singled out agnosticism.
Perhaps he is even more afraid of atheism and didn't dare to use the word.
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