Re: [marxmail] The Vatican, ‘Magnifica Humanitas” and AI - a Philosopher’s view

"Mark Baugher" <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:59:36 -0700
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> On Jul 27, 2026, at 01:12, Donal Deroiste via groups.io <deroiste1=3Dgmai=
[email protected]> wrote:
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> You chaps are drifting into the psychology/psychopathy area now I fear?

Some of us believe that a centralized church of 1.3 billion people is a mat=
erial force. So we should be able to study and discuss it without people as=
suming that we believe any of its tenets or defend its past history. That's=
 been a problem on this list with one subscriber filing a formal complaint =
against me for condoning pedophilia. It was dramatic. Others want to dole o=
ut lectures on the Catholic Church and chattel slavery. =20

I am sure an idealist can find all sorts of institutions and beliefs that a=
re phenotypical points of similarity. The Roman Catholic church is only "ju=
st like" the Stalin-led USSR of a certain period if you limit yourself to w=
hat things look like rather than what things are.

Mark

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OfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Jul 27, 2026, at 01:1=
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into the psychology/psychopathy area now I fear?</span></div></blockquote><=
/div><br><div>Some of us believe that a centralized church of 1.3 billion p=
eople is a material force. So we should be able to study and discuss it wit=
hout people assuming that we believe any of its tenets or defend its past h=
istory. That's been a problem on this list with one subscriber filing a for=
mal complaint against me for condoning pedophilia. It was dramatic. Others =
want to dole out lectures on the Catholic Church and chattel slavery. &nbsp=
;</div><div><br></div><div>I am sure an idealist can find all sorts of inst=
itutions and beliefs that are phenotypical points of similarity. The Roman =
Catholic church is only "just like" the Stalin-led USSR of a certain period=
 if you limit yourself to what things look like rather than what things are=
.</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div></body></html>

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