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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--Apple-Mail=_474FAEFB-918D-48B8-BC37-C7B76C7BE2F0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On Jul 27, 2026, at 01:12, Donal Deroiste via groups.io <deroiste1=3Dgmai= [email protected]> wrote: >=20 > 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 -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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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.  = ;</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> <div width=3D"1" style=3D"color:white;clear:both">_._,_._,_</div> <hr> Groups.io Links:<p> =20 You receive all messages sent to this group. =20 =20 <p> <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42674">Vi= ew/Reply Online (#42674)</a> | <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]?subject=3DRe:%20Re= %3A%20%5Bmarxmail%5D%20The%20Vatican%2C%20%E2%80%98Magnifica%20Humanitas%E2= %80%9D%20and%20AI%20-%20a%20Philosopher%E2%80%99s%20view">Reply to Group</a= > =20 | <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]?subject=3DPriva= te:%20Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bmarxmail%5D%20The%20Vatican%2C%20%E2%80%98Magnifica%= 20Humanitas%E2%80%9D%20and%20AI%20-%20a%20Philosopher%E2%80%99s%20view">Rep= ly to Sender</a> =20 | <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://groups.io/mt/120437408/6024700">Mute= This Topic</a> | <a href=3D"https://groups.io/g/marxmail/post">New Topic</a> <br> <hr style=3D"width:25%;margin-right:100%">POSTING RULES & NOTES<br /> #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br /> #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br /> #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern.<br /> #4 Do not exceed five posts a day.<hr style=3D"width:25%;margin-right:100%"= > <a href=3D"https://groups.io/g/marxmail/editsub/6024700">Your Subscription<= /a> | <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">Contact Group Owner</a> | <a href=3D"https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/10173629/6024700/1441833971/x= yzzy">Unsubscribe</a> [[email protected]]<br> <div width=3D"1" style=3D"color:white;clear:both">_._,_._,_</div> --Apple-Mail=_474FAEFB-918D-48B8-BC37-C7B76C7BE2F0--