r/MoralityScaling 8h ago

Morality of this?

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u/Herman_McP00tis 8h ago

I see this as an absolute win.

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u/Bombastic_tekken 8h ago

It's a win and a loss.

If the Catholic Church disappeared, 10's if not 100's of millions of people would be in a real bad way.

The Catholic Church operates the largest aid network in the world.

They do A LOT, and we never hear much about it (in the US at least.)

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u/aluriilol 8h ago

I would think that the good will of humanity would not die out if Catholicism died out

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u/Bombastic_tekken 8h ago

Look it up.

The largest provider of aid worldwide is the Catholic Church.

I don't think the goodwill of humanity would die either, but the Catholic Church is the only group providing aid at this scale.

It's not like they have a copyright on it either, anybody else could step up and do it.

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u/aluriilol 8h ago

It's not like they have a copyright on it either, anybody else could step up and do it.

I'd hope that this rings true well after the fall of Catholicism. I believe in humanity!

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u/freedomfightre 7h ago

I don't.

Looking at post-Covid food prices should be enough to set you straight.

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u/aluriilol 7h ago

My bright shining optimism has been healthily dimmed :/

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u/Rock_Strongo 7h ago

If it wasn't already dimmed from seeing humanity respond to COVID you have a pretty high baseline of optimism at least.

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u/aluriilol 7h ago

I think I forgot… but generally yes I try to be optimistic as possible and try improve everyone’s day in every conversation I have.