Their unending commandments/policies subtly changed and altered the way we thought about ourselves. It was all part of their 'selfless' plan for us, to make us into a righteous army of "Elder or Sister" name tagged, faceless, obedient Mormon minions. Think about their inherent conservative nature; always too much emphasis on the length of hair, beard or no beard, tattoo or no tattoo, one earring verses two earrings, length of dress, garments on at all times; even their request for males to wear only "white" shirts shows their white elitism, etc.  So much emphasis on their business 'brand' of looks and presentation.

Since they choose to call themselves the Church of 'Jesus Christ' I would like to have seen more teaching of self introspection and talk of our 'hearts.' I just wish they had spent my lifetime talking about a small handful of powerful, life changing messages taught by Jesus concerning the state of our hearts. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a rule driven, poor excuse for a church. On each of our individual roads to rediscovering, loving and being ourselves, we must each hurdle many stumbling blocks, obstacles and (church placed) road blocks to live a simple edifying life.

1,000 victims just in PA.

Imagine that number if every single state did a similar grand jury investigation. Imagine all the other cover ups.

Imagine that number if it goes worldwide.

People who protect child predators are not men of god, and they should be shamed in society until they fucking change.

Alternatively titled: "My 95 Theses on Why The Church of Seiros Fucking Sucks"

So, obviously this game has resulted in a little bit of controversy ever since its release, mostly revolving around Edelgard's actions and her feelings on the Church of Seiros. Now, as a disclaimer: I am an Edelgard supporter, I think her actions are ultimately for the greater good and in terms of the actual quality of her writing she's the best character in Fire Emblem history. So if you were waiting for a sign to click off from here and ignore everything else I'm about to say, that was it.

Now, there has been a lot of debate on whether or not the Church did anything, everything, or only some things wrong, and the comparisons to both the historical and modern-day Catholic Church are inevitable, with people's religious views obviously having a pretty large influence on how they view this issue, one way or another. What originally resonated with me so much when playing Crimson Flower was that Edelgard's ideals on meritocracy and humanity resonated with my views as an individualist, and her thoughts on nobility and monarchies resonated with my political beliefs, but there's already been a hundred different threads about that, this isn't a thread about my moral or political views, this is about my religious views. Today I'm here to talk about why I, as a Catholic (albeit not the most devout one), believe that the Church of Seiros is completely, fundamentally, broken and needs to fucking go.

Also, another important disclaimer:

Someone's faith is a very personal thing, and each person's relationship with God varies depending on various factors such as how they were raised, how they interpret their faith, their feelings on religion, and so on. I am not a theological scholar nor am I any sort of authority on religion, I am not telling anyone that they can't be pro-Catholic and also pro-Church of Seiros, like I said, I'm not even especially devout for a Catholic. However, I do believe in a loving God, and I do identify with the Catholic faith, so I have a lot of thoughts on this matter that I haven't seen expressed elsewhere, at least not as comprehensively as I would like. If at any point it seems like I am trying to pass my opinion off as fact, it's just because I don't feel the need to write "in my opinion" before every sentence, but all of this is purely my own thoughts and opinions.

Depiction of Religion in Video Games

So, to preface all this, I w

It is a terrible shame that Notre Dame has had such a destructive fire however the Catholic Church is so cash rich that it does not require donations from regular people in order to rebuild this Cathedral