Why isn't all the rhetoric against the Catholic Church seen as hate crimes as it leads to attacks against the

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Pope as we have seen lately? Isn't this the same thing that the gay rights people say?

makemeaspark: you have said it correctly --our superiority. But, it is through Jesus and it has nothing to do with us personally.

Answer 1

Amen, sister. We get hit, kicked, spat on, called everything vile in the book and accused of everything evil, 99% of it being totally baseless and no one cares. Goes to show how much anti-Catholic bias is out there.

Now, if I treated Muslims or Jews that way, I’d be called anti-Semitic, anti-Islam; if I insulted Africans or Asians or any other ethnic group the way Catholics are, I’d be labeled a hateful racist bigot, but when people insult Catholics, they’re suddenly acting out of “truth” and “righteousness”.

Oh well. We take our licks. Jesus never promised it would be easy. He just said to follow Him, have faith, and He will keep His promise. I can’t wait for the day when I get to be with Him.

God bless.

Answer 2

I've seen a lot of people trying to back away from comments made against the Church by saying that they are just joking and there's no harm in a joke.

As an example.

I would equate accusing EVERY Catholic priest of being a child molester as a hateful comment b/c the person know it is not true (that's slander) and they know it's not going to make someone laugh (the subject of child abuse is not a joke).

Others don't try to hide the fact that they hate the Church. Jesus Christ told us we would be hated for following Him so I guess that is coming to pass. The Catholic Church is the largest and the oldest denomination in the world and is not going away despite the rantings of the naysayers.

No other institution has lasted so long. No other institution has been given the promise of the Holy Spirit. And the Pope remains a visible sign of the authority and stability of the Catholic Church so he will always be an open target.

Answer 3

If you were the victim of a violent crime, and It was found to be because the perpetrator hated Catholics, then it would be considered a hate crime.

What I am seeing is not just widespread anti-Catholic sentiment in our society, but anti-Christian in general.

As our society becomes more secular it seems to be politically correct to attack Christianity. It's like people think Christian-bashing is an acceptable prejudice. Seems like it is gaining in popularity.

Answer 4

Well, some say it's because anti-Catholicism is the last acceptable prejudice, which seems to be true.

But it's also because these hate-filled "preachers" are spreading the lies and misconceptions as fast as they can, and too many Catholics don't stand up to them.

This is all foretold - Jesus warned the Church that false doctrines and false preachers would abound, and boy are they ever!!

Answer 5

If Catholics did not throw their superiority in peoples faces we could do away with fully one third of the prejudice against them