Why the hate for Catholics? You have mentioned slammed them several times. Bad experience from some?
Not personally ... their views on how to treat anyone different though is dangerous ... luckily more are seeing them for what they are. I have a few close friends who have had very bad experiences in that particular christian cult, then there's the recent accountability they are avoiding that does piss me off. The other chrisitian cults have answered for their crimes, yet still the Catholics do not even acknowledge most of theirs yet. It's complicated really ... but Yukon said he was Catholic and thinks all other christians are evil ...
Being a non-christian I don't like seeing this, because if any of the pagan religions and cults did this they would be ostracized by the others.
Not sure what you mean about treating anyone different. Could you please provide me with an example? Christian cult? I take it offensive to call the oldest Christian religion in the world a cult. You don't have to like Catholics nor Christians for that matter but I have a problem with the word "Cult". I start thinking about Jim Jones etc... Some Catholics do believe that if you are not Catholic you are going to Hell. This is usually older folks raised in a different time. My Grandmother was like that. The Catholics I know and at least my priest do not believe this. If you grew up in a certain culture and were a Hindu, Musilum, Buddist etc... it is okay if you try to lead a good life.
If you are talking about the priest scandals I can understand where you are coming from. The Church simply moved them from parish to parish which was wrong and every Catholic I know believes this. The Catholic church like any is made up of men thus it has and will make mistakes. I believe now the church is doing things right and reporting everything to the authorities. It isn't not the first nor sadly the last time the church will go astray.
We seem to have different understandings of cult and pagan. I understand that a pagan believes in some supreme being not Christ nor any other figure from a major religion. In my mind a cult is evil group and pagans are just non believers.
I've known bad priests but hey they are just men. They probably should have chosen a different life. What did you think of Pope John Paul II? I have yet to meet anyone even non believers that didn't think he was a very good man.