Pope said other churches are "defective", is he right?

[Master_of_the_Faster]

Originally Posted by jewpinthethird

Pretty much what I was trying to get at. Model your life after the teachings of Jesus. Become your own Christ. We are all equal, regardless of what color our skin is, or what faith we prescribe too. We are all the sons and daughters of God. No human life is more important than another, and all life on Earth should be respected. The Catholic Church, being the totalitarian dictatorship that it was, sought to suppress equality, peace and democracy by making Jesus Christ "the divine Son of God and savior," robbing him of his humanity, as well as setting up a theological bureaucracy so that the masses wouldn't be able to interpret the stories of the Bible on their own, having to instead rely on the Church for their salvation.

People have to realize that religion doesn't govern your individuality unless you let it. So what if there may or may not be any god(s) and people tell you what is "right","wrong",or "normal". The truth is that the only thing relevant to any person is their own life, liberty, and property. How you want to give, take, defend, or do what ever with your own life, liberty, or property shapes how you see what people call "right","wrong",or "normal".

Until there is any proven connection between anyone's life, liberty, and property to praying or customs, I see no reason to pray or believe in these customs created by humans especially without proof of validity.

People believe there is a "hell" and if such a place as hell can truely exist, it wouldn't just make you a sinner to be in such a place, but a person whos individuality clashes with that of a being such as these god(s) that people believe in or atleast with what we know, a person's individuality that would clash with that of some religious person's view. Perhaps you might want to pray, but I'm not stopping you if that's your wish. However, if people are going to force others to pray or violently bigot against others who pray to other things, then you are trying to take away live, liberty, or property that not even a righteous god or being should do. After all, would a god of any decency want you to fight a religious war?

Edit: I remember seeing this quote from wikipedia as shown by slipstrike0159 in the scientology thread:

Originally Posted by slipstrike0159

"Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The Church of Satan draws its name from the mythological and cultural concepts of Satan. Satan stands as the central symbol for many different gods, including Ahriman, Loki, Set, Amon, and Belial, all seen as symbolic of the same ideals and archetype. The Church of Satan claims that every individual can be his or her own god and is responsible for his or her own destiny. (In their usage, "Satan" denotes a symbol and metaphor rather than a literal anthropomorphic deity.) People who follow this belief system are called "Satanists"".

When I read the line that says "every individual can be his or her own god and is responsible for his or her own destiny", this really hints at the fact that people should respect their own life, libery, or property/individuality over anything else (perhaps even over some god if you so choose).

How can a pope even call others defective without having any physical evidence to back up any stated claims? Humans are all said to be imperfect and even though we hate to accept that title as well as want to achieve perfection in the ways that we choose, it's very much true that humans are imperfect right now in some shape or form. I wouldn't be surprised if any popes themselves were "defective" especially if they unnecessarily bigot against other religions (these last statements were only made assuming that this pope frowns upon the other churches or bigots against any other religions with actually calling any of them "defective").