And your source is? Even if we assume you're correct that is no reason to remain Roman Catholic. Deciding on a church because of a community is a mistake. Every church has good and bad members, they're all sinners but a good community is not a good reason to be part of one because even sects can have such. Church is not a country club. What is crucial is the correct teaching, dogma and tradition. Those things are unobtainable in RCC. If you don't like how orthodox are in Poland that's no excuse because it's just one part of the whole canonical Church. You can be the last righteous orthodox man in Poland and remain in communion with The Church, you can also go to Serbia, Greece or what have you and remain a fully vetted member of The Church there. One doesn't even need to know local language to commune. And local community could be super based. Correct order is this: foundation > decor.I know the sentiment here regarding the Pope. Whatever. You wouldn't've used that word if it wasn't close. I detest it when sewer bound terminology creeps into everyday language. Anyway, keep the schism going.
As to actions, I'll repeat myself, a Church is all of her people, and that table above shows why I've never been impressed with the Orthodox at all. It's a screenshot from a deceitful wiki article about the term jew-commune, but that data is true. Today it's even worse, before the influx of Ukrainian refugees (they may be made citizens, who knows), there were a few isolated Orthodox communities remaining in Poland, and their voting patterns mirror American blacks- 90% consistently support the former communists- the left which progressively champions abortion and deviancies, while the general population gave that party a maximum of around 48% (sad to see) only one time. Where are their priests or 'pops' to tell them- wait a minute my beloved parishioners, what is this all about? They're the poops not pops, that's why, it's all poop top to bottom.
When I read 'ask your priest' here, I can't help but hear 'ask your pop Vanya' as my mind processes it. I will say more when I respond in the Catholic Church debate thread, which I wanted to do since February and created the account solely for that reason, then I can go back to checking raw news in the 'newest comments' section on the right side of the page, without commenting.
Anyway, when it comes to epic changes, it matters more who follows, rather than who leads- soldiers under heavy fire will never respect and loyally follow a bad commander with no charisma, no matter his rank, if they don't like him they'll stay true to themselves, their apathy and reluctance will doom his efforts. The disciples who didn't desert Jesus went on to spread the Gospel. St. Peter spoke for everybody when he answered they had nowhere else to go, since the Lord had the words of everlasting life. I also don't really believe in brainwashing, people are what they are, and show their true colors when the circumstances allow it. The bad ones can behave properly and adjust to the environment, but they're not really themselves. I want a world when I can see who people really are- what they like, and believe in. The Orthodox have given much love to Jewish communism, they've followed their lead in huge numbers.
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