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		soulofmischief 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: First American pope elected and will be known as P... How does this account for the numerous splits from the Church in the last 2 millennia?

90s_dev 10 months ago [–]

Fallen human nature and all its corrupt motives accounts for that. The most obvious being that a good number of religious leaders have no interest in truth and are fine with causing division as long as it profits them.

soulofmischief 10 months ago | [–]

I thought your thesis was that the Pope was supposed to protect the Church from that.

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