Hot Crossed Infallible Pope Buns on a Rolled Paper Stick

When I look at religion I see mostly deceit, delusion, hatred of women, intolerance of difference, obsession with control and suspicion and desecration of human connection. It is appalling. It is the opposite of what it should be, or what I think it should be.

I cringe at religion's negative preoccupation with sex. As an outsider to religious organizations it is rather glaring to me that this obsession with controlling sexual behavior has nothing whatsoever to do with spirituality, other than keeping people from it, keeping people from the very real sense of connection which is present in a close sexual relationship. The institution wants to own that, that feeling and the right to it, among other things, so they wail and carp and carry on, or stone or burn you, and make rules about who can fuck who instead of addressing real problems that cause immeasurable suffering.

It makes me furious.

They're squandering the good intentions and energy of people who commit to their philosophies by perverting everything in to that narrow stream of concerns.

The catholic fixation on whether homosexuality is inborn or chosen would be laughable if it didn't hurt so many people. What if it is both? What if almost everyone is a little bit of both categories and a only a very small group at either end of the continuum is rigidly one way or the other? That seems to fit reality better.
And what possible difference can it make anyway? The church complaining about sexuality is like BushCo complaining about liberal attack dogs. It is a diversion from the truth.

My gut tells me any real future Catholicism has lies in socialist South America. The American church appears to be being slowly subsumed by the right wing world view that is anything but "love your neighbor" and mostly about privilege for god's elect.