Many people use only what they want from Catholic material.
Just as a mainstream meme-machine cut-and-pasted only what it wanted from the actual recommendations of the actual Jesus, so too did people like Mohammed cut-and-paste from the meme depository, just as nitro cuts-and-pastes today.
They use Catholism to pass any ideas of theirs.
Yes , Mohammed did and Pastor nitro does.
First catholic material is enormous. Second to understand it, one has to practice it really,
because it is only after a LOT of practice that it starts to make sense.
Yes, propaganda, practiced, does begin to "make sense".
And only when you manage to put a little distance between your mind and the propaganda that would capture it, does the propaganda start to lose its grip on your mind, enough to reveal it as non-sensical.
For me, I simply do not take seriously any "Christian" or "catholic" who does not confess
with real contrition their sins to a priest regularly. And a very good priest , aka one that is pure and
Saint, as many are just posers. Simple as that.
Then I won't tell you how many years I allowed my mind to be captured by that brand of propaganda as I may be disqualified by the frequency of visits to the booth, the sincerity of the confessions, and the quality of the sitting priest.
...which makes perfect sense, right?
let's look at some examples.
* "embracing poverty".
Which meals look the most poor? a pastry dessert made of cream, sugar, fat or a vegetarian wholesome meal?
Adopting vegetarian diet ( Hitler was a vegetarian I am reading) could be taken here as embracing poverty.
Basically, it means really not being lured in appearances of bounty, plentifulness when in fact it is worthless.
Ok, so I see you have taken an aspect of the propaganda, to make Hitler, who was also raised within that brand of propaganda, look like an obedient alter boy compared to people who eat rich, or otherwise worthless food.
This could be added, with as much sense, to the misappropriations of cultural lingo by Mohammed and Pastor nitro.
* "turning the other cheek": this one is often used. The truth is , if you really practice Catholicism, you do not get yourself in situations where people do not wish them well. The reasons are you are able to read people very well.
Feel free to point aspects I might have missed.
Since you go to the booth the right number of times per month with the appropriate measure of contrition in front of the most qualified priest, I'm sure your analysis is unquestionable.
Likewise, nitro's appropriation of the cut-and-pasted story of early ventures into kibbutz-like communist-socialism must also be unquestionable.
You remember the story of how Peter had his little following sell all their land and give all their money to the group, headed by Peter? Yes, the story of how one couple withheld some of thier land-sale proceeds for themselves, and, despite giving most of the proceeds to the group were struck dead by Peter's magic because they presented most of their proceeds as all of their proceeds? Yes, that would be the story of the unquestionable Peter, as nitro's appropriation of that theme, to be forced upon modern society is also unquestionably the same brand of propaganda.
