Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info
www.theregister.com
(Security) hole-ier than thou

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/68752761 which was cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/64103917

I thought about saying “you know it’s a grift when they collect personal information and leak it.” According to their Bible, you don’t need an app to pray. They say church (or a covenant, I forget, it’s been 30+ years since I read the KJV) is when any two people come together to talk about Jesus (sorry!). So, where does an app fit in? And why does that app need your personally identifiable information (referred to as PII in industry). Wouldn’t an all-knowing God already have it?

But you don’t have to know it’s a grift… I feel like this is proof the Vatican (or whoever made this app on their behalf, and thus speak on their behalf… and the Pope allegedly speaks on God’s behalf) themselves know it’s a grift. Because why would they need your PII?

I know, fools and their money are soon parted… just saw this on /all and figured the Fediverse’s top Atheism comm should have it.

    • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Absolutely. You identify the process of evolution based on evidence (well done, some theists can’t even manage that), and then you attribute it to a creator despite there being no reason to make that jump.

      Faith is weakness, an assumption made in the absence of fact and stubbornly held despite what any evidence might suggest.

      You worship the god of the gaps. “We don’t know, so it’s probably god.” But it’s probably not. “We don’t know” means it could be anything. The odds of your baseless guess being correct are virtually zero.

      Meanwhile, real people are being harmed as a result of your beliefs.

      • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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        8 days ago

        When you see a painting with the artist’s signature, what is more likely?

        That there is an artist that painted it? or the brushes of paint rolled around the paper in a certain way due to the wind and it was created?

    • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      Scientifically speaking, we have no evidence suggesting the existence of a god. How do you even define “god”? It is human wishful thinking every time.

      If there was sufficient evidence, I would still be a believer. But when I am as honest as I can be, I see nothing at all in this universe to suggest a god’s existence, much less the christian god, who is described in contradictory ways because biblical authors were not consistent with themselves or with each other. Loving + powerful = no need for suffering. God is unimaginative. Stupid. Cruel. Non-existent.