whenever christians pat themselves on the back for their charity i'm reminded of that clip i saw where a sobbing little boy spoke to pope francis and asked if his late father was in hell now for being atheist, and the pope addressed the crowd with some sort of non-answer ("does god abandon his children? no.") and half the comment section was so in awe at his benevolence. wow, after religious teachings traumatised this bereaved child, trampled his psyche and exacerbated his loss by making him believe that his father that he will have to grow up without went on to being made to suffer for all eternity and is being tortured as we speak, the pope had the unimagineable kindness in him to vaguely walk it back a little bit in the face of a little boy's tears. truly an awe inspiring source of drip-fed charity as long as nobody asks why so many recipients around the world came to be in need of charity in the first place. well, and the other half of the comment section was angrily attacking the pope as a false prophet for not telling the kid that yes your dad is being tormented in hellfire rn because the bible is pretty clear on that. and i mean, afaik, it is.