• Hyperreality@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      If you go on a site like wikipedia, you’ll notice they also capitalise Mormon Church for exactly this reason.

      If you’re discussing the Jehovah’s witnesses, you’d also capitalise accordingly.

      Eg. A former Jehovah’s witness has taken on the Church over sex abuse that occured in the church on 110th Street.

      The capital helps you differentiate between a church building and the institution. A member of the Church is taking on the Church for something that happened in a church. A church that belongs to the Church.

      e: I’ve typed church too much. I need a break.

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        1 year ago

        I was more questioning the statement “The Church hid paedophiles = the Catholic/Anglican Church hid paedophiles.”

        Why would it imply that specific church (or Church if you prefer) rather than any other, when it seems to apply to all Churches?

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            1 year ago

            To be fair, the Catholic Church would be my go to if someone were to mention pedophiles in the context of religion.

            There doesn’t seem to be a great way to designate “the church” in a way that encompasses all/any branches of religion.