Daniel

[Daniel @DanielAutoscale]

Ok I’ll do the research for you since you’re so interested in being proven wrong. Obviously, I was saying “99%” as an exaggeration in order to imply that the vast majority of people receive on the hand. That would be clear to anyone who’s been to a number of churches in various countries. Here’s your proof smart guy:

Pew Research (2025 U.S. survey) is the most recent representative poll:
• 44% of U.S. Catholics prefer receiving in the hand.
• 14% prefer on the tongue.
• 11% have no preference.
• The rest either do not receive Communion or do not attend Mass, so they were not asked.

Among those who expressed a preference, that works out to roughly three-quarters (~75%) preferring the hand. That is a clear majority in the United States.

So obviously not 99% but a VAST majority nonetheless.

[Daniel @DanielAutoscale]

Rome itself approved this. Pope Paul VI’s 1969 instruction Memoriale Domini set up the indult process, and when bishops conferences (US included in 1977) petitioned for it, the Vatican granted it in writing, country by country. It’s now standard in the vast majority of dioceses worldwide, including Italy and fully sanctioned by the popes and the Church itself.

And it’s not even a new concept. St. Cyril of Jerusalem’s 4th-century catechesis instructs the faithful to make a “throne” of their hands to receive the Host. That’s patristic-era evidence that hand reception is actually older than tongue-only.

So no, I don’t think I know better than the pope, in fact the popes are the ones who approved this. You’re not defending Church teaching here, you’re arguing with Rome.

[Daniel @DanielAutoscale]

@Shadow_ofHannay @PJavierOR Pretty sure the pope and the church at large don’t have a big problem with reception in the hand since 99% of the church is doing that now… Try harder

[Daniel @DanielAutoscale]

@FrenteCatolico @PJavierOR It’s obviously just a figure of speech but I would not be surprised (based on a LOT of travel, visiting many churches, and knowing literally hundreds of priests personably) that the figure is 90%+. Let me know if you find contrary evidence.

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@James9thLife Why not MOTS-c

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@carterwhoosh I’m on Reta/Mots-c and I think you’re right tho I feel guilty when I eat a cookie

[Daniel @DanielAutoscale]

@FrenteCatolico @PJavierOR Oh, and you know better than the 99% of Catholics who are currently receiving by the hand!? Please, your arrogance is ridiculous. Make sure you add pride to your list of sins at your next confession.

[Daniel @DanielAutoscale]

@morellifit Why MOTS-c? How does it work?

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@Held_der_Sonne @ennuipreneur @dash_eats What on earth is happening here?

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@timotheeology I asked them to pray for me!

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@USCCB @BishopBambera @DioceseOfScr Nostra Aetate is a compromised document.

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@flavzfarm Yea there was a week where the skin sensitivity side effect was very very annoying and I almost wanted to quit but powered thru. I titrated up to 5mg way too fast.

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@Rhodesiaonsol I lol’d

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@timotheeology The Church is so awesome

[Daniel @DanielAutoscale]

@elegationvain Christianity is not a cure for our social problems. It is a cure for sin and death. The devil is very real and if you're not convinced by the coordinated evil you see in the world, then I don't know what to tell you.

[Daniel @DanielAutoscale]

Your Italian analogy is incomplete. Southern Italians were called unassimilable, formed enclaves, and faced real prejudice. But they were still Europeans: Caucasian, Christian, with shared Greco-Roman roots. The IQ gap to NW Europe was ~8–12 points, modest compared with many later (non-Euro) immigrant populations. Serious crime differences among European groups were small, high return migration was a big positive. 1920s quotas slashed influx a bit but there was no welfare state subsidizing non-work like today. And America demanded English and conformity instead of celebrating permanent separatism between tribes. That mix let them assimilate over 2–3 generations. It does not prove ancestry is irrelevant. Larger avg differences in cognitive ability, cultural traits, and human capital are more relevant now in a modern, less cohesive society.

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@The_JBS Forever. We already have semi-AGI and millions of robots about to flood the world in the next ten years. No need for more third world labor!

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@RippleXrpie This dude is such a fraud