same as it's always been. giant cathedrals full of gold and fancy while 90% of the believers struggle to eat every day. I saw one news blurb that the Vatican was having to use money donated for the poor to pay their bills because god forbid they sell off some of those treasures.
Ellen Abbott: You may be thinking of the latest scandal surrounding "Peter's Pence", a Vatican charity which collects donations to (supposedly) help the poor. It turns out that members of the hierarchy have been siphoning off hundreds of millions for their own use, real-estate investments, and suchlike. Only a small fraction of the money actually gets spent on charitable purposes.
The Vatican has long been massively financially corrupt. It just tends to get overlooked because other scandals are even more serious, such as the endless child-molestation cover-ups.
Pagans rock, that's my retort! Actually I was watching a Simpsons episode the other night when Homer blew up the church and the only way they could afford to rebuild it was to slather it with advertising and marketing, it was quite comical!
We also live in a country where there are thousands of homeless, where families struggle below the poverty level, and where "religious leaders" live in mansions. Sad. Wrong.
yeah, they are being persecuted, all right. and silenced. SHUN THEM ALL!
ReplyDeletesame as it's always been. giant cathedrals full of gold and fancy while 90% of the believers struggle to eat every day. I saw one news blurb that the Vatican was having to use money donated for the poor to pay their bills because god forbid they sell off some of those treasures.
ReplyDeletewe live in a crazy upside down world!
ReplyDeleteIt's long since time to abolish tax exemptions for religions of any stripe.
ReplyDeleteEllen Abbott: You may be thinking of the latest scandal surrounding "Peter's Pence", a Vatican charity which collects donations to (supposedly) help the poor. It turns out that members of the hierarchy have been siphoning off hundreds of millions for their own use, real-estate investments, and suchlike. Only a small fraction of the money actually gets spent on charitable purposes.
ReplyDeleteThe Vatican has long been massively financially corrupt. It just tends to get overlooked because other scandals are even more serious, such as the endless child-molestation cover-ups.
Pagans rock, that's my retort!
ReplyDeleteActually I was watching a Simpsons episode the other night when Homer blew up the church and the only way they could afford to rebuild it was to slather it with advertising and marketing, it was quite comical!
Sad but true!!
ReplyDeleteI despise them.
ReplyDeletePeople in cults don't recognize them as cults
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We also live in a country where there are thousands of homeless, where families struggle below the poverty level, and where "religious leaders" live in mansions. Sad. Wrong.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to think I paid too much for these indulgences...
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