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If you had the wealth of religion?
June 12, 2013 at 9:18 am
Just wondered, if you could somehow obtain all the wealth and money from every religious organisation in the world and you could not keep it for yourself, what would you do with it?
I think I would try to reduce poverty in places like Africa and India. Or maybe build that giant floating hotel thing in COD black ops 2. Or establish a lunar base! Wow I have the best ideas!
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RE: If you had the wealth of religion?
June 12, 2013 at 9:23 am
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Nah, I'd probably use it for a good cause, like building a huge, nuclear-powered, spherical machine that rolls around the earth crushing buildings and people and imprinting my name on everything it walzes over.
That'd be sweet.
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RE: If you had the wealth of religion?
June 12, 2013 at 9:26 am
No sorry, not allowed, you can't keep it for yourself. Unless you give it to the military. Don't know how useful a machine like that would be to them?
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
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RE: If you had the wealth of religion?
June 12, 2013 at 9:28 am
(June 12, 2013 at 9:26 am)Rationalman Wrote: No sorry, not allowed, you can't keep it for yourself. Unless you give it to the military. Don't know how useful a machine like that would be to them? That's not for myself, the machine would operate without me, automatically, especially after my death!
Maybe it'd also have huge megaphones continuously blasting anecdotes from my life. It's really all for the bigger cause!
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RE: If you had the wealth of religion?
June 12, 2013 at 9:30 am
Careful, you might start a religion that way! lol!
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
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RE: If you had the wealth of religion?
June 12, 2013 at 9:39 am
If I could take all the money away from religion, I'd take some of it and give it back to all the poor people who got suckered in by televangelists promising wealth if they donate all their money. Then I'd take a large chunk and use it to improve education around the world so that religion will eventually be seen as the superstition it is. Whatever's left over (which would probably be huge) would go to reduce poverty around the world.
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RE: If you had the wealth of religion?
June 12, 2013 at 9:43 am
Wow, that's a lot of cheese. 
If I had all that money, I would spend some researching and implementing a long term way to proved clean drinking water to the world.
I would research and implement a system that take all of the excess food that we grow and give to the hungry. (Just fyi. The US has the capacity to grow a BUTT LOAD of food. You know that when the government pays farmers not to grow crops. Which is getting into whole economic debate... I digress.)
I would educate the uneducated.
I would preserve our world heritage sites.
I would donate some to space exploration.
I would donate to animal shelters and humane societies around the world.
Lastly, I would find Batman. This world needs a hero. Nananana BATMAN!!
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RE: If you had the wealth of religion?
June 12, 2013 at 10:22 am
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(June 12, 2013 at 9:43 am)Savannahw Wrote: Lastly, I would find Batman. This world needs a hero. Nananana BATMAN!! I hate to break this to you but: There most likely is no batman 
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RE: If you had the wealth of religion?
June 12, 2013 at 10:26 am
(June 12, 2013 at 10:22 am)littleendian Wrote: (June 12, 2013 at 9:43 am)Savannahw Wrote: Lastly, I would find Batman. This world needs a hero. Nananana BATMAN!! I hate to break this to you but: There most likely is no batman
Blasphemy!!
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RE: If you had the wealth of religion?
June 12, 2013 at 10:28 am
(June 12, 2013 at 10:22 am)littleendian Wrote: I hate to break this to you but: There most likely is no batman
Surely, comic books and movies are proof of his existence. 
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