RE: Catholic Church Opposes Removing Statute of Limitations for Child Rape
April 28, 2016 at 4:35 pm
I know you were invited to give your opinion in this discussion, C_L, so I don't want to appear like I'm having a dig at you personally. I'd just like to address this part if you'll indulge me:
Forgive me, but what services are you using? Their heating? Lighting? I'm guessing they don't have wi-fi, as the old joke has it that churches don't like to compete with an invisible force that actually does something (
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As I type this, I'm sitting in a particular high street restaurant which I won't name for advertising reasons, eating one of their Big Mac meals. I'm making use of their lighting, their heating - it's fecking freezing outside, not to mention raining - and of course their food (they actually do supply wi-fi as a service, but I'm not using it now). Soon I might avail myself of their toilets, if the fancy takes me. The staff here also work bloody hard to earn their crust, and the costs of all of the above are reflected in the price of the food they provide.
Basically what I'm asking is what does this church provide, that you feel obliged to pay for? It's laudable that a proportion of the money goes to charitable causes, at least what remains after filtering through the command chain (that last part is why I don't give to certain charities, secular or otherwise, that operate in a similar way). Wouldn't it be better, perhaps, for this cash to reach those who would benefit, as directly as possible, without lining the pockets of people who actually possess clothes with pockets and who never have to worry about where their next meal is coming from?
Quote:As for giving money to the Church, yes, I do that as well. When we go to a church and put some of our money in the basket, most of that money will go to the Church itself. We don't get charged to be there every week, even though they still have to pay the priest as well as any other expenses that comes with running a property. It is only fair that I contribute my share for being there and using their services.
Forgive me, but what services are you using? Their heating? Lighting? I'm guessing they don't have wi-fi, as the old joke has it that churches don't like to compete with an invisible force that actually does something (
)As I type this, I'm sitting in a particular high street restaurant which I won't name for advertising reasons, eating one of their Big Mac meals. I'm making use of their lighting, their heating - it's fecking freezing outside, not to mention raining - and of course their food (they actually do supply wi-fi as a service, but I'm not using it now). Soon I might avail myself of their toilets, if the fancy takes me. The staff here also work bloody hard to earn their crust, and the costs of all of the above are reflected in the price of the food they provide.
Basically what I'm asking is what does this church provide, that you feel obliged to pay for? It's laudable that a proportion of the money goes to charitable causes, at least what remains after filtering through the command chain (that last part is why I don't give to certain charities, secular or otherwise, that operate in a similar way). Wouldn't it be better, perhaps, for this cash to reach those who would benefit, as directly as possible, without lining the pockets of people who actually possess clothes with pockets and who never have to worry about where their next meal is coming from?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
