(October 31, 2016 at 1:27 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: It's just that if they're going to preach "help the poor" they ought to lead by example. It would be far easier for the church to buy a bunch of food for people who are starving than I personally could, if I were still Catholic. Yet they keep raking in donations via the collection basket while exhorting followers to help the less fortunate. It's like some religious version of trickle-down economics.
Part of the collection basket money does go to the poor. And they often also have a second collection at the end of mass that goes entirely to the poor.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
