(August 19, 2023 at 11:05 am)Barry Wrote:(August 19, 2023 at 10:54 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: The consequences of fraud and extortion played out over centuries. People who don't believe get their children baptised because the catholic church has been in the process of capturing childcare and schooling. On the taxpayer dime, no less. Nothing to see there, nothing untoward whatsoever, I'm sure.
Here in the us, we pay religious nuts 82 billion dollars a year for the privilege of having them talk shit about us and molest our children. That's just welfare, tithes and donations are more. All of it tax free, ofc. I wonder if jesus would have used that money the same way?
In Australia the CC is not involved in Childcare, but is heavily into primary and secondary schools. It saves the state education a lot of money.m
You do exaggerate I think when you say “having them talk shit about us and molest our children”. I’m not sure who “us” is and there is unlikely to be much molestation happening any more.
Actually the Catholic schools are doing such a terrible job teaching religion I think they should be closed. They serve no purpose. They used to. Perhaps Jesus, you and I all agree on that.
Cheers Barry
Bold mine - you mean they are hiding it better now? The behavior hasn't stopped.
It's amazing to me how much work Catholics will put into downplaying the molestation that has happened for centuries and continues to happen.