(May 12, 2012 at 3:44 am)C Rod Wrote: Its cool padraic. Just this OP raises the generalization, that were Christian and we don't do what Christ says but were still Christian, now come join us.
When did I raise the generalization? My purpose in posting was to expose and ridicule the hypocrisy. I wanted to point out how these successful preachers had no conscience or common decency. How religion can be a business. Note that many of their donatiors are "the poor widow who gave everything she had" yet these bastards sit in their luxury homes with their multimillion dollar salaries, security, and lifestyle and they don't give a fuck (although some do to their gay lovers but that's a topic for another post). Then they turn around and tell my ass how to live. They stand in the way of science and moral evolution. They push for our country to become a theocracy.
About my update to my OP: when I posted the information about the investigation I was suggesting (and I may be wrong about this last bit) that the government doesn't seem to care about how the evangelists are cheating people and doing so tax free.
About the tax free bit: This is particularly irritating to me. Here in the U.S,. taxes are gradually getting higher. The government is nibbling away at my income on all sides yet religious organizations are allowed to push the limits on what can be tax free. If the government is so money hungry why don't they dig in the churches pockets for a change (ooh, nice play on words).
I know I whine about this a lot, but there are two businesses that I drive by on a regular basis that run tax free because they are hooked in with a church. One is a motocross track and the other is (supposedly) a religious retreat (but it actually is a neighborhood of multimillion dollar luxury houses residing on a few hundred acres of very expensive property). Even the church that I used to go to bought 75 acres of land, held it for about 6 years tax free while the property value skyrocketed and then they sold it for millions! Why should this shit be tax free? The religion business is where the money's at! If there was only a procedure that could remove my conscience I could go into the religion business.
Thats it! I get it now! God must be punishing me for having a consience. If I didn't have one like his favorites do then I'd be on the gravy train too.
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
