(July 25, 2012 at 12:58 pm)Minimalist Wrote: It's probably been 50 years since I actually sat through that fucking drivel they call a "mass" but I still recall that there were two collections during it plus every so often they discovered they needed to fix the roof, or support the "missions" or pensions for retired perv...er priests, or building funds, etc. etc. etc. Oh, and the droning moron at the altar would never fail to point out the "poor box" at the back.
Meanwhile, the vatican fucks sit back like mafia dons and just watch the money roll in from the fools who fall for their particular holy protection racket.
That's when they're being honest about it. I know in Prod. churches they can ask for donations for a charity but not mention that the church will take a cut. When Hurricane Katrina hit a few years ago a local church hit the streets to solicit donations for a charity to help the victims. They never told these people that the church was going to take a cut. That's just flat out dishonesty if you ask me.
Other charities are just a front to launder charitable donations. People think that their money is going to help people but instead as much money as possible lines the church's pockets or the pastor's pockets. Doesn't good ole Pat Robertson have a few of these charities or am I mixing up my asshole preachers? It's hard to keep them and their schenanagans straight.
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
