(August 31, 2012 at 9:17 pm)Polaris Wrote:(August 31, 2012 at 9:08 pm)Gambit Wrote: If it is just, what is there to feel guilty about? Are you saying you are conflicted? I genuinely want to know; I'm not trying to get a rise.
Edit: Can someone who's not drunk articulate my thoughts for me here? I know what I wanted to ask there, I just can't seem to formulate it.
Well I would feel more conflicted if I actually tithed....have not given money to a Church since last year.
Thought in a way, yes. Especially for the poorer churches and those struggling to get by (my Church has had to borrow money for example). Now for the multimillion dollar churches, I say tax them 25% (a low tax rate). No reason a church should have that much money.
OK, that, I get. My girl is so tired to Catholicism for two main reasons.
1. She was brought up by a mother who believes she communes with spirits and has been told it is the only way.
2. When her family came to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic they had nothing, and the only people who cared was the local Catholic church. They fed them, clothed them and helped them integrate into the neighborhood. From what she tells me, that church struggled to get by, too.
