(October 25, 2013 at 12:16 pm)bladevalant546 Wrote: With that said, I will sum up what I heard ONE pastor state while they were discussing taxes and accounting management and I quote “Naw this stuff is not too bad, I used to run a business and this is really no different from what I already know and done.” How in the world can you be “humanitarian” if you run the whole damn thing like a business? Business are in it for making money.Well I can assure you that of the churches I know, the priest/pastor is paid a salary, and can not receive a penny more for himself from the church's funding. The funds are used for general duties - eg the salaries of office workers, or for community programs, and this is decided by a parish council, and the PC is elected from ordinary members of the church by said members. So don't go pretending that the money all goes to the priest, because it doesn't.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
