Wednesday, July 07, 2004

Accumulating Property at the Expense of Christ

I come from a Dutch Protestant background, and I am fairly well acquainted with a wide range of organized religions.  One thing that has always bothered me about organized religions, is, what is spewed from the pulpit and into the ears of the faithful sheeple; the call to sacrifice and to give to the church, whether it be through tithing or special collections for the “church.” I think that the idea of accumulating assets, for the church, is a smack in the face to the ideas preached by Jesus Christ, and an abuse of faithful church attenders.  Churches which speak of monetary sacrifice to the faithful, only to accumulate assets, are stealing with as much impunity as the government when they tax.

"The Archdiocese of Portland owns nearly $2 million in Jackson County property, assessment records show, but the archbishop promised local Catholic church leaders on Tuesday he wouldn’t touch it to pay bankruptcy debts."

“Filing won’t affect church’s local holdings."

I think the church would sell your soul to the devil and then offer to “redeem” it for you, for a nominal fee.

Via Google News.

Posted by John Venlet on 07/07 at 07:07 AM
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