01-07-2007, 12:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-07-2007, 12:58 PM by Faith Hope Charity.)
Peace be with you, unit :peace:
:icon_offtopic: Just a tad!
Quote:the so called "churches" should be doing more to eradicate all this garbage.. (i bet even the quran says something like the bible equivalent FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD IS ENMITY TOWARDS GOD) yet all those church buildings and mosques look nice and fancy and elaborate to me.. where'd all the money come from to build them i wonder..?
The money is donated by parishioners who help build the Churches from scratch. If you think your local Church is fancy, you should see pictures of the Temple Solomon built for Yahweh - LOL!
I agree that Christians should be doing more to conquer poverty, but it's not like the Catholic Church has billions of dollars stashed away in a bank account somewhere. The Church's wealth lies in property. The Vatican publishes its budget annually & its never higher than the Australian Federal Government's. Was the NYE fireworks spectacular absolutely necessary when there are countless starving children in the world?
When you combine donations from the Catholic Church & almsgiving from Muslims, you'll realize that no government or charity organization in the world (as far as I know) provides equal or more amount of money to the poor.
I'll admit there are corrupt clergymen, but my uncle (who's a Maronite priest) has dedicated his life to serving the poor. Try not to judge the Church based on a few rotten apples.
God bless.
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