From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 18:09:42 -0500
----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Edmunds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:43 AM Subject: Re: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out
> > > <smile> Organized religion is hypocrisy at it's finest.
There is some truth to that, but I must say that pointing it out seems to make things worse for the most part.<G>
How so?
> That doesn't sound radical to me. On the contrary, it sounds like the smooth > running of the gears in the Church of Rome (catholicism).
Maybe it varies by diocese, but I never heard of tithing 'til I was an adult and my Protestant friends explained how *their* churches worked. I was a bit dumbfounded.
Maybe someone here knows, but I thought the Vatican's riches had quite a bit to do with banking over the last few centuries.
I'm not really sure. I do know that priests receive a salary of sorts that I believe comes from the Vatican. As for tithing (commonly given/taken through *collections* at mass), it is utilized in the upkeep and running of individual parishes. And in many cases this money is short of where it needs to be in order to adequately address the financial hurdles that parishes must overcome to remain open.
-Travis "a couple of cents worth" Edmunds
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