On 2018-01-30 10:29 AM, CaÃ*da de la casa wrote:
> On 1/30/2018 10:07 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 1/30/2018 11:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> It is indeed a major difference between Catholics and Protestants
>>> now. A few hundred years ago when the Protestant Reformation came
>>> along there were a lot of issues that Luther and his followers had
>>> problems with. Mass and Bibles were in Latin, so people didn't
>>> realize that a lot of stuff that they were being told was fabricated
>>> by the church and had nothing to do with the Bible. They objected to
>>> the concept of Purgatory and rich people being able to buy their way
>>> to heaven by paying indulgences.
>>>
>>
>> The Catholic Church was consistent in some of their teachings though.
>> Use your church envelope with your donation.Â* Every week there was a
>> money message of some sort.
>
>
> So yo figure the Church should be a freebie with no donations?
The churches are, in effect, big businesses and should be taxed.