On 1/30/2018 11:54 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Â*On 2018-01-30 10:29 AM, CaÃ*da de la casa wrote:
>
>>>> 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?
>
> They give donation envelopes to kids in first grade and preach to them
> about donating.

Yes, that was my experience in a different faith too.

> The nuns collected them to be sure you turned it in
> every week.Â* That is indoctrination, not teaching charity.

Not completely, it's mainly rote training to ingrain the behavior.

But there was a lot of charitable instruction as well, including those
absurd secular Unicef orange milk cartons for coins we were impressed
into carrying along on Halloween of all times!

https://www.adlibbing.org/wp-content..._Animation.gif

People - it's about candy, quit ruining the fun.

> I grew up in Philadelphia that had a mediocre public school system and
> not notch Catholic school system, one of the best in the country.Â* I got
> a good education and my parents donated to pay for it. At a fairly early
> age though, I questioned some of the religious aspects of it.

As one should if curious and learning.

> The priest at our church did not prey on the alter boys though.Â* He
> knocked up a high school girl.

Idols with clay feet are common in all faiths, yes.