On 2018-01-30 12:07 PM, CaÃ*da de la casa wrote:
> On 1/30/2018 11:29 AM, graham wrote:
>> 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.
>
> The churches are major non-profits and charitable organizations.
>
Just look at all those televangelists and their ilk that fly around in
their own aircraft, drive flashy cars and live in mansions.