On 1/30/2018 12:33 PM, graham wrote:
> 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.

No argument there, they're simply con men at heart who have found a
legal way to fleece others.

Their day of reckoning will come.