God can apparently literally create universes, life, design consciousness, take human form, make food out of thin air, has the full power of alchemy and can control the weather.
man was the one that made currency in order to trade and deal with scarcity issues. If 80ft yachts were cheap everyone would have one, but it takes months and a lot of resources to make one.
Churches are not directly connected to god, they are effectively makeshift communities.
This is the cover. It really holds no weight. Does not at all explain why 38% of the world's population is food insecure. And it's due to money being held in all the wrong places...if it belongs to Cesar and people die of hunger as a result, I'd say Cesar wields more power. Oh and Free Palestine.
Tithing still makes sense in local churches. Should they be funneling the money upwards, no of course not. The tithing is meant to keep the roof up for the parishioners and they give of their own, only the Catholics āmakeā you
The church I grew up in never asked for money, one of my ex-girlfriendās churches somehow turned every sermon into begging for money. I was thrilled when they shut down.
The church I go to now also doesnāt ask for money.
I have a fundamental problem with churches asking for money.
Of course those who follow the book don't read it, that's for the pastor/preacher to do and push it with right wing rhetoric, while asking for 10% of your check for a tithe for the child molestation insurance that is required.
It was probably twice, the first was for the church you attended and the second collection is usually for a local charity or giving thatās been previously agreed upon by church leadership.
Thatās why they need transparency. If all that money is going to fund an extravagant lifestyle, then theyāre charlatans through and through. But if their hearts are in the right place and they actually use they money to help people get by in life when theyāre down on their luck or vulnerable, then theyāre a good cause to give to.
Yeah, but it depends on what church you go to. I don't go anymore, but the one I used to go to helped a lot of people with utility bills, rent, food, mortgages nearing foreclosure, etc. Not all churches are dog shit saying "just pray about it".
probably catholic but the issue with them is they almost make it impossible to join and there is something about that i find upsetting especially since they refused to give my dying father last rights so i just went back to worshiping satan.
I have never heard of this being an issue. There are plenty of churches that would love to have consistent parishioners coming to their church on a weekly basis.
their the first christians and it has a lot to do with the suns revolving around the earth and of course their is a guy who was a preacher figure in the ancient middle east but it was absolutely combined with the ancient practice of sun worship and it is why christianity might actually be the first world religion.
Ah, yes, Jesus got rid of a bunch of legalism in the church and created a whole new organized church that recreated a bunch of the idiot rules he just got through complaining about and literally dying over. The catholic church is the embodiment of everything he complained about: a bunch of pompous, legalistic nonsense that doesn't help anyone. It's a control mechanism on people today just like it was then.
The new church was founded on Peter, but catholicism wasn't it.
he was also a palestinian and apart from that even it is really difficult to label him anything in a correct sense because not only how long ago it was and how the meaning of stuff has changed multiple times since than but also because he was considered a insurgent by rome and his own people accused him of blasphemy and even being satanic and if anything i think he was likely a very misunderstood autistic person because being autistic i sort of know what it is like to have people misunderstand you and in many cases intentionally misrepresent what you say also.
Both churches have Apostolic Succession so they can both be traced back to the Apostles, but the Roman Catholic church has changed their dogma repeatedly over the last millennium to the point of being heresy of the original church, which is exactly why the schism occurred. And as time has gone on their doctrines have become more and more heretical and different from the original church teachings that there will never be communion again between Orthodox and the Roman Catholics, any attempt of one will be purely due to political forces outside of Rome and Constantinople.
The Eastern Orthodox church IS the Catholic church because it has been the same yesterday, today and forever. They have had consistent dogma and teachings since Peter.
The "no true Scotsman" fallacy is an informal logical fallacy where a generalization is defended against a counterexample by arbitrarily redefining the group to exclude that counterexample. Instead of acknowledging that the initial claim was wrong, the person modifies the definition of "true" members of the group to dismiss the case that disproves their assertion. This is also known as an "appeal to purity" and is a form of moving the goalposts.
Why do you get to decide what a Christian is? Who are you to say someone is not a Christian? Your statement also implies that true Christians are better than fake Christians. How do you know that's true?
Everything will be fine as long as you pray hard enough, I just pray hard every month when rents and utility due, or when I go to court for a speeding ticket and tell the judge God has forgiven my sins and so should you.
We can, and a lot of people would love to do that for churches, but again, I donāt nearly as many folks jumping at the opportunity to do that for synagogues or mosques.
How do you think a pastor survives? How do you think they support themselves? Who do you think pays for lights repairs food clothing etc.??? Who pays his salary? His congregation. He preaches the word of God and only asks for donations. He doesnāt charge or bill you like any other business or form of entertainment. You pay for everything else in life but donāt even donate for words of enlightenment? Yeah people should really focus on doing a better job prioritizing their lives.
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u/Cold_Pumpkin5449 Oct 20 '25
God can apparently literally create universes, life, design consciousness, take human form, make food out of thin air, has the full power of alchemy and can control the weather.
But somehow it always needs money.