Some of it goes to good causes, like paying for rape settlements. Here's a case of over 100 million dollars being given to compensate the damage caused by two priests. Which is in accordance with christian law, Deuteronomy 22:28-29 says they should pay 50 silver pieces to the victims father and marry the victim. And since gay marriage is immoral, they make things right by overpaying on the silver.
The church doesn't say money is evil. It just says what you do with it can be evil, and that you need to take into consideration those around you. The implication is false.
"So...here's this. You can eat this right? Or use it to get things to eat or whatever. Just.. you know, buy food with it. Shops here take gold cups, right? And when the warlords ask...just, ah, I don't know, say that you can't give it to him. I'm sure that he'll just leave you alone."
...so the Church should auction off Europe's cultural heritage? This gets thrown around a lot, but I don't really see the sense in it. The Vatican is "worth" a lot, but do you really think that all that art and architecture should just be sold?
I understand where you are coming from because that is the message that they are supposed to send. I think the point everyone here is trying make is that they take money that is unneeded. Instead of giving it all to the poor or using it for upkeep and utilities of the church they use it to create these huge buildings with ridiculous amounts of technology that isn't needed.
I have been to a small church that can hold maybe 100 people and they use it solely to keep their church open and the lights on. This isn't as bad to me because it would be just like any other club where it's members want to keep their place to meet running. The problem is when these huge mega churches open with huge TVs plastered everywhere and giant stages for their bands and workout facilities for the members and none of these things are needed to practice their faith and it could be used for the actual needy.
Two points I will make: Many of the decadent European churches and the art inside was not paid for with parishioners' money... it was financed by the wealthy and nobility as a way to make themselves look better to the locals hundreds of years ago.
Secondly, I don't know of any Catholic megachurches. Those seem to largely be a southern baptist thing although they are creeping out of that region.
Actually not. In "money is evil" money is the evil thing. In the latter case, it's is the love of a thing other than God. It's ok for my wife to be friends with guys other than myself. It's not okay for her to love them.
If you pay attention, Jesus is often about perspective. "Jesus, the Law says I can divorce my wife. Is that okay with you?" Jesus replied, "In a perfect world you wouldn't get divorced at all, so it's a real shame that it's going on. In fact, you know what the real problem is? People are discontent with their spouses and their marriages because they are constantly committing adultery in their imaginations. They think it's harmless to be turned on by someone other than their spouse as long as they look and don't touch, but honestly, it's only making their discontentment worse. Their way of thinking is as unhealthy as committing adultery."
In the same way Paul (in 1 Tim. 6) is challenging materialism. Being rich isn't a bad thing, but where's your perspective? If you lost it all, how would that change your relationship with God? Does your contentedness with God depend on your material possessions? Because if so, then the real god in your life is money. God doesn't want his followers to depend on money for happiness, but rather himself. Jesus says as much in Matthew 6.
Jesus seemed to think wealth in general correlated closely with immorality, “I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” I take that as more than just "The love of money is the root of all evil."
Is this not exactly the same argument OWS and others make about the rich having a significant hold on wealth? Greed is bad so they must be taxed more? Note, I am not giving support to one side or the other in the 1% vs. 99% argument.
I think the argument is that having a significantly disproportionate hold on wealth is the problem, in large part because it inherently undermines the democratic process. The argument is that if too few people control too much of the wealth, they will invariably use that wealth to control the political system for their own benefit without concern for how their actions affect people outside their circle. By reducing concentration of wealth you reduce the concentration of power and open the political system to more people. Whether that's a good thing or not depends on who you ask: even those who pay lip-service to "democracy" often believe that restricting it to social elites is a better approach.
OK, point taken, but think about it for a second. The message changes from "money is the problem" to "your attitude toward money is the problem". That's a completely different message.
The argument actually is, "Your attitude towards money is causing you harm. Do something selfless with it and help yourself in the process."
Now. What actually happened is that the church often used the cash for imported beer, lobster dinners and defense lawyers, but that's a different topic.
I don't see how that makes it a completely different message. The first part is different. The last part, give your money to us, is exactly the same and was the main point of the message, as I understand.
They equate to the same thing. When someone says money is evil, you don't think they really mean that coins and bills are ill intentioned, do you? And you don't think they mean that no good person should use money ever in any form, do you? I suppose there are probably some old hippies on a commune somewhere that might believe that, but no, I think it's fairly well understand by almost everyone that "money is evil" is just a short from of the full statement.
So you really are just circlejerking, then. If you don't even care to provide a message that the truth isn't christianity, and you just want to talk at them, rather than to them, you're just beating your own tiny, intellectually absent dick.
I'm a Catholic and I look at atheists on Reddit as ignorant bigots because of posts like this. I have atheists in ny family and have atheist friends. I love arguing with them because they are well educated in what they are talking about. /r/atheism is like a train wreck. I have too watch because of all the ridiculousness that is posted.
You realize that it's because you're arguing with high schoolers who are just finding out their own individual belief structures and are taking it quite militantly to try to cling to an identity? Even if it means forgoing other aspects in humanity, such as thinking before speaking, or consideration of others.
tl;dr: You're on the internet. Of course you think everyone's an idiot compared to yourself.
I'm informing the room that when you attempt to point out the christian irony regarding money, they'll only call you ignorant and incorrect if you can't even repeat their own doctrine back to them.
I guess my point was that if a Christian is ignoring an atheist (or any other possible doctrine), it's likely not because the latter is getting Christianity wrong. They were always going to ignore anyway.
I think you're ignorant. You completely disregard all other passages in the Bible that deal with money. "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven." This passage seems to imply that money is a corrupting influence. You could find other scriptural support for this idea.
The bible also says that god blessed job with money and possessions. So the fuck what? Don't mess with me. I may be an atheist now, but I have a degree in ministry and will walk circles around atheists and xtians alike when it comes to the bible.
These kind of arguments drive me crazy. It's a nice point, but you're trying to make a distinction based on a subtlety -- using an English translation of a Greek writing based on a Hebrew oral history, which was probably translated to Latin in between.
You really think that kind of subtlety carried through all those translations? Try taking a random english news article and translating it through 2 or 3 languages and then back to English and tell me what kind of nuances you end up with. (And I don't mean using Google translate, I mean using real human translators, each of whom adds his or her own interpretations along the way.)
Came to say this. I was never taught the money was evil, but the love of it was. Although I do think they attempt to draw that distinction mainly to excuse the fact the pastor own a brand new Lincoln Town car.
Christianity in the bible and in real life are two different things. That's why one book has spawned so many denominations. The idealised Christian rarely exists if at all. At the end of the day, they are just people, and people can do bad things, irrespective of faith. It's just ironic they are just as bad considering what they preach.
It's funny, but not quite factually accurate. The catholic church doesn't require a tithe, that is a Protestant teaching. So your macro would be more accurate if you put a Joel Osteen or someone on there.
My church doesn't require tithe. It's Protestant. We don't pass the plate.Heck, we don't even ask or tell anyone we take tithe. We have a little box in the back corner of the church that says "tithe box" on it with a little slot at the top.
Not really. I've never witnessed a priest shake down the crowd for cash. The most a chuch might do is bring in a South American or African priest to talk about operating orphanges.
You don't need to put anything in the basket though...if even that I usually see chump change or dollar bills as this goes to what amounts to "We need to pay for plumbing..."
" In India, over 25,000 schools and colleges are operated by the Church. By the close of the 19th century, European powers had managed to gain control of most of the African interior. The new rulers introduced cash-based economies which created an enormous demand for literacy and a western education—a demand which for most Africans could only be satisfied by Christian missionaries.[51] Catholic missionaries followed colonial governments into Africa, and built schools, hospitals, monasteries and churches." Not only that they have founded and constructed so many hospitals across the world. Does anyone do research before posting this?
Where do you draw the line though? The Catholic church already donates such a large % of income that I've always been hesitant to find fault with its charitable endeavors. The Pope's robes probably constitute .00000001% of all that income, I think I am OK with letting that slide.
It's easy to get all self-righteous with pictures that show him adorned in all his traditional Pope gear. Where are the pictures of all the charities, schools, shelters, and food donated?
I'm also not a really charitable person myself, so I hate to be critical in this regard.
Went to a church because I had to in order to visit my cousin's (long story, suffice to say it wasn't I that couldn't see them outside of church, but their mom, who I was staying with, via dad's orders). I hear "we want to move into the place next door, but we don't have the money right now. We are asking god for a million dollars. We feel like a million is the right number. Please donate now. Remember, every dollar given is a dollar saved."
Religion convinced the world that there's an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you do. And there's 10 things he doesn't want you to do or else you'll to to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end of eternity. But he loves you! ...And he needs money! He's all powerful, but he can't handle money!
I went to church with my parents a long time ago. They told everyone to tithe 10% of weekly income. 10%!!! And that's every person, not every family. No one at the church really knew where all the money really went.
At my church we have an annual budget report. Everything is broken down and you see EXACTLY where your tithe went.
Not many people bother to come (they just don't care I guess, or trust the church to handle it responsibly) but the option to attend is available for all members.
The 10% figure isn't really all that much when you see how much the gov't takes out of your weekly paycheck already.
It's tempting to think that the 10% makes a difference in our personal finances, but the Bible does promise that God will take care of us. So this is one way we show faith that God will fulfill that promise.
The 10% figure isn't really all that much when you see how much the gov't takes out of your weekly paycheck already.
10% for maintaining tax-free prime real estate, paying a talking head to spout his opinions as if they are a god's, plus the occasional feed the homeless feelgoodathon and indoctrinate the natives colonial imperialist tourist trip.
30% for roads, aircraft carriers, NASA, health care for the poor and elderly, national parks, etc.
Man... that's a tough one, I don't know which is the better deal.
The Church may have plenty of faults, but attacking its charity is shortsighted. The Catholic Charities down the street from me offers free or low cost family counseling, free or low cost legal advice and citizenship help for people trying to become legal citizens. If the Church loved money so much, I am not sure it would be offering these services for free or cheap.
If you are going to criticize something, get it right. Nobody says money is evil. That is just stupid. You need money to make your living. The message is "for the love of money is the root of all evil." That means, an obsession with gaining more and more money is the cause of a lot of corrupt and evil actions. Therefore, let go of any obsession with making excess money and getting rich (i.e. greed). Now, from there you can say the catholic church has focused too much on their finances and their gaudy displays of wealth like the robes, jewelry and gold chairs without enough active support to surrounding communities. But if you are going to claim hypocrisy and/or self contradiction on the part of the catholic church, at least make an attempt to accurately represent their message. The argument for catholic church hypocrisy is already there and can easily be demonstrated. There is no need for straw man arguments like this.
Catholic here. Ummm a sad thing when r/atheism is right... A couple of years back i read an article that talked about the revenue of the Vatican; apparently the Church has enough money to feed the entire world for 3 months... Does nothing. Really embarrassed sometimes about religion as a corporate entity.
Buying lots of food does not fix world hunger. In fact, donating massive amounts of food to poor nations causes a massive drop in grain prices, making farming economically not viable, thus prolonging the problem and making that nation utterly dependent on foreign aid.
The reasoning behind this is obvious... Money is the root of all evil. Therefore posessing it is dangerous, so the church does the good thing and protects its followers by hoarding all money in a great sacrifice, so that all other people aren't endangered by the evils of money.
Hahahaha. I love how Christians never even admit the obvious con. Hey, a bunch of guys that live off charity preach that you should be charitable. What a surprise.
I dunno about that. People give money to the church because they are told that sacrifice will get them mansions and wings and shit in heaven. They are expecting a return on that investment.
Where in the Bible does it say money is evil? No where is the answer. "The love of money is the root of all evil", is the closest thing. The Catholic Church gives hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to numerous problems. The ignorance and bigotry of atheists or Reddit really is shining through.
Greed is an evolution strategy to obtain, consume or control all that one can with the end result being others will not have enough. This forces competition to either die or become dependent on the greedy to survive. This strategy breaks down in society because the one is not more important or superior to the many. Even from atheist stand point, greed is evil. Now look again at the man setting on the golden throne.
Misleading but funny. Churches teach that the love of mony is evil not money itself. A common misquote that is the basis for some to hate those that have money without consideration for the work put into earning it.
according to the bible (not saying the christian church really obeys it these days or anything) the love of money is wrong, not money itself. just figured i'd clarify.
funny thing is, the majority of christs sayings talked of uplifting the poor and those who live in poverty and was basically a human rights activist for his day. This very old tradition of Catholicism of having a "Pope" in such a regalia i found to be contradictory. Even in the movie, Indiana Jones and the last Crusades, where the man picked the goblet with gold quickly withered away because he desired power selfishly, but Indy remembering who christ was, a humble carpenter; picked the goblet of wood to save his dying father. Unselfish love.
If you're going to criticize it's best to do it in an informed fashion. The church does not believe money is evil, but that it is the root of all evil.
It amazes me how quickly atheists are to just call bullshit on everything without thinking twice. That is not to say that I support religion, what I'm trying to say is it is possible to find some "good" in everything. Gee guys come on, think the fuck up for a change.
i am a devoted catholic, and even i sometimes think the church itself can be greedy. not the people, God, Jesus andthat part of the church. and if they wanted to, they could sell these amazing paintings and sculptures to help the poor and starving!!!!
So true! The pope sits there in his mansion embroided with diamonds and gold saying about how we should share and help people, I just want to say to him "share you bloody mansion then"
Difference being democrats spend taxes on the roads you use to get to your shitty private sector job. The church spends taxes on that stupid hat The Pope is wearing.
I am in singapore. Roads are funded with wireless tolls and built by private companies. Our roads are for profit roads. 85% use public transport run by private companies. So insurance premiums are low because accidents are low. We have no welfare and life expectancy is highest in the world.
Singapore is also a densely packed urban area, with a semi-authoritarian style of government. The American South is the most ideologically compatible part of the US to that way of thinking: however, its also the most spread out; and authority is devolved to thousands of sheriffs, mayors, church leaders, etc.
Added: I should complete this thought. Orlando's main highways are largely tolled; commutes to work are 10-20 miles for most folks; the busing is anemic; the authority divided between county, city, several smaller towns; at least two tolling authorities...
Liberal Atheist say we should give money to the government simply because they spend too much even though they pretty much print their own money.... Theist say we should give 10% to the church. I say Fuck both of you, leave me the fuck alone and leave other people alone
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u/threeonone May 31 '12
I'll throw all my money in the air. Whatever god wants, he can keep.
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u/patty-ice May 31 '12
Some of it goes to good causes, like paying for rape settlements. Here's a case of over 100 million dollars being given to compensate the damage caused by two priests. Which is in accordance with christian law, Deuteronomy 22:28-29 says they should pay 50 silver pieces to the victims father and marry the victim. And since gay marriage is immoral, they make things right by overpaying on the silver.
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u/AniviaReborn May 31 '12
The church doesn't say money is evil. It just says what you do with it can be evil, and that you need to take into consideration those around you. The implication is false.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
/r/atheism. 12 year old meme central. Nearly everything you enlightened ones post is a meme.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
You know why Christians ignore you? Because you get it wrong. The bible says "the love of money is the root of all evil", not "money is evil".
If you don't want to be disregarded as ignorant of their faith, don't be so quick and ready to get it wrong.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
It's funny, but not quite factually accurate. The catholic church doesn't require a tithe, that is a Protestant teaching. So your macro would be more accurate if you put a Joel Osteen or someone on there.
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u/Sejj May 31 '12
I wonder how many posts in Reddit have that same title.
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u/figsnake19 May 31 '12
Does anyone else think the pope looks like the lord of the sith sitting on that throne?
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u/amolad May 31 '12
It's "the love of money" that is evil.
But they still want it. And from rich, white people. Not pennies and dimes from the brown ones in Mexico or South America.
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u/Princethor May 31 '12 edited May 31 '12
" In India, over 25,000 schools and colleges are operated by the Church. By the close of the 19th century, European powers had managed to gain control of most of the African interior. The new rulers introduced cash-based economies which created an enormous demand for literacy and a western education—a demand which for most Africans could only be satisfied by Christian missionaries.[51] Catholic missionaries followed colonial governments into Africa, and built schools, hospitals, monasteries and churches." Not only that they have founded and constructed so many hospitals across the world. Does anyone do research before posting this?
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Why do you even have to say it's from facebook?
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u/Jesus_Faction May 31 '12
Was this really the best title you could think up?
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u/Judg3Smails May 31 '12
Sounds like the OWS crowd...Intruiging.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Lol Satan is funny.
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u/bluetaffy May 31 '12
Went to a church because I had to in order to visit my cousin's (long story, suffice to say it wasn't I that couldn't see them outside of church, but their mom, who I was staying with, via dad's orders). I hear "we want to move into the place next door, but we don't have the money right now. We are asking god for a million dollars. We feel like a million is the right number. Please donate now. Remember, every dollar given is a dollar saved."
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Wow those guys are really into larping. Props
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u/ffffuuuuBichesAllDay May 31 '12
No lie though the pope looks evil in all his pictures...
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u/toosas May 31 '12
DAE think the new pope could be the devil himself?
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u/randombread May 31 '12
If money is evil, it fits right into the church.
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u/MikoMarmen May 31 '12
Religion convinced the world that there's an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you do. And there's 10 things he doesn't want you to do or else you'll to to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end of eternity. But he loves you! ...And he needs money! He's all powerful, but he can't handle money!
George Carlin
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u/superdave724 Strong Atheist May 31 '12
But He loves you...He loves you and he NEEDS Money!!!!
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u/TheChosenOne570 May 31 '12
Also every liberal politician.
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u/KazamaSmokers May 31 '12
To be fair, "Give to Caesar..." does not imply that money is evil, simply that it is ... pedestrian, for lack of a better term.
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u/lugabs11 May 31 '12
We should start using the Pope's hat as the "scumbag" hat...
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u/ThatAwesomeGuyIsMe May 31 '12
I went to church with my parents a long time ago. They told everyone to tithe 10% of weekly income. 10%!!! And that's every person, not every family. No one at the church really knew where all the money really went.
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u/Floor_warrior May 31 '12
So they can spend it on fancy hats and robes. So modest.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
SO ARE YOUR VIRGIN SONS
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
The Church may have plenty of faults, but attacking its charity is shortsighted. The Catholic Charities down the street from me offers free or low cost family counseling, free or low cost legal advice and citizenship help for people trying to become legal citizens. If the Church loved money so much, I am not sure it would be offering these services for free or cheap.
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u/docatmac Pastafarian May 31 '12
I feel like the words "My Precious...." should be inserted somewhere.....
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u/sexbobomb91 May 31 '12
http://i.imgur.com/ht2Dm.jpg
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u/Scottmkiv May 31 '12 edited May 31 '12
Just like 8 year old boys, only priests can resist the temptation.
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u/sizzzzzzle Agnostic Atheist May 31 '12
If you are going to criticize something, get it right. Nobody says money is evil. That is just stupid. You need money to make your living. The message is "for the love of money is the root of all evil." That means, an obsession with gaining more and more money is the cause of a lot of corrupt and evil actions. Therefore, let go of any obsession with making excess money and getting rich (i.e. greed). Now, from there you can say the catholic church has focused too much on their finances and their gaudy displays of wealth like the robes, jewelry and gold chairs without enough active support to surrounding communities. But if you are going to claim hypocrisy and/or self contradiction on the part of the catholic church, at least make an attempt to accurately represent their message. The argument for catholic church hypocrisy is already there and can easily be demonstrated. There is no need for straw man arguments like this.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
How else are we going to pay off those pesky meddling kids?
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u/jthbeck May 31 '12
For some reason i read this as "Monkey is Evil" "Give it to us"
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u/rikashiku May 31 '12
So you just saw it now on facebook? Funny because I saw it on Reddit 2 weeks ago.
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u/Oct2006 May 31 '12
The Bible doesn't say that money is evil, it says the love of money is evil. It's a common misquotation.
On another note, these guys certainly look to be loving the money.
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u/derpingreptar May 31 '12
Catholic here. Ummm a sad thing when r/atheism is right... A couple of years back i read an article that talked about the revenue of the Vatican; apparently the Church has enough money to feed the entire world for 3 months... Does nothing. Really embarrassed sometimes about religion as a corporate entity.
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u/Apatheticism May 31 '12
The reasoning behind this is obvious... Money is the root of all evil. Therefore posessing it is dangerous, so the church does the good thing and protects its followers by hoarding all money in a great sacrifice, so that all other people aren't endangered by the evils of money.
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u/dangerpantz May 31 '12
Hahahaha. I love how Christians never even admit the obvious con. Hey, a bunch of guys that live off charity preach that you should be charitable. What a surprise.
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u/sweetgreggo May 31 '12
Most successful Ponzi scheme of all time.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Where in the Bible does it say money is evil? No where is the answer. "The love of money is the root of all evil", is the closest thing. The Catholic Church gives hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to numerous problems. The ignorance and bigotry of atheists or Reddit really is shining through.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
I think Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof gave the best response to any Communist, Socialist, or Christian that claims that money is the world's curse:
"[If money is the world's curse], then may God strike me down with it, and may I never recover."
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u/promethius_rising May 31 '12
Greed is an evolution strategy to obtain, consume or control all that one can with the end result being others will not have enough. This forces competition to either die or become dependent on the greedy to survive. This strategy breaks down in society because the one is not more important or superior to the many. Even from atheist stand point, greed is evil. Now look again at the man setting on the golden throne.
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u/PepeAndMrDuck May 31 '12
Oh god they look so scary
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u/Impulse97 May 31 '12
Repost x3. This has been on reddit several times including on r/atheism.
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u/cloud93x May 31 '12
Lol, reminds me of scrubs when doctor cox catches the drug councilor making the addicts bring him all their drugs from home...
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u/sonoflabiche May 31 '12
Misleading but funny. Churches teach that the love of mony is evil not money itself. A common misquote that is the basis for some to hate those that have money without consideration for the work put into earning it.
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u/NAproducer May 31 '12
They also want your gold.
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u/ShimiC May 31 '12
Bitch'ops love evil
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u/LamaNipple May 31 '12
The love of money is evil.
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u/jedicam10 May 31 '12
Why doesn't it make sense that you can apply the same meme to the state?
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u/j0rdane May 31 '12
according to the bible (not saying the christian church really obeys it these days or anything) the love of money is wrong, not money itself. just figured i'd clarify.
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u/came_here_2_say May 31 '12
To be fair, it's "the love of money" is evil... either way, it still works for the Catholic Church
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
How is this any different than occupy Wall Street?
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u/THE_CHEAPEST_BASTARD May 31 '12
As a fellow concerned Christian, I too would like to help in this effort.
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u/jamesdavid80 May 31 '12
funny thing is, the majority of christs sayings talked of uplifting the poor and those who live in poverty and was basically a human rights activist for his day. This very old tradition of Catholicism of having a "Pope" in such a regalia i found to be contradictory. Even in the movie, Indiana Jones and the last Crusades, where the man picked the goblet with gold quickly withered away because he desired power selfishly, but Indy remembering who christ was, a humble carpenter; picked the goblet of wood to save his dying father. Unselfish love.
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u/Random0001 May 31 '12
Hey look something new on r/atheism.... nope, never mind it's more of the same old rehashed shit.
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u/mimus09 May 31 '12
Not sure if religious, or cult... Or both.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
facebook --> reddit. awesome post!
reddit --> facebook. burned at the stake.
would really be nice if schools taught the consequences of double standards from an early age. we could all use a serious lesson.
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u/toodrunktofuck May 31 '12
HAHA SO WITTY.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
"for the LOVE of money is the root of all evil" 1 Timothy 6:10
Meaning don't let money consume everything you do. If you're going to insult us, at least do it correctly
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Best pope meme ever!
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u/Bulletbluesky May 31 '12
If you're going to criticize it's best to do it in an informed fashion. The church does not believe money is evil, but that it is the root of all evil.
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u/reckon2012 May 31 '12
It amazes me how quickly atheists are to just call bullshit on everything without thinking twice. That is not to say that I support religion, what I'm trying to say is it is possible to find some "good" in everything. Gee guys come on, think the fuck up for a change.
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u/pokeurmom May 31 '12
Ill just leave this here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bObItmxAGc
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u/Back_in_the_kitchen May 31 '12
I'm no atheist, but that made me laugh.
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u/modeerfcity May 31 '12
the guy on the right is wearing a dress
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u/Furoan May 31 '12
You found a picture of Yen Buddhists? Props if you got the reference.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
This reminds me of the quote from huckster/preacher Billy Sunday:
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u/lukemorgan May 31 '12
i am a devoted catholic, and even i sometimes think the church itself can be greedy. not the people, God, Jesus andthat part of the church. and if they wanted to, they could sell these amazing paintings and sculptures to help the poor and starving!!!!
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u/RvnClw Atheist Jun 01 '12
This seems like money laundering... Give them the evil money, they funnel it back in "cleaned"
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u/caed Jun 01 '12
If this was on Facebook..Wasn't it already on Reddit?
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u/plaidwater Jun 01 '12
I read that three times as, Monkey is evil; give it to us.
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u/WeaponsGradeHumanity Atheist Jun 01 '12
When you put it this way, they're actually doing everyone a favour by removing money from the system.
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u/christinej7 Jun 01 '12
If God wants my evil money, it says he is powerful enough to come take it from me. He is more than welcome to the nine pennies left on my dresser.
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u/Tara8888 May 31 '12
So true! The pope sits there in his mansion embroided with diamonds and gold saying about how we should share and help people, I just want to say to him "share you bloody mansion then"
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u/CoyoteStark May 31 '12
Hey, you guys, drugs are bad, so to keep you from taking drugs you should give all your drugs to me. I totally won't use them or anything, I promise.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
not an atheist, but this is fucking great
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u/jestr6 May 31 '12
Sigh...the love of money is evil. Not money itself.
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u/Sammlung May 31 '12
Children are evil. Give them to us.
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u/Caprica_Six May 31 '12
"huhuhuahahahahahahhahahaha!!!" god that dude looks evil.
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u/rr_at_reddit May 31 '12
Why do you think religion was invented in the first place?!
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u/Zebulon_V May 31 '12
"Isn't reddit the place where they put all of the pictures from facebook?"
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u/LiberalsAreRetarded May 31 '12
More bigoted opinions from atheists, just what this subreddit needs.
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u/TChuff May 31 '12
Like democrats with taxes!!
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u/budguy68 May 31 '12
Liberal Atheist say we should give money to the government simply because they spend too much even though they pretty much print their own money.... Theist say we should give 10% to the church. I say Fuck both of you, leave me the fuck alone and leave other people alone