• Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yes, and they are held to certain standards and have reporting requirements. Churches do not have to do anything except declare they are a church. No standards, no reporting. They can just count their profits.

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          This is anecdotal but I sat on a small church board as I was heading out of religion and from what I saw the majority of them couldn’t keep the lights on. We had to partner with one of those interfaith groups just to do collective bargaining on stuff like insurance. So many of the religious temples/churches in the area were just like a dozen elderly people.

          I point out to some people just because a church is small and poor doesn’t mean it does good work it just means it is small and poor.

          If only we could come up with some sorta department of parks and recreations that could provide activities to seniors. Nah too crazy.

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            1 year ago

            I’m personally very jaded of all religion, but especially southern Bible belt style. Thanks for sharing your experience on the matter!

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            1 year ago

            Technically you’re right, but that example (moses and the others in the wild) is from the old testament which doesn’t even apply to Christians. Christians are only to follow the new testament.

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              Technically you’re right, but that example (moses and the others in the wild) is from the old testament which doesn’t even apply to Christians. Christians are only to follow the new testament.

              Didn’t jesus say that he did not come abolish the law of the prophets (aka the old testament)?

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                See that’s kind of the thing right? The bible does a lot of back and forth on this shit where the old testament matters one second and then it doesn’t the next, but that’s aside the point.

                Jesus himself did say this, but god rid many of the rules before that as well, so technically that would mean they would be the law of the prophets as well.

                One big change for instance is the requirement of a sacrifice to worship god, yet this was changed in the new testament with the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Yes, some laws before apply such as the ten commandments, but those are also a part of the new testament, they can have overlap.

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          I’m confused now. So if the money goes to God, and God has to eat flesh, then…

          So many questions…