Posted on 04/25/2015 10:33:08 AM PDT by RnMomof7
“So what”
My answer was not to you but to the canard ‘ the Church should sell all its gold and give it to the poor’
How simplistic!
How minimally thought thru!
If the Church liquidated all of its wealth, a protestant dream, they may have 5 - 10 years of largess to ‘give to the poor’ then it would be dissipated.
Whereas just one segment of the the Catholic Church, Catholic Charities, gives $3.69 Billion dollars (2014 data) in one year to the poor. Source CARA ibid.
AMDG
“So what”
My answer was not to you but to the canard ‘ the Church should sell all its gold and give it to the poor’
How simplistic!
How minimally thought thru!
If the Church liquidated all of its wealth, a protestant dream, they may have 5 - 10 years of largess to ‘give to the poor’ then it would be dissipated.
Whereas just one segment of the the Catholic Church, Catholic Charities, gives $3.69 Billion dollars (2014 data) in one year to the poor. Source CARA ibid.
AMDG
My question from lost 351 was never answered.
But whatever the answer I can only say, being a Romanist: thatsa nice.
Going to the park with the kids I wish all you protestants a great ‘Good Shepard Sunday’!
AMDG
That and a subway token gets you no where
Hit the abuse button with the post# if you see a violation of the Religion Forum guidelines.
Go through every “example” posted in #351and determine whether concerning faith, morals or discipline and science or math or astronomy or climate change or on and on. The faith and morals group may be infallibly taught by the Magisterium. The rest is not infallible.
whoa again there, lurking....this is not money given by catholic charities.....the $3.69b is the value of those services.
We can go to the website and prove this....and you know I've been there.
The tax return for 2013-2014 filed by Catholic Charities, USA, form 990, reports revenue of $31,800,473. Actual contributions and grants were 25,511,072.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/261483129/Fy2014-Form-990-Ccusa
As you noted in this thread we have no idea how they valued those services or how much was contributed.
This article may be of interest to other readers. It doesn't paint this organization in a very positive light. http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=7587
btw...still waiting on your answer to if you tithe, and if so, is it on the gross or the net. your silence is telling.
You will never get a straight answer to #351.
Whatever response will be the protestant equivalent to fuzzy logic.
And whenever my two young men finish their deep discussion on Wallace and Grommit and finish loading the dshwasher we will be off to what the boys call ‘the wood park’...
Merry meddling to all
For the Greater Glory of God
Whatever
Leaving for the park
AMDG
Maybe if the rcc taught tithing this would not be a problem.
Maybe the rcc should come clean and reveal the value of its resources.
I remember a similar complaint, but in that story the RM was supposed to be Catholic and biased in favor of Catholics. Since that complaint was ignored by the RM, I expect this one will be ignored as well for there must be one standard for all.
Also worthy of note is that Catholic Charities gets lots of federal and state monies .. to help "pay" for those services ....
I guess you only skimmed my chart . Search "Roman."
My inclination, though, is that "Catholics" in the West should simply be called "Catholic". I trust I have made myself sufficiently obscure?
You are not censuring us for using it, as some RCs do! But related to this is the assertion that the EOs are not Catholic, made by some RCs, while they say otherwise, and thus Roman Catholic is justified when making a distinction.
However, i also often use RC to save typing, and the corrections i must make about every 3 words due to my arthritic fingers. Thank God He uses them, glory to God.
I think that poster wants a Mormon RM
You mean me?
Nope I’d settle for someone unbiased.
I’d prefer to not see christians at each others throats at all..
Too much to ask I guess.
Meanwhile...the death march of Islam continues.
SMH
I was taught that if you received any recognition on earth for your charitable giving then you have lost recognition for that charitable act in heaven.
In addition I fully subscribe to the Catholic principle of subsidiarity and act accordingly.
Maybe your mama never taught you basic manners, but polite company never questions anothers charity.
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AMDG
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