[HiTech RedNeck]

For a very long time in America, churches were looked to as centers of mercy. Now many of those functions have gotten subsumed into government, with untoward side effects.

[ex-snook]

“For a very long time in America, churches were looked to as centers of mercy. Now many of those functions have gotten subsumed into government, with untoward side effects.”

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Today’s word for mercy is tax deduction.