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To: SamuraiScot
Do they? Is this a significant phenomenon, compared to some other line of work? Got any statistics on that? The accountants at the chanceries of the bishops these priests answer to, who audit their books, would be very interested if you have special insight on this subject. Your comments sound like a casual, lazy slime from someone who doesn't know the field he's describing, but feels safe doing so. I know you're most likely just being sloppy, but would please put up or shut up? And preferably apologize?

Touchy, touchy. I'm not saying that most priests are corrupt, merely that the priesthood offers many opportunities for corruption. Charities work like that. I think you've overlooked the bit where I wrote "religious *or* greedy". Like it or not, not everyone is motivated by idealism, and enterprises like churches, mosques, temples as well as non-religious non-profits offer plenty of opportunities for diverting funds towards personal use. And that's all I have to say on this subject.

31 posted on 08/22/2012 2:23:05 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Zhang Fei
Touchy, touchy.

Sloppy, unsophisticated.

I just don't like the flabby ignorance and adolescent pomposity you're throwing around. If you knew priests, you'd know that greed isn't a major hazard in that profession. There's laziness and complacency. There's moral cowardice. There's anger and discouragement. Some of them like fancy furnishings or meals a bit too much. A very few of them—a smaller proportion than the general population, or than school teachers—fall down in the sexual morality department. I've heard of a couple of cases of spectacular greed, by priest-con-men who preyed on rich ladies. But as a rule, there's very little money flying around in a parish, and it's watched very carefully. Compared to the financial or real estate business, it doesn't attract folks who are ambitious about greed.

If you threw around ill-informed generalizations about soldiers, knowledgeable FReepers would be down your throat in seconds. Stick to what you know. It's the least you can do for millions of people like warriors, priests, and mothers, whose job description requires them to be self-sacrificing and heroic when nobody is watching.

32 posted on 08/22/2012 3:30:55 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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