I certainly never claimed the RC edifice had a monopoly on such evils. Yet you singled them out for attack - for doing something that appears to be quite popular among evangelicals. That is being a hypocrite.
BTW, Jim B served time and repented wholesale and has shown fruits of repentance in his behaviors since.
Good for him.
Which Pope ever did that for their wholesale evils?
I don't recall any Pope being jailed for accounting fraud. Your question is a non-sequiter anyway.
I'm also wondering why you pinged all those people. Can't you, Dr. Eck, and all the others make a single post without other people's help?
The RC edifice singles ITSELF OUT for note and response hereon
abundantly in a myriad of egregious ways.
Help? Who’s askng for help?
Courtesy pings are for interest or to share the joke or some such.
I don’t feel ill or otherwise in need of help. Last I checked my 80-90nwpm fingers were doing just fine.
Of course, if they want to chime in with their own observations, that’d be fine, too.
Popes and accounting fraud . . . OHHHHH, that’s a rich one. I’m tempted to use my new favorite emoticon. ROTFLOL GTTM!
Evil wars of conquest don’t count, I guess.
Idolatrous rituals and idols in the interest of greater contributions don’t count, I guess.
Indulgences for money don’t count, I guess.
Stealing other people’s property and substance and rendering them hounded and homeless doesn’t count, I guess.
Pretty slick gig, if you can manipulate your way into it successfully enough. What polished power mongering has been so on offer for 1600 years. Amazing.