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Location: SE Louisiana | Religion has it's place... Many people have been saved by it.... Many people have been killed by it or because of it... Personally, I don't have any use for it.
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| Bear - 2015-07-01 12:54 PM
"Religion" is big money, if you can find a gig. Just ask Joel Osteen, and others like him. It's also one place where "tolerance" is taught, particularly tolerance of hypocrisy.
In MY opinion, I think they should pay TAXES and for the life of me, I can't understand why they don't have to. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Griz - 2015-07-02 5:37 AM
Bear - 2015-07-01 12:54 PM
"Religion" is big money, if you can find a gig. Just ask Joel Osteen, and others like him. It's also one place where "tolerance" is taught, particularly tolerance of hypocrisy.
In MY opinion, I think they should pay TAXES and for the life of me, I can't understand why they don't have to.
This is not hard to figure out...If you want to suppress religion, you tax it into submission... |
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 I Prefer a Beard
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| I'm catholic and have never heard of that being done. Seems very strange and maybe unique to that particular church. Sorry you have had such a bad experience with the Catholic Church. I promise most are not like that. |
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Location: North Dakota | Murphy - 2015-07-01 10:54 AM barrelracr131 - 2015-07-01 11:45 AM I grew up Catholic, went to Catholic schools and church. I have NEVER heard of anything like that.... sounds shady! Ditto.
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| komet. - 2015-07-02 5:44 AM
Griz - 2015-07-02 5:37 AM
Bear - 2015-07-01 12:54 PM
"Religion" is big money, if you can find a gig. Just ask Joel Osteen, and others like him. It's also one place where "tolerance" is taught, particularly tolerance of hypocrisy.
In MY opinion, I think they should pay TAXES and for the life of me, I can't understand why they don't have to.
This is not hard to figure out...If you want to suppress religion, you tax it into submission...
Very valid point - I hadn't thought of it that way. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | I was raised Catholic and I typed out a long reponse and decided I better just keep my feelings on the Catholic Church to myself but I have never heard of any church taking out life insurance policies on their elderly. |
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Location: Kansas and loving it | cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-07-02 10:23 AM
Murphy - 2015-07-01 10:54 AM barrelracr131 - 2015-07-01 11:45 AM I grew up Catholic, went to Catholic schools and church. I have NEVER heard of anything like that.... sounds shady! Ditto.
Double ditto.
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Location: KS | caspersabelpip - 2015-07-02 8:04 AM
I'm catholic and have never heard of that being done. Seems very strange and maybe unique to that particular church. Sorry you have had such a bad experience with the Catholic Church. I promise most are not like that.
I wouldnt say Im the one with the bad experience at least I dont feel that way. My Dads family was Catholic and they would have never acted this way. There are families that go to that same church that dont act that way. And I dont get why there are families who think they have the power to run the church, and I mean they are telling the priest what to do. I have almost agree with a response earlier when the word "cult" was brought up.
I actually believe my husbands family is the one with the bad experience, his mother especially you acts like she's more religious than any of us (which she is not, she's a very negative, controlling, overbearing woman, which is a whole other obstacle in my life) but she wasnt even rasied Catholic. She became Catholic shortly before her marriage.
I have nothing against the Catholic faith its not my faith but I completely respect your faith, I dont believe its the Catholic faith that made these people act this way, its something or someone else. |
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Location: Prosser, WA | I have a family member that married to a catholic. Her dad sounds a lot like your father in law. Very controlling. Their family comes first in all things. Not sure what he would have done if she wouldn't have gotten married in the catholic church. All I can say is good luck. Her dad tries to be way too controlling of his kid's lives. |
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  The Fabulous Hippie
Location: On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams... | Sounds a bit like Scientology to me... |
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Miss Southern Sunshine
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Location: South Central Florida | I don't think this question is about religion but about a specific church. Also, I would really question the process because life insurance policies that are started on elderly don't pay out well. They are very expensive and many you can't get over the age of 75ish. Very strange way to make money if it's true. We looked into the insurance that just pays funeral expenses for my Mom and it was way too expensive. Now if you got the policy before they were elderly you can usually keep it. But I'm not sure I really understood the original post. Who would agree to have some random church buy a life insurance policy. |
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Location: SW MO | I will simply say this Any church no matter the religion is only as honest as the people in it |
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