When the world's richest religious figures......

[KS Toronado]

[SheltieLover]

1. Speaks volumes doesn't it?

[KS Toronado]

41. And here's the other side of the coin.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[Bluethroughu]

4. Tax them.

Enough with their free lunch. Tax their ASSets!

[BOSSHOG]

22. Especially the Catholic church

Which spent more then four million tax exempt dollars to do away with abortion in Kansas. That church has no respect for separation of church and state except the part about the state staying out of the church’s business. Akin to conservatives totally ignoring the first half of the second amendment. I say turn the assessors loose on the Church of Rome. Are ya listening Pope Frank. Reign in your fucking bishops in this country. And take care of your rampant sex abuse problem.

Disclosure, I am a resident of Kansas and was born and raised Catholic, served as an altar boy but the intense “grooming” the church is so good at didn’t stick with me. I could ramble on about the money grubbing papists but I’ll spare you. There is so much to ramble about these days.

[twodogsbarking]

37. Was the pope in the picture? Oversight I guess.

[Bluethroughu]

44. I was raised Catholic, no longer, and I went to school with a couple kids groomed and molested.

It sick and sad, that anyone can walk back into the place.

These are organizations owning and investing into property, they should be taxed.

[republianmushroom]

5. Just fleecing the flock.

[onecaliberal]

6. Money changers.

[MontanaMama]

7. Quite the scam these folks are running.

They always need MORE.

[KS Toronado]

11. Love your L. R. Knost line

[MontanaMama]

12. Thank you!

As the parent of a sensitive kid...I live by this.

[Beartracks]

28. OMG Yes.

This should be an OP so I can bookmark it.

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[Otto_Harper]

8. Because YOU putting money in the offering bowl sends a message that is heard by GAWD.

And GAWD don't hear no jingling money. GAWD only hears folding money.

[multigraincracker]

9. Trying not be too judgmental,

I find there terrible preachers and some that really try. Authoritarian, judgmental ones are at one end and there the ones that just try to help others. Hate to make everything black and white when it’s all mostly gray.
When hear someone say they are Christians, I step back. Don’t tell me, show me.

[nycbos]

10. "He needs money. He always needs money.

He is all powerful, all perfect, an all wise, somehow just can't handle money. Religion takes in billions of dollars, pay no taxes, and somehow they always need a little more."

- George Carlin.

[StarryNite]

15. That was wonderful!

George Carlin was such a treasure. Thank you for sharing.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

23. Thanks! Never get tired of listening to him on any topic .still very relevant today. Going to search

..for his comedy videos and watch over weekend.




Paz

[blueinredohio]

13. When we were kids my dad would give us a dime to put in the plate

then he would tell us to take out a quarter. He was quite the jokester.

[3Hotdogs]

16. I'll do ya one better....1958, Wells, Vt. summer vacation. My uncle would give us 10C to put into

the collection basket and drop us off for church. We were kids but looked older... drinking age in NY was 18. Murphys opened up at 10 a.m. and beer was 10C a glass.

Guess where Jesus's money went?

If he wants it, he can ask and I'll give him his damn dime.


And thanks, Uncle Ben.

[blueinredohio]

18. LOL!! Thanks for the story.

[3Hotdogs]

19. Bt the way, Uncle Ben was my best man at my wedding.

[trusty elf]

14. Creflo Dollar'$ Crusade Against Secular Humanism !

[Joinfortmill]

17. Lol

[Wounded Bear]

20. Good question...nt

[lpbk2713]

21. Just keep those love offerings coming in friends and neighbors.

Remember the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.

[BlueJac]

24. What a bunch of ASS HOLES.

A picture of my bong holes looks better than the entire lot!

[lambchopp59]

25. Just in case someone hadn't caught this one from a few years back:

[keithbvadu2]

26. 'Turn to God' by sending seed money to them.

'Turn to God' by sending seed money to them.

Have you ever noticed that the collectors of prosperity gospel seem to do much better than the donors/investors who give?

[Aussie105]

27. Never trust anyone who

Says the have a direct line to God.

Tells you God's favor can be bought with money.

Tells you only your religion is real, others are a sham, and it's ok to wage war and kill those of a different religion.

But yeah, if you need to spend money as an effort to appease your God - give it to a homeless person or a not-for-profit charity, or a dog shelter, after all your God is all seeing.

Your money going to fuel up a scam artist's private jet will make God frown, angels weep and lose their wings, not to mention kittens having a really bad time.

[MLAA]

29. +100

[KS Toronado]

34. Well said

[Sucha NastyWoman]

30. They all need to learn a lesson

From Dolly Parton.

[Orrex]

31. Since inception, organized religion has been entirely about amassing wealth

Since inception, organized religion has been entirely about amassing wealth
for the purpose of amassing political power
for the purpose of amassing further wealth.

It has literally no other goal, and the tragedy is that people have been gleefully falling for it for millennia.

[Sky Jewels]

32. Yep. Wealth and power.

Oppression pays.

[malaise]

39. Nailed it n/t

[Abolishinist]

33. I happen to (somewhat) like Joel.

Sunday mornings I like to watch George Stephanopoulos, then switch over to Fareed. Joel comes on right after George, and if I don't change the channel quick enough I catch his opening, which is "I like to start with something funny, I heard about". Corny in the extreme, yes, but often somewhat funny.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

35. I briefly watched one of them years ago...

... and heard the televangelist's wife tell the viewers that they also accepted credit cards. And they could be charged to the max!

[Skittles]

36. because they know suckers when they see them

yes indeed

[malaise]

38. Simple

They spell it PREY while the gullible are told to PRAY😀😀😀

[sop]

40. True Christians love their neighbors, feed the hungry, heal the sick, welcome immigrants...

These prosperity doctrine christians believe in an eye for an eye, support whites only policies, hate "the other," covet money and make their ministers rich.

[Upthevibe]

42. Kick. N/T

[SoBlueInFL]

43. My grandmother had a terrible habit of mailing cash to televangelists r/o

but we would snag the envelopes from her mailbox and buy her groceries with the money. She was poor (Social Security only) and couldn't afford to send them a dime.

And, before anyone worries about us removing items from her mailbox, this was on a rural route and her mail carrier was an old family friend who *knew* what we were doing.