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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:01 PM Original message |
where/how did the Catholic Church get all that money ? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. I would imagine they got the money from the parishioners. eom |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kidding? Donations, every Sunday, for years and years. nt |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. They don't pay much in taxes... |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Some answers |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. In the Spanish looting of the Americas, the hundreds of millions of |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, there were these "crusades" and such, for one thing... |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. Book on line or at Amazon |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. A lot comes from weekly donations, but the unspoken secret is... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. ok, i think that's it, the land ownership |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. The church was founded by the apostle Peter. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Also, a lot of people that work for them do not get paid or |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. i assume the priests and nuns don't really need or want salaries |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Priests don't take a vow of poverty (monks do) ; many live well n/t |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's not that much. ExxonMobil made $39 billion the last 3 months of 2006. |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. they own into Exxon and all the defense industries. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. The priests take a vow of poverty, they pay no taxes, a lot |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. each parish has to pay its own debt (or dioses in this case)--Rome refuses |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Land, investments,fraud |
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zehnkatzen (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well, when you have a billion or so donors... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. From my mom and dad |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Exactly and from my parents and grandparents as well. |
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pepperbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
22. the pope picks up a few sheckels modeleling on the side too. |
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