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Originally Posted by *Nikki*
They might be wealthy but they are certainly not the only denomination who is wealthy or who uses their funds to "decorate". I think that is a little bit of a generalization. There are many many religions who mismanage money. Some make the headlines and others don't.
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you'll get no argument from me. I used the example of the catholic church because that is the church that is talked about in the original post. The catholic church is one of the richest religions but they certainly arn't the only one's spending vast sums of money of what basically amounts to idolatry. clearly the morman church with their huge ornate temples falls into this category. a case could probably be made that all religions who claim to be founded on a doctrine that idolized the meek as innately more virtuous then the rich (i know this is true for christianity, i suspect it's a fairly common claim in almost all religions) should not horde funds or purchase unnecessary fancy stained glass windows or any other item that serves no utilitarian purpose in helping to spread the word of the religion.