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Originally Posted by kutulu
and both face accusations that the church sucks money out of their members' pockets. .
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That's not an accusation, it's the truth, but anyone who says that it's limited to just Scientology has never been to a Roman Catholic Mass... When I do go, there are usually two collections per mass... the first to benefit the church, the second for some other cause...
Then there's the annual arch bishops appeal where you are supposed to give til it bleeds... And every so often the lectures come up about tithing - where you are supposed to happily fork over 10 percent of your pre-tax dollars to the church -because God makes all things possible, and you should pay him... What you can't afford 10 percent? You can't afford not to... if y ou fork over that money, then by gosh, good things will be bestowed upon you..
I go to church for the entertainment value of t hose sermons.. and it gives me something to bitch about when it's done.
Except for the whole aliens business (which I honestly didn't notice on their website) their doctrine is not all that obscure, it's common sense in some cases.