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Wounded Bear

(58,656 posts)
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 01:26 PM Aug 2018

It's the only way, otherwise they won't pay attention...

I see posts and news articles about people withholding their contributions to the Catholic Church.

I say: Go for it!

It really is the only way to get their attention. Stop the money stream. Personally, I'd stop going to their churches, but I'm more of a non-denominational agnostic who doesn't go to church and you're doing things I don't fully understand anyway. I guess people go for the community and all that and my loner psyche can't really relate. I just hate being preached to, really.

But, if you want the Church-any church-to fix itself, the only way to get their attention is to withhold your hard earned money. People who whine about their tax dollars going to fund abortion (hint: they don't, you fucking idiots, you won that one so far) should look in the mirror and consider how their money is supporting pedophiles and sexual deviants disquised as priests.

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It's the only way, otherwise they won't pay attention... (Original Post) Wounded Bear Aug 2018 OP
One wonders what would happen if the Pope publicly commanded every priest... Girard442 Aug 2018 #1

Girard442

(6,073 posts)
1. One wonders what would happen if the Pope publicly commanded every priest...
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 01:54 PM
Aug 2018

...who has comitted acts of rape or molestation or has been complict in any way to leave the priesthood and seek immediate treatment.

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