-Caveat Lector-
On 7 Jan 01, at 14:01, Jayson R. Jones wrote:
> Every time I bring this up in public there is a dead silence. How can
> churches get away with running for profit schools, factories, rentals,
> and such and not pay taxes? The Organized Chruches in this country
> are vastly rich, and getting ever richer. Yet they do not pay taxes.
> Jayson
Actually, money and poverty has always been a major issue within
the church and I do believe that some groups who advocated
following Jesus' example and living austerely, frugally, and sharing
cooperatively with others --which you may call "socialistic" or even
"communistic" --have been excommunicated for the commission of
heresy. I believe this was one of the issues between the Cathars
and the Church leading to horrific massacres--See The
Albegensian heresy.
The Church, it seems, is aligned with money--since money gives
power. Humility and poverty are reserved for poor priests whose
parishes embrace the poor in remote outposts. "The Name of the
Rose" by Umberto Ecco also had this issue of money/poverty as a
central issue and it did involve, if I remember correctly, advocating
poverty as a heresy.
sno0wl
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