Is it wrong to demonize "Rosary Rattlers" as they are sworn enemies of GLBT?

[Bowyn Aerrow]

The real question with any charity is of every dollar donated, what percent goes to the charitable causes.

The Roman Catholic Church has refused to reveal income and real estate holdings to the COURT SYSTEM. We have no idea what they absorb and what they contribute. What I do know is that the tuition for the Catholic school in my neighborhood is $6,300 a year, and Cathedrals are expensive to heat!

A lot of parishes have been closed, the property sold over the years. Parish monies and charitable monies are kept separate. Priest and nuns volunteer their time skills and energy to do charitable good works. Many actually work two jobs a secular one and a religious one. Their secular job pays for their lodging, and is brought back to the church to be redistributed to those parishes that can not afford to keep the heat on.

It would be difficult to actually judge the net worth of the Church. For instance, how much is the Shroud of Turin 'worth'. What about the Last Supper painted on some rectory wall? What about that overly painted ceiling in the Sistine Chapel? How much are these 'things' worth? What is the value to do put on those properties with historic structures - those very cathedrals you are poking fun at?

When it comes to the 'flatware' used in mass, do we value it by its precious metal content, or its history? Cups and saucers made of gold or silver may be worth X by weight, but may have a much greater value depending on its history.

We have over a thousand years of historic value in many of the material items of the Church. Many are considered priceless by museum curators - one of a kind historic pieces that are worth much more than the material they are made of.

A decent chunk of the charity given to The Church (and other religious organizations) is in the form of material goods, food, clothing, blankets, building materials, etc. Another large form of donation is time and skill. How to we value work done by individuals both clerics and laity? Charge by the hour a flat rate? Try to figure out how much each person is worth per hour?

$6,300.00 is cheap, it pays for the text books, the busing, the desks, the heat and maintenance of school rooms, the very rulers that the nuns use to point and click at students ...

Since academic year 2007-2008, funding per pupil for California K-12 public schools has declined by roughly 5 percent, from $8,235 per pupil to $7,693. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/apr201...-a13.shtml

And for that they are charging YOU a person without kids to raise the money for inferior public school education.

The pricing for education through a Catholic School is comparable to one of the public education system. The only difference is people like me who do not want kids ends up footing the bill for dog's droppings* - er I mean children. Least with the Catholic school system the offending parents are responsible for their brats and it doesn't fall to me to support the education of their children.

How much is a child's education really worth? Considering most will grow up to be worthless consumers, eating and crapping through life, do we decide that they are only worth $1.69, or do we consider the few that will go on to cure cancers, AIDS and invent the next big thing that will revolutionize the world? What value is a life and a brain that is educated?

What value is the life saved, the stomach filled, the shivering back covered in clothing? Can we really place a dollar value on this things?






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