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• spujb@lemmy.cafe ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  very few actually do any good.

  Cite this and I will change my opinion.

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• Sotuanduso@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Am I reading this right? Are you saying that churches are worse than house-hoarding landlords, just because they think they’re doing good but a lot of them don’t? Even the 18% of churches that rent their buildings from other churches^[1]^ (or the ones that rent non-church properties like theaters or schools,) and thus almost certainly don’t even have a property they could give? Or what about the 48% of churches that run or support a food pantry^[2]^, and are thus doing good?

  [1] - christianitytoday.com/…/two-churches-one-roof.htm…
  [2] - theconversation.com/nearly-half-of-all-churches-a…

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  • spujb@lemmy.cafe ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Correct, that is what they are saying. I understand a significant portion of Lemmy is staunchly anti-religious. But there is a certain level of cognitive dissonance going on here that I hope can begin to be recognized and addressed.

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    • Sotuanduso@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well thanks, but to be fair, I was asking Scrubbles. When it comes to an opinion I disagree with, it’s more fruitful to talk to the person who holds that opinion than it is to deride the opinion with someone else who already agrees with me. Partially because there’s a good chance of a misunderstanding.

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      • spujb@lemmy.cafe ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Fair enough! I hope I’m wrong lol.

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