The arrogance and hubris of these people is hard to imagine. For instance, I study etymology as a hobby. The word "heretic" comes from the Latin word for "other". You could be tortured and burnt at the stake just for believing something other than the established doctrines. The wacky concept of the Trinity caused thousands to die, including the great Spanish doctor/scientist Michael Servetus who discovered pulmonary circulation, a difficult concept to understand.

Yes, but I'm a retired biology teacher and I blame religion and overpopulation for the terrible catastrophes of climate and abuse of nature. The situation is very dire and people prefer not to face it.

@Aristopus Agree. My best wishes with your noble efforts.

I know. It's a scam. Even when Christians do good deeds it's with an ulterior motive: to please God, not other people.

And that "tax free" thing needs to end, too! Just imagine how much additional revenue the govt would have for schools, roads, etc, and those selfish pastors living in mansions and flying in private jets might stop.

How about that charlatan Joel Olsteen? Did you even see his palace? It's worth googling just to see it. Midieval is the only word for it.

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@Aristopus As palaces go, it’s hard to beat the Vatican.

@jerry99 Agreed and most of the treasure buried in Vatican vaults came from property confiscated from rich widows accused of witchcraft. "Man Made God" cites towns in Germany that had mass burnings of several hundred at once.

@Stilltrying1964 Yes and NON Government Schools like Catholic ones, etc, SHOULD NOT receive funding from the Government/s under ANY circumstances.
Government monies are derived from the PUBLIC therefore they ARE and SHOULD be used ONLY for Public purposes such as Public Schools NOT for Institutions that foster and promote Religious Education whilst charging exorbitant fees to the parents, etc, of their students.