As long as people fall for war like propaganda, there will always be new sheep added to the system. World suffrages only exist because churches want monetary power..... God checkout over a millennia ago

Having grown up Mormon, I can tell you that they don't have cathedrals. They do have "temples".

There's a sucker born every minute, so like Proverbs 21:20 says, a fool and his money are soon parted.

The waste is astounding...

You're certainty correct. I hate it when I see religions use disasters as money making opportunities. They are disgustingly phony.

yep

There are also some sporting arenas made to Grand scale and they don't even do charity.

Yes, there is a "church" or religious entity on every corner but homeless people starving on every street in my city. Sad.

perhaps they will stand the test of time as monuments, relics of a time when our society was much simpler and crude. perhaps they will devour us all before we have the chance to escape the tyranny and hypocracy of it all. perhaps some dude thought to himself "jeeze, i've got all this money lying around, I can't give it to the country! they'll just squander it... OH HOLY EFF SKEETER!! I could build my own city! we'll start with the chapel. you know how all these new aged pioneers love anything fancy! they'll eat it up!"

I tend to agree about the decadence of the Catholic Church, but I don't think they could solve all the world's ills by selling the extravagant chalices, etc.. They could, however, feed a lot of people. Artwork is tricky though, because it holds historical value as well; I'm unsure it could be sold for enough money to museums, where it would belong, as opposed to private collectors who hoard it away from public consumption.

Ex-Mormon here, they call them temples not cathedrals regardless.....Mormonism is slightly more tolerable to me because even the higher ups live modestly, they are extremely charitable very big on community service and disaster relief. A few of my cousins kids on missions have spent a large tenure of their 2 years cleaning up after Harvey, Sandy and Katrina. As a matter of fact one of my brothers and about 20 cousins just arrived in Houston today to spend thanksgiving week volunteering.

Mormonism has glaring flaws and wrong in so many ways of practice but family is sacrosanct and they aren’t constantly on the defense for raping children, I’m not aware of any cases or accusations. Which is not to say they don’t exist. For good or bad many of its values have shaped who I am today, values I am grateful for which have served me well overall. I don’t harbor any ill will or resentment, I just chose a different path to build on my foundation.