The Catholic Church

omnicorp

You go in, you give some money, you avail of the service.
They pay the employees wages, have billions in Assets, own a country and make major contributions to charity.
It is a major political power, a great source of charity, employment and artwork. Not to mention all its land yet as a Religion the Catholic Church is failing.

People don’t want any of these, they want, they need a Faith. The church is too tied up with Ritual, Tradition and Power to realise that it is not working to convince people to join it. It’s outdated policies and failure to act with the times are costing it dearly
Less priests a re being ordained than ever, parishes are merging because of a lack of priests and funds, old rural churches are lying abandoned, it’s reputation is tarnished because of it’s failure to act on the Child Abuse Scandal early enough.

People want something to believe in. But the church isn’t providing that. When Constantine made Christianity the State Religion, he condemned it to evil, instead of expanding as a Faith, it was now expanding as a Political and Military Force, It was Corrupt. Wars were fought in the name of “Religion”, Popes lavished money on themselves in the name of “Religion”, artwork, Cathedrals and expensive projects dominated the Church during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

People write to the Newspapers about their “x points for improvement in the Catholic Church”, polls are conducted and reports written but really, it can all be traced to two words, “Power Corrupts”. And it has corrupted the church, if it were to relinquish its money, its assets and most of all, it’s power, it might improve.
If it were to cease being a charity, a Political Force, a Tourist attraction and a country, and start being a Religion, it might just improve.

It’s not too late, it’s never too late.

aidan_walsh

What, wasn't this one going your way?

Please try to keep all your debated in one place...

omnicorp

i was given the all clear by the moderator of this forum.
I asked.