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Anonymous wrote:“None of it is needed if you don’t go to church?”
What? So society stops needing the trillions of dollars of support religious institutions give yearly because someone decides not to go to church? How does that make sense? Need never goes away, and the government can’t do it all. Religious institutions are an extremely important in society’s safety net.
I don’t get where you think I am implying anyone should become religious for any reason whatsoever. There is nothing I or anyone else can do to make people religious. People choose their beliefs and lives.
I have never seen anyone here try to convert anyone to their religion. I have seen atheists argue and debate and try convince people day after day that God doesn’t exist, though. They aren’t successful because their personalities and attitudes are so off putting and obnoxious that nobody wants to be like them or associate with them irl. I guess they come here to feel like they have some meaning in life.
?? That article showed they rake in $1.2 trillion - not that they "give" "trillions of dollars yearly." I could go back and look at how much the religious charities give, but it ain't trillions. On the other hand they rake in good money through their schools and hospitals and the collection plate. That's the way I read it.
Title: The Socio-economic Contribution of Religion to American Society: An Empirical Analysis
"Contribution" doesn't mean the amount they contribute, i.e. give. It's about their slice of the economy, and clearly was about the amount they take in.
Microsoft sells software, Apple sells computers, the religious institutions are selling something people believe they need I guess, so they give their hard earned money to these organizations. Most of it was money paid to religious schools, hospitals and the collection plate.
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