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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“None of it is needed if you don’t go to church?”

What? [b]So society stops needing the trillions of dollars of support religious institutions give yearly [/b]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. [/quote]

?? 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.
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Generosity towards religious organizations grew slightly between 2021 and 2022, despite total U.S. charitable giving declining after two record years.

Donations to religious charities grew by 5.2% between 2021 and 2022 to an estimated $143.57 billion according to “Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy,” published by Giving USA Foundation and researched and written by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Total U.S. contributions to charities from individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations declined to $499.33 billion, a 3.4% drop.

The report called the decrease a “relatively rare occurrence” usually only seen during years with difficult or unusual economic conditions and cited stock market volatility and economic uncertainty as contributing to the drop.

Total giving was down 10.5% after adjusting for inflation from a revised total of $516.65 billion in 2021, the first time giving passed the half-trillion mark.

Giving by individuals was down 6.4%.

https://religionunplugged.com/news/2023/7/3/religious-donations-inch-up-despite-overall-decline-in-2021-2022-study-finds?format=amp[/quote]

So Joel Orsteen can buy another jet? Yay for America, I guess [/quote]

You must be a simple creature if you truly view religion in society and culture through the view of a lens trained on a singular man named Joel “Orsteen.” And not a bit of sympathy or gladness for the people and families who are truly helped every day by religious charities. [/quote]

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