preying on the fears of the unfortunate and ignorant ever since they existed. They use fear and distort the words of the Bible to line their pockets with billions of dollars that helps no one. It is criminal how they have promoted the idea that you can buy your way into heaven by "seeding" their Christian witness and that a "prayer cloth" will make your prayers stronger so God pays attention. It is despicable that a natural tragedy would be used by people feigning Christian Charity. Even the Bible says one should not use charity to self aggrandize or in any way should one brag or use the opportunity for their own reasons. They are told to be "fishers of men" but a tragedy is not that opportunity. As a matter of fact it is the time to demonstrate humility and to give and help openly without expecting a return whether it is spiritual or monetary.
It's also sad that people who will donate money to starving and poor human beings when the Catholic Church's net worth is 500 Billion. If they gave away half of that to help human kind they could make a major dent in world hunger, disease and more and still be worth 250 Billion dollars. These numbers come from the Catholic Church's own public filing of finances.
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