The Church
I don't really want to cripple the church
I realize that the Pope and the church have problems
Imagine in his position
all the expenses of the church
The budgets, electricity
building maintenance wages
costs of administration
Granted the disciples
used to spend
the tithe on themselves
buying food and paying
for the costs of growing church
It costs money to build buildings
but you forgot one lesson
It is not your money
it belongs to God
Healthy people ministers nuns
could have other jobs in the community
you could work as plumbers, doctor, lawers
training up to provide useful skills for society
Monasteries in the fifteenth century
knew about farming techniques
they could have used those skills
to teach the community to build wealth healthy farms
Granted the bible says don't follow mammon
man can not have two masters luke 16:13
so if you look up to money as a God
if you live in luxury spending Gods money on yourself
you follow Mammon
Eighty percent of every dollar given to the Church
is spent on administration
another word for administration
Is money spent on yourselves
With great power comes great responsibility
as the leaders of the Church
you were supposed to build Gods KIngdom on earth,
As the leaders of the Church
You had a responsibility
to treat people as your Neighbours
if a man falls off his horse
The Good Samaritan
Paid for his medical expenses
paid for his accommodation
so if a person had a car accident
loses their job can't earn a wage
you as the leader of the Church
as a member of the congregation
are all obligated to help people in need
I think the social welfare system
has actually come close to what the bible wanted
but in the last few years
Governments have moved away from investing
In building companies
stating Governments can't run companies
gives you the excuse to walk away, from building
productive and thriving industry
You leave it for the people to create employment
Governments created Railway's dams industry
you could redesign budgets redirecting a percentage
of government funds into creating a thriving industry
But companies must stand alone
you can't prop up a company
with tax money coming from your people
it doesn't work, companies live and die.
based on profit
If they can't make a profit
we can't afford to keep wasting good money
on a bad investment.
If we combine investment from the Church
Investment from the people
investment from the wealthy
Investment from the Governments
what can't we create
Copyright © Bernard Barclay | Year Posted 2020
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