Churches donate to the poor. What do you think nuns are for?

The Pope sits on a gold throne in a gold palace in luxury and tells people to give money when they could give a whole lot more plus it's the poor and middle class donations that are given. Granted they should give but I'm frankly sick of multi-millionaires and even billionaires including wealthy church systems and celebrities telling us all to live humbly do others can have more while leaders, famous, Pope and pastors live in luxurious 3 city block mansions with multiple others or the Vatican and never quit having 100 million + dollars. Pastors in large churches are also wealthy like of course Copeland but also those so called faithful reformed theology guys. All their money combined and even not to the point where they'd have to live poorly themselves could do lightyears more. Sick of hypocrites especially when they're Marxists and/or pedophiles.

Hey @iloveleonid you are spot-on. When Jesus was here on earth Had had the most harsh words for the kind of people you're talking ab. He called them hypocrites and outright denounced them. I don't know how you feel ab Jesus, but know that He stood up against this exact thing

I'm born again since 1995 but do enter some memes up here that I shouldn't but that fit some streams🙄🤭🫤

Amen!! I just checked ur profile and I love the memes u have ab Jesus/Christianity. It's so great to use this platform to spread the Gospel! And ur regular memes are pretty good, too. I'd seen a lot of them before actually. 😁😁

Well some lately have been ones I likely shouldn't be entering but according to the stream type they fit. Most I've done on here date back awhile and I make memes and gifs pertaining to the full 5 point TULIP Calvinism. 4 point can still be a bit legalistic like 4 point Arminians can and 3 point on both ends has a balanced perspective but what dominates outside of obvious heresies to nominal Christians is "Reformed theology." So many have high regard for guys like MacArthur, Sproul, Baucham, Paul Washer, James White, Piper and more and filter scripture through the TULIP lens instead of the other way around and the full implications are collectivist totalitarianism only with God leading. His character being equal to Him sovereignty gets a back seat. They worship sovereignty itself & the action of "getting God the glory" & don't know it. Well most teachers do. I make stuff detailing from my years of one on one with God on this & reading stuff in the Institutes the subtle nuanced Gnostic divine AI then spread them online along with prayer. Reverent brethren have no idea how bad it really is. Rooting in relationship to God is as crucial as rooting in scripture.

Many Christians are content to not see how we are responsible while He's sovereign but God doesn't have to exercise sovereignty by determinism to be sovereign. Libertarian free will and predestination actually work well when factoring in the things man doesn't have and those things are foreknowledge and middle knowledge. Middle knowledge is knowing all possibilities given any circumstances. God can allow a lfw choice in our life that will be the best option for His kingdom, us and others and even use our sins to teach us. Like a parent tells their child they can go to the park at 3 pm when a bunch of parents are there but they can't go at 3 am or alone. If it would go too far He will either intervene in out moment in time or predestine a choice or event to not be able to happen. He isn't bound by time but we are. Another example is a parent telling the child they can swing but they have to be in the safety swing. If they disobey & get on the regular one & fall they can remind them & they learn from a skinned knee but if they'd fly off & get head trauma they won't allow them near the swings or at that park. Some no matter their childhood, personality, job, life etc would've ever received Christ but the atonement was made that they could have, our natural attributes, evidence of creation & calls from the Holy Spirit but refuse it. He knew they would but didn't want any in hell.

This isn't a necessity to bridge the doctrines but is absolutely incredible when He makes that happen but in His time and way and agony may be experienced in the process but it's just too incredible and makes more sense than the nonsensical crap that either informs only the mind or only the heart. If theologians and pastors would separate soul from spirit & time from eternity they would have much better doctrine bridges. Instead many go into apostasy or Phariseeism which neither are Christianity. Soul and spirit can't be separated eternally but are temporally so God can develop our individual personhood, spiritualize our natural attributes, build our working relationship, use us for other brethren and unsaved, prepare us for eternity, and to fight against Satan. He gave me this straight over the years. I've had extreme sexual abuse dating back to 21 mo old and occult related stuff so He has healed & showed me the whys for stuff that's been allowed & this keeps tragedy from harming oneness with God or our service & we don't blame Him. I want to share it but few want to receive it. That's why this is 3 long sections that could literally be a full novel.

Well said. Keep pursing Jesus my friend, and keep on preaching the Gospel!!!!!!! Thank you so much for your zeal and fire for the Lord! Hallelujah for the work He has done in your life!

We need more people like you in the church!!!

Priests themselves have very little money, all the donation money is used for paying bills for the church, given to those in need, you name it. It is not required to donate, that's why it's called donate. Churches will also do fund raisers. All the money that churches get is used for good things.

And just to be clear, I have never met a single preist or bishop that lives in a "mansion"

When did I mention priest and bishops in mansions? Talking about the Vatican and brass according to who? Of course that's what they say but over the years it's been clear that church systems not necessarily individual churches. The hierarchy of church denominations and Vatican are as bad as the celebrities I clearly was speaking of pertaining to mansions then the pastors like Copeland and reformed theology and others. I personally know someone who was molested by a priest for years then got caught because the boy was bleeding from the rectum and the diocese paid to move them to another town and paid his useless parents 50 grand to keep quiet. I know many priests and bishops don't do this but since to become holy in Catholicism you just have to perform certain sacraments basically it makes it easy for a pedo to pretend and become a priest. Maybe your priest is OK but many pedos have taken advantage of becoming a priest. My older slow learning uncle worked for free for the Catholic church for years & the narcissistic Marxist atheist secretary they had put on acts to weasel 50 grand out of him from his savings for years. He was only asking for 22,000 back & the other secretary for the priest wanted to get them to provide some money since she worked for the church getting paid $20 an hour when he gave free labor but no they're not bothering. These were different diocese and churches too. Church systems mostly are Illuminati owned & teach false doctrines even subtly. Seek God alone in prayer & avoid deception. James 1:5 says it well but most read scripture through theological lenses instead of by God's lead. Who's actually God in these cases?

Also, I realized you mentioned gold. Most of these "gold" things are just made from brass. I would know because I work for my church.

Some Cathedrals may have some golden artifacts, but still.

In the churches maybe but the Vatican no not brass but hold. You're dodging the issue.