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Proof? And what makes it "not required to report"?

Yeah I was only speaking for the Catholics, I don't know much about other churches. But yeah independent church I guess would be more free to do anything they feel like doing compared to the Catholic or Orthodox church. Same goes for mosques even though they don't really have a central authority like Catholic church they also follow some strict rules.

Firstly, the world needs to go to rehab for the opium of the masses.

And how is atheism any different? They are all different beliefs. One who is religious could say the same about those who believe in nothing. Atheism also has major flaws like morality being just one's opinion so anything goes or being based on what is socially acceptable currently. And many things that would be wrong today were socially acceptable in the past (that weren't even linked to religion). Like supremacy of one race over the other. While both Christianity and Islam promote racial equality and that we're all equal in the eyes of God.

Does any of that happen today though? And yes the Catholics have done some horrible things in the past like the crusades and the inquisition. I am not saying that didn't happen. But I am talking about the present day.

I mean it's fine if they welcome people to the faith and that their charitable work gets more people to join their faith. No one is forced to join and they will never deny you anything just because you are not religious so there is no pressure to join. I don't know specifically about Mormon and Scientology though. I mostly know about the Catholic church. Since my area is mostly Catholic. And yeah I know in the past the Catholic church had some scandals and did some bad things but in the modern day they are mostly doing good things and helping a lot of people. I also was given help in my own community (I am a Muslim) and they were great too but I didn't see them doing as much charity as Catholic churches, maybe because they are a small minority where I live.

I mean I do agree some churches are questionable and can hardly be called a church. My area mostly have Catholic churches and Catholic churches are all in communion with Rome, so they can't just do anything they want. Maybe it's different with other Churches or independent ones.

Churches have been the ones helping the most though, especially the Catholic church. What's wrong with that? People donate money to those places and with that money when it doesn't go into improving the building itself or organizing events it goes to help the poor. We have a place here called Saint Vincent de Paul, it's some organization that gives away or sell at very low and affordable cost, things like clothing, appliances and pretty much some of everything. The Catholic church has been very helpful to me in times of need. Most of the charity organizations in my area are connected to the church to some extent. And they don't care that I am not a Christian or even Catholic, they still help everyone no matter what.

But here we're talking about some concert in a church. How many people attend churches? Should the church need to apply for a permit everytime a lot of people attend? I go to the mosque on Friday and the place is so full that some people have to even be outside. And every Friday there is someone who makes a speech in front of everyone. So why should you need a permit when this guy show up at the church now? There are also churches that play music all the time and have many guests coming.

Won't be any different than the US at some point. If this keeps going being homeless will be the norm and having an apartment or house will be a luxury for the upper class. The more we go the less food and other basic necessities I can buy.

I mean yeah they shouldn't get involved in that. Just let the law deal with the people buying things that would be illegal. And this is also why cash and crypto (for online purchases) are the best way to buy things. Credit card companies should have no say in what people buy.