From Prophetic to Pathetic: Handouts from Cesar

hi i think you have this correct. In my thinking for a church or religion even contemplate the need to get Government funding or take government funding would in it's essence i think be an admission of failure in some fundamental way of the churches purpose, mission, and interactions with their communities. It's like the fake idea you need big charities to help people,, all you need to do is give directly to the need and I wonder how many more times money would work if people passed it on freely, because a gift has no conditions or expectations a grant an employment or a servitude or coercion do.. churches and churchmembers like the rest of the members of the community co-habitate with all kinds of like minded and non like minded people. There is no one size fits all in america in its essence and concept it is maybe more like ..all of the above when forced to make a choice, not related to health or safety. I suspect we are talking about the two masters meta-4 here and I would make money and power inter woven in our..uhhhh .. modern society. If the churches didn't actually feel they needed the tax payer money i can't think of any scenario where they would place themselves in a position of subservience which if you are a willing participator in receiving government taxpayer money you have to be, it is not a choice under the constitution or the bible. I wonder some times if some of the people in power lately claiming to be religious and faithful .. have even read the Bible much less understand what it says. I guess if churches insist upon getting government money then at some point it would be reasonable to ask them to take a test and see if they actually qualified to speak as an expert witness. Please don't accuse me of wanting to add government control over religion. I am more on the path that Martin Luther took many centuries ago when he said the Bible should be translated into the language of the actual people so they could understand the wisdom and not have to rely... or was it buy ....thier right 2 salvation. I think this is what Jesus was actually wanting to do not what Peter actually did maybe. i wasn't there so mine is just an opinion. Peter was a disciple and a great human being but being human means that he was subject to making human mistakes. For this reason i have always personally taken the words actually attributed to Jesus and given them more weight since he was more than human. It makes logical sense that the wider you make the circle of people who understand and have actually read and studied something the more effective it could actually be implemented in society. You do not actually need a building to have a church i suspect thier may be some places that look like churches but are just buildings that are empty except on a few hours on Sunday and wed.

If Rev. or Fr. Mendoza wants federal funding, he should move out of the religion business and do something worthy of nonprofit status.

As it is, Rev., Fr., Sr. Mendoza should not be given nonprofit status, let alone faith-based funding for his/her house of worship or anything related to it.

The same holds true for Rabbi Mendoza and Imam Mendoza.