Pope condemns world of materialism, wealth divide, and more (Christmas, death, borders)

[whogo]

A lot more hungry people without materialism.

Andy thinks people having 401k go down and people losing their jobs is good for workers.

[neko_mimi]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

Consumerism is good for the economy and jobs!

Liberals seem to forget that the “working people” are the ones employed to build all those yachts, lamborghinis, and mansions. They should celebrate every time one gets bought. Instead, they just get outraged at “the 1%” for some reason I have yet to figure out.

[andywire]

Originally Posted by Winter_Sucks

Materialism is our national religion.

USA doesn't have a national religion. You are free to be whomever you'd like to be, just like you can worship any god you want, or no god at all.

Originally Posted by neko_mimi

Let us know when you donate all your savings, assets, and income to feed the starving children in Africa. Then your words might carry some weight.

Why does it have to be all? That would be quite irrational.

[Winter_Sucks]

Originally Posted by andywire

USA doesn't have a national religion. You are free to be whomever you'd like to be, just like you can worship any god you want, or no god at all.

Our actions say the opposite.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by Endoplasmic

Have the pope sell off all the wealth the catholic church owns and donate the proceeds. Then, he can talk.

I agree with this. He has no standing in complaining about materialism.

[andywire]

Originally Posted by Winter_Sucks

Our actions say the opposite.

How so?

[neko_mimi]

Originally Posted by andywire

USA doesn't have a national religion. You are free to be whomever you'd like to be, just like you can worship any god you want, or no god at all.





Why does it have to be all? That would be quite irrational.

Think about it. If you’re donating to all the poorest people in the world until their wealth matches your own, how much money do you think they’ll be left with? Less than a cent.

[BobNJ1960]

RCC has no moral compass, OP.

The Pope therefore lacks any credibility. His business' pedophilia massive issues caused the loss of any credibility his role once had.

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Originally Posted by BobNJ1960

RCC has no moral compass, OP.

The Pope therefore lacks any credibility. His business' pedophilia massive issues caused the loss of any credibility his role once had.

Nailed it.

The Vatican alone is worth upwards of $10 to $15 billion and who knows how much the church owns all over the world. The Economist calculated that the Catholic church in America alone had a $170 billion annual operating budget.

When the Catholic church quits protecting pedophiles and uses its vast wealth to feed the hungry, etc. then perhaps the Pope's annual condemnation of materialism will have some meaning.

Until then, let's skip the hypocrisy.

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

Consumerism is good for the economy and jobs!

Humans don't exist to serve an economy.