Originally posted by Choronzon
You know, Im game. How much do you think it costs to operate in the US each year?
Do you actually believe that the vatican operates in the red? Or produces a profit and if so how much profit do you feel that they make?
Are you catholic?
Sorry that it took so long to get back to you. I hurt my left arm and I've been pecking at the keyboard with one hand. Major annoyance.
So, to answer your questions:
1) I would say that I'm not as good a Catholic as I would like to be. Sorry, don't mean to equivocate, but that's the best way I can put it.
2) I have no idea how much the Church takes in and what their expenses are. I would be speaking out of ignorance if I ventured a guess.
I believe that a more interesting question than that of the old 'hey, ain't the Vatican sitting on more gold than the Gnomes of Zurich?' is 'Is
the accumulation of wealth in modern economics a true sin or are the people making these statements qualified to understand both advanced economics
and theology?
To a large degree, in the time of Christ wealth was not created, it was only transferred or discovered. In todays knowledge based society wealth is
created every day. It isn't necessarily a zero sum game.
Eric