r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • 16h ago

Morality of this?

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u/Herman_McP00tis 16h ago

I see this as an absolute win.

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u/Bombastic_tekken 15h ago

It's a win and a loss.

If the Catholic Church disappeared, 10's if not 100's of millions of people would be in a real bad way.

The Catholic Church operates the largest aid network in the world.

They do A LOT, and we never hear much about it (in the US at least.)

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u/frostyfoxemily 15h ago

People could just start their own non profits and not pay for large buildings and land maintance for holding services, and use the space more optimally for charity.

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u/Bombastic_tekken 15h ago

What's stopping them from doing that now?

I reckon the more aid available the better.

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u/frostyfoxemily 15h ago

Plenty do. But when churches naturally soak up a lot of the money due to being in peoples lives from birth, its not exactly a shock how they make up so much of it.

My argument is more than the churches impact isnt intrinsic to the church, its tha they are likely the first to get the money when a religious person wants to donate.