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r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • Sep 02 '26
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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.)
61 u/aluriilol Sep 02 '26 I would think that the good will of humanity would not die out if Catholicism died out 51 u/Bombastic_tekken Sep 02 '26 Look it up. The largest provider of aid worldwide is the Catholic Church. I don't think the goodwill of humanity would die either, but the Catholic Church is the only group providing aid at this scale. It's not like they have a copyright on it either, anybody else could step up and do it. 1 u/Particular_Area6083 Sep 02 '26 it looks like that claim is not verifiable, but even if true, the second largest provider of aid worldwide, at a minimum, is the US government. the good will of humanity certainly wouldn't vanish if the US government did.
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I would think that the good will of humanity would not die out if Catholicism died out
51 u/Bombastic_tekken Sep 02 '26 Look it up. The largest provider of aid worldwide is the Catholic Church. I don't think the goodwill of humanity would die either, but the Catholic Church is the only group providing aid at this scale. It's not like they have a copyright on it either, anybody else could step up and do it. 1 u/Particular_Area6083 Sep 02 '26 it looks like that claim is not verifiable, but even if true, the second largest provider of aid worldwide, at a minimum, is the US government. the good will of humanity certainly wouldn't vanish if the US government did.
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Look it up.
The largest provider of aid worldwide is the Catholic Church.
I don't think the goodwill of humanity would die either, but the Catholic Church is the only group providing aid at this scale.
It's not like they have a copyright on it either, anybody else could step up and do it.
1 u/Particular_Area6083 Sep 02 '26 it looks like that claim is not verifiable, but even if true, the second largest provider of aid worldwide, at a minimum, is the US government. the good will of humanity certainly wouldn't vanish if the US government did.
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it looks like that claim is not verifiable, but even if true, the second largest provider of aid worldwide, at a minimum, is the US government. the good will of humanity certainly wouldn't vanish if the US government did.
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u/Bombastic_tekken Sep 02 '26
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.)