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Jeanne Douglas wrote:
> 
> In article <e40fpdFqrs6U1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> wrote:
> 
> > Am 15.09.2016 11:50, schrieb Jeanne Douglas:
> >
> > >> Services of the various kinds, like e.g. the work of a lawyer, do not
> > >> necessarily contain material objects.
> > >>
> > >> This is why they are called 'services' and not 'sale'.
> > >>
> > >> Commercial services are different to churches, since they are in fact
> > >> commercial, while a church is not.
> > >>
> > >> Most religions are strictly non-commercial.
> > >
> > > BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > >
> >
> > Most people overestimate the importance of money.
> >
> > A church is not really a business and has not primarily commercial
> > interests. Churches are related to the spiritual realm and cover
> > philosophical questions, ethics and moral.
> >
> > People also try to acquire certain experiences, that are elevated above
> > the usual life.
> >
> > Something as profane as money does not really fit into such a picture.
> >
> > And most churches are actually poor.
> >
> > But there are major exceptions from this rule, like e.g. the Catholic
> > Church.
> >
> > But being wealthy does not mean, that the Catholics only exist to earn
> > money.
> 
> Explain all those huge mansions of all those evangelical ministers.


A church is a Hospitol for sinnners...as a hospitol is a place for
injured bodies, the church is
for injured souls.


You cannot go to your doctor and tell him you murdered somebody...your
soul hurts. The Doctor would
probably give wrong advise like turn yourself to the police.

You go to the doctors of the soul...

shouldn't both doctors get paid for their services???