2007-03-24 09:55:34 · 8 answers · asked by U-98 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Even if you gave a number for one religion.
Even for your own religion.
2007-03-24 09:56:46 · update #1
This is a very difficult question to answer because, religious originations don't file a tax return with their governments. There is no way to track the income collected by them. If I had to guess however, I would say something in the neighborhood of 2 trillions annually.
2007-03-24 10:01:04 · answer #1 · answered by MoPleasure4U 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no way to tell. Money via services is never recorded. Offerings of land are never listed. Taxes in most countries is nil for religions. There are rumors that Televangeligists took in over 280 million USD last year.
It took nearly a billion dollars in potential law suits to send a single Catholic diocease into bankruptcy protection.
2007-03-24 17:06:12 · answer #2 · answered by Terry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Church of Christ (Iglesia ni Kristo) in the Philippines alone in the year 1996 was rumored to have over 65 million US dollars worth of assets with controls over a major highway projects and biggest shopping malls in the country. With exchange rate of 25 Pesos.for every dollar during that period. 11 years after that, shopping malls and road works had expand to more than 100% enabling them to build a Cathedral type of Assembly hall in Israel and many churches in US and Europe.
Yet their worth cannot be compared with the Churches of the Mormons which is greatly rumored to be more than INK or Church of Christ. (Times magazine have an article written about them)
Catholic Church may have been suffering great loses due to scandals brought about by erring priests and other clergies but their houses of worships in many continents of the globe contains all sorts ornaments in antiquities that cannot be valued overnight putting them all together enough to make a world of rich civilizations if converted into taxes to the government.
2007-03-24 17:20:14 · answer #3 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at it this way. The Vatican alone has a budget of about $350 billion per year.
2007-03-24 17:03:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anpadh 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You would be surprised how little. DRUGS and SEX obviously bring in a lot more. Case in point, has anyone ever robbed an old lady to buy a Bible?
2007-03-24 17:00:57 · answer #5 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a damn lot id say christians 6.8 billion
overall 34 billion
2007-03-24 16:59:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too much. In the 1.2 billion worldwide.
2007-03-24 16:57:26 · answer #7 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plant a seed and you might get a return..........
2007-03-24 16:59:04 · answer #8 · answered by Gerry 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋