That is right. Fraud and extortion as in Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Mormon leaders who make threats against the life and or after life of anybody who does not submit to their authority and extort tithes and offerings from communities of faithful believers based on fraud that follows from the lie that myth is truth.
2007-07-07 10:54:01 · 20 answers · asked by H.I. of the H.I. 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We should have a boycott.
2007-07-13 14:38:58 · answer #1 · answered by Al Shaitan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not just Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Mormon leaders that are dishonest. You forgot the Hindi, Wicca, JW's and all the other organizations around the world that tout themselves a a righteous, religious forum who are the 'only way', including what ever religious group u belong to if any. But, any religious leader who engages in fraud and extortion must be punished like any other law breaker. Any human who makes a threat against another to do bodily harm must be punished. Any one who extorts tithes by fraud must be punished. This can only be done once a complaint is made and a charge is sworn out by the authorities. Then proof of the accusation must be made before carrying out any form of punishment. But, someone MUST come forward first to lay a charge against anyone committing an offense.
2007-07-15 12:22:03 · answer #2 · answered by bannermoon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any person who makes threats against the life of other people and who extorts money from people for uses other than for which the donors and believers were made aware of needs to go to trial by jury and then go to jail as soon as possible.
2007-07-07 18:00:29 · answer #3 · answered by Jess4rsake 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Malachi 3:8 ¶ Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
2007-07-07 18:17:51 · answer #4 · answered by Isolde 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just a slight detail... Judaism does not belive in an eternal hell, does not claim others who do not belive will have some horrible afterlife, or anything like that.
from what i've seen and heard of jewish demanding money or anyting like that, is merely limited to synogogue membership fees and such, which is a limited contribution to the function of the synogogue, utilitys, maintenance, salarys, so forth, and all pretty limited
and if you feel that the teachings are untrue, then you have the right to not support them.
2007-07-07 18:05:12 · answer #5 · answered by RW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should be treated like anyone else that does this. We shouldn't make special punishments for someone that is a faith leader when they do something that is illegal. I allow the government to deal out whatever punishment they see fit. As far as the place of worship and the worshippers, it should be up to the members of that body of faith.
2007-07-15 16:02:54 · answer #6 · answered by One Odd Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ways in Which We Should Act
These are the ways in which all of you should act, and the qualities, characteristics and conduct that you should imbibe.
In the same way that the one God bestows His Compassion on all beings, without any animosities and provides them with food and love, and protects them, all the children in the Fellowship must imbibe Divine Qualities and be tolerant, and forebearing, and preach the good Wisdom, and embrace everyone with love. This is a Divine characteristic and the first thing that I have to say to you is that all those who are seeking God should first achieve His Qualities.
All of the Prophets of God, that is, Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Moses, David, Jesus, Muhammed, Job, Joseph, Jonah, and all of the 124,000 of them were faced with innumerable distresses, hostilities and satanic animosities. They had to face the many divisions that arose among those of the same kind. They had to face the separations that arose in the unity of God, and they had to face several other difficulties. In the midst of all these things, without paying heed to the difficulties that beset them, they imbibed the Divine Qualities. What they did pay heed to was the Divine Commandments; not their own difficulties. Similarly, whatever difficulties you might be faced with, without being set back by them you must find happiness in God's happiness. It is the Grace of Truth and the plenitude of it that you must spread to the creatures of the world.
However, between the children of one Mother there are many hostilities. Within those hostilities there are the workings of satan and his deceits. With his qualities he enters into activities and engenders foul schemes to destroy the Truth. With hypocrisy, with intoxicants, philosophies and religions he enters into the mind and creates many hostilities.
When people try to leave satan's path and enter the path of Divine Light, satan always attempts to draw them back into his path. In this way he has misled millions of people who were in the path of God. He has also met with failure in the case of a few who had imbibed the characteristics of God and were going in the path of Truth. In these cases he had to run back to his own station.
http://www.bmf.org/wisdom/act.html
2007-07-14 23:57:43 · answer #7 · answered by Helpneeded! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sue them in Earth's Greatest Lawsuit.
http://www.earthsgreatestlawsuit.org
2007-07-07 17:57:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, with only a few exceptions in history - absolute power corrupts absolutely. Freedom is the only solution!
2007-07-15 16:18:08 · answer #9 · answered by Freeman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prison.
2007-07-07 17:58:09 · answer #10 · answered by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm...I'm Jewish and I have no idea what you're talking about. We don't have "tithes and offerings", to begin with...
2007-07-08 19:24:04 · answer #11 · answered by Mark S, JPAA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋