What moral issues arise from demanding religious rituals that cost money to those practising them?
No one should have to pay any money whatsoever to be part of any religion. You cannot buy your way into heaven. To worship in any faith all you need is your commitment to your God and your ability to communicate with Him. Money and goods are man made and have nothing to do with God. He does not care if we wear certain garments, have beads, candlesticks, fancy pointy hats. He does care what is in our hearts and mind, what our deeds are and how we respond to each others needs. What is the point of making churches rich whilst there are starving poor in the world. I am sure God would prefer us to spend what we can on helping the poor and sick of the world rather than have palaces for so called religious leaders. A lot of the poorest people in the world are devoted Catholics that would starve themselves just to give to their church, can this be right? Segregated schools are a disgrace. Our children need to mix with each other and learn how to respect the beliefs of different peoples and be
