Look, I know the church has been completely hijacked and this is a meme, but they donated well over 50B last year as a whole unit. Plenty of churches use some of that money to go back into advertising good causes.
How much did they take in? Mega churches convince people to tithe large percentages of their income.
Joel Osteen encourages tithing 10% of income, framing it as a way to trigger divine blessings, favor, and prosperity for the giver and future generations.
His church alone takes in tens of millions in annual revenue and only donates about 1%
I went to an evangelical type church many years ago and all their charity spending was “missions” to spread the Word. One of the missions while I was there was to Six fucking Flags.
I can’t find any sourcing for the claims made on that website.
they keep switching back and forth between per capita and total whenever it’s convenient to the point. Of course most volenteers in the US come from a religious background most Americans are religious by a wide margin.
Christian philanthropy accounted for 70% of all American philanthropy in 2022 at $300 billion total. Christians also out-gave the US Government in addressing global poverty.
You know what I mean though - effective altruism rewards only the groups those spending the money want to prosper, which is usually in that groups’ own self-interest
Look, I know the church has been completely hijacked and this is a meme, but they donated well over 50B last year as a whole unit. Plenty of churches use some of that money to go back into advertising good causes.
How much did they take in? Mega churches convince people to tithe large percentages of their income.
His church alone takes in tens of millions in annual revenue and only donates about 1%
Prosperity gospel is nasty shit!
Plenty of billionaires “donate” shit tons of money to their own
tax write offscharities, so pardon me if I don’t give a shit about raw numbersI went to an evangelical type church many years ago and all their charity spending was “missions” to spread the Word. One of the missions while I was there was to Six fucking Flags.
Donated to…
Who is “they”?
The largest charity in the world is the Roman Catholic Church.
In the USA, Evangelical Christians are the most generous group.
I can’t find any sourcing for the claims made on that website.
they keep switching back and forth between per capita and total whenever it’s convenient to the point. Of course most volenteers in the US come from a religious background most Americans are religious by a wide margin.
https://pointofview.net/viewpoints/giving/
to who though?
If I was a billionaire I also would spend money on the people that I like, just them, and no one else.
Ah yes, your average Evangelical Christian is a billionaire
You know what I mean though - effective altruism rewards only the groups those spending the money want to prosper, which is usually in that groups’ own self-interest