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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I have friends who are christians, and lived in a somewhat idyllic evangalical village in Germany for many years. I apologise if my comment seemed like it was targeting solely christians, my comment was more about large self-interest groups in general as well as being a critique on charity.

The Salvation Army is one where there was large misuse of donated funds, evangelicals in America are currently funding far-right magnates, and the muslim caliphate is building mosques in every village in Turkey under the guise of do-gooding. Outside the sphere of religion, you have the Bill Gates Foundation petitioning to not release the covid vaccine for free, and various billionaires funding far-right groups under charitable tax laws.

My point being, any institution will ultimately look after their own interests. In your case, perhaps not at the expense of others, but in many other cases, usually to promote their own agendas, enriching others selectively rather than broadly.

In a fairer world, taxes would pay for social welfare regardless of anyone's creed.