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Re: Have any devout Catholics ever won the lottery?
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2019, 09:52:01 AM »
Quote from: Anonymous on July 23, 2019, 12:57:49 PM
He may be referring to the chapel in Arcadia that the SSPX "commandeered".
The one in Malibu is still there and still functioning, AFAIK.
I was referring to the chapel near his home in Agoura Hills.  That is close to Malibu, maybe we're referring to the same one.
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Re: Have any devout Catholics ever won the lottery?
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2019, 10:41:44 AM »
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Re: Have any devout Catholics ever won the lottery?
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2019, 10:44:37 AM »
Quote from: Anonymous on July 22, 2019, 10:04:22 AM
Be careful so you don't end up like Mel Gibson. Spent millions to build a church, and then it's all gone
"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

Far as I'm concerned, all money is, is a necessary evil.
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Re: Have any devout Catholics ever won the lottery?
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2019, 06:03:06 AM »
Quote from: Anonymous on July 24, 2019, 10:44:37 AM
"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

Far as I'm concerned, all money is, is a necessary evil.
I've always thought it's curious how money is generally depicted as evil, and yet nothing is done without it and charity is all about giving money.
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Re: Have any devout Catholics ever won the lottery?
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2019, 09:53:19 AM »
Quote from: Anonymous on July 26, 2019, 06:03:06 AM
I've always thought it's curious how money is generally depicted as evil, and yet nothing is done without it and charity is all about giving money.
Money, of course, is not evil or good in and of itself.  "Necessary evil" here seems to be more a figure of speech.  Money is both a store of value and a means of exchange.  In a perfect world, money (i.e., precious metal coins) would have value in and of itself, but sadly, we live in an era of fiat money and the metal used to make coins is relatively worthless.  Still, though, it remains a means of exchange, as well as a way to "value" the labor put forth to earn it.  Without money, we would have to barter goods and services, which beyond a certain point would be absurdly inefficient.
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