Religion has been subjected to various conjectures since its inception. The basis of the disputes is the questions of its origin and role in the lives of ordinary people. Modern religions represent religious organizations - this is a kind of stronghold in which all the principles of influencing the minds of mankind have been personified.
Organized religious group - good or bad?
The most common form in which a local religious organization can be represented is an Orthodox parish. Being an offshoot of the church, such activities are supported at the government level, and therefore legal.
A natural question that arises in the minds of citizens who are faced with the phenomenon of the existence of such an organization: what is the basis of its activities? Unfortunately, there is no possibility of accepting official documents for consideration, since they simply do not exist. It can be said that Orthodoxa religious organization is a self-organized circle, but its activities are always in the nature of propaganda. It consists of the following manifestations:
- bringing as many adepts as possible into the organization;
- compilation of the financial he alth of the organization.
The last point should be especially emphasized, since pumping out finances is a special element that distinguishes the activities of religious organizations. Since faith is an ephemeral, unprovable concept, it doesn’t cost anything for the scammers representing the Word of God to start dictating their own terms.
So, for the glory of God, the construction of a church may be “required”. Due to the lack of a certain amount of the budget, believing adherents begin a massive search for money. It is noted that religion has such a powerful effect on a person's consciousness that for the sake of an imaginary good, he is ready for the most desperate deeds. So, for the sake of building a church, many sell their apartments, becoming persons without a fixed place of residence.
Reason for popularity
Every local religious organization is the result of the lack of proper direction of the energy of the population. People, as you know, need optimism, which in the conditions of modern reality is sorely lacking. In search of support, against the backdrop of a lack of financial well-being, no matter how scary it may sound, people have two main ways:
- alcoholism;
- religion.
If alcoholism is officially considered to behabit that destroys consciousness, then religion is considered the stronghold of the benefactor, although the modern church has done everything so that the number of true believers begins to steadily fade away.
The imaginary goodness of religion
The principles on which the ROC is built state that for everyone who finds himself in a difficult situation, the local Orthodox religious organization is always ready to open its doors, but is this true? To determine the truth of these statements, it is necessary to look at the opportunities that the church is able to provide. In fact, a person in distress requires:
- shelter;
- bed;
- food.
If by roof we mean any building owned by the organization, then the only choice is the building of the church itself. All currently existing religious organizations do not deny this. It is forbidden to live in the building, respectively, neither shelter nor sleeping place can be provided. Money can serve as their equivalent, but the principles of the church say that material goods are an imaginary means in the salvation of the soul. The only way to get food is to attend communion or christening, however, as practice shows, both procedures are paid and are held in a selected circle of visitors who have managed to make a financial contribution to the development of their favorite organization.
Thus, being insolvent, you become no longer needed by an organization that represents a religion where everything has long been paid.
Religious organizations are…
In order to still answer the question about the true meaning of such associations for society, it is necessary to find out who is their head and what unites its representatives.
The dominant role is always taken by the official representative of religion (a person who has a spiritual title). He plays the role of a manager who gives tasks to his wards (the rest of the group members). In the construction of the hierarchy (and religious organizations confirm this), the second most important role is occupied by the right hand of the representative of the will of God. He is the link that controls the level of fulfillment of all needs. All other members have the same importance - they are performers.
Activities
From the point of view of religion, the basis of its activities should be serving the glory of God, but in fact the organizations are engaged in activities aimed at improving the financial condition of the apparatus. Additional types of earnings include:
- sale of candles;
- realization of literature of own production;
- paid baptism services;
- sale of icons, prayer books;
- voluntary alms (you may have seen them in the form of urns that offer to donate money to the needs of the temple);
- street alms (every church has a minimum of two beggars who ask for alms going into the pocket of the church).
No exposure
The Church is exempt from paying taxes, andaccordingly, there are no statements and items of expenses / receipts of financial resources. In fact, all processes are controlled by the chief in rank. The distribution of the budget is entirely in the hands of one person who has the power to dispose of the funds received as he pleases.
For citizens who still doubt that religion is the most ingenious way to pump money out of ordinary citizens looking for a banal understanding, there is a wonderful example. The average cost of christening one child is 3,500 rubles. 10-50 children are baptized per day (depending on the scale of the institution).
Interesting fact! The cost of attributes from this amount is 200 rubles (aluminum cross, small icon). The rest goes to the budget of the institution. By multiplying the daily income by the number of working days, one can understand how the representatives of the authorities own the latest luxury foreign cars. It is absurd that church representatives do not want to hide their income level - they do not disdain to park their luxury cars in the parking lot of their favorite charitable institution.
Conclusion
Any religious organization is just an additional way to increase the budget of the church. Its activities are on the shadow side, and citizens do not have the opportunity to expose themselves as such. This gives the church a significant head start, thanks to which religion as a form of spiritual dependence will never disappear.
