Bankrupt Church
While out walking the dog this morning I noticed that a newish church in the neighborhood is up for sale. According to the brass plaque on the wall it was built in 2003 and that at the time it was built it had a female pastor.
What a shame. Having a derelict, empty building is never good for a neighborhood.
I was raised in the Episcopal Church, got baptized and confirmed. I have attended church services many places including Westminster Cathedral in London and Charlemagne’s 1,200 year old cathedral in Aachen, Germany. I’ve been to the Vatican in Rome, in the Saint Sulpice and Sacre Coeur churches in Paris, the famous gothic cathedral in Cologne, Germany, the church in Bethlehem, and the Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy.
This is pure speculation, but I’ll bet that the loan which financed construction of this beautiful building was securitized, bundled and sold off long ago. So the loan officer and the loan committee which approved this loan will not be held accountable or responsible in any way. No doubt this is just one of the millions of real estate loans which have gone sour and which collectively have brought the American economy to its knees.
Churches seem to be going bankrupt all over the place. The Catholic clergy’s penchant for having sex with underage parishioners has not helped. But the real problem is that in all the advanced societies around the world people are beginning to realize that Christianity is just a big fairy tale. Like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, or the Big Bad Wolf. People are seeing that this religious faith is just an old timey form of self delusion designed way before the printing press or the internet.
The idea that a woman 2,000 years ago could give birth without ever having had sex with a man is completely absurd. So is the idea of a talking serpent, a carpenter walking on water, or spontaneously combusting bushes. The real kicker to this religion is how bizarre it is to think that after your dead body has had three days to decompose and putrefy that it could be reanimated.
No doubt the lady pastor who started this church is dynamic and charismatic, in addition to being a deluded religious fanatic. Unfortunately in the early 21st century it is still true that a woman has to be far more competent and hard working than a man to achieve the same level of success. And in a reactionary and poorly educated border community like El Paso, Texas this is even more true.
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