Christians vs Catholics: Who Has More Money?

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Who has more money? Christians versus Catholics. Three rounds. Real numbers.

Round one. They say Protestants have the work ethic that built capitalism. A German sociologist, nineteen-oh-five. Homes making a hundred thousand a year or more. Christians: about twenty-seven percent. Catholics: thirty-one percent. Pew, twenty twenty-five. So much for that work ethic. The Catholics take it. Ninety-five points.

Round two. They say the Vatican is loaded. Over five thousand properties. What churches take in a year, in America. One Catholic parish: about half a million. All twenty thousand: about ten billion. Christian churches are smaller, but there are over a quarter million. About forty-five billion. The Christians take it. Ninety-five points. Tied. One round left.

Last round. They say Catholics give less in the collection plate. That one's true. Giving to church, a year, per family that gives. Catholics: thirteen hundred seventy-two dollars. Christians: twenty-eight hundred nine. Twice as much. The Christians take it. Ninety-five points.

Final. Christians one hundred ninety, Catholics ninety-five. Who Wins That. The Christians win. But one Catholic parish takes in three times a typical evangelical church. A scoreboard counts dollars. Not faith. Follow Who Wins That to be a winner.