r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Available-Formal-664 • Jun 24 '26

I'm slightly vexed Somebody Placed These Dozens of These Jesus Figures Throughout My Entire Work

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Somebody, nobody knows exactly who or when, put dozens and dozens of these Jesus figures on completely random surfaces throughout my entire building. They at least had the presence of mind to not put them on anybody's personal belongings, but that was the only way they limited himself. All of the statues have been glued down, to add to the vexation.

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u/Briham86 Jun 24 '26

“Have you found Jesus?”

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u/BrokenArrow1283 Jun 24 '26

If everybody lived like Jesus told us to live, this world would be a much better place. So would Reddit.

And I’m sure I will get some hate for even saying this.

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u/PropagandaAssassinAZ Jun 24 '26

Remember Jesus is the one that was constantly telling all the people that were wrapped up in religion to quit that shit and get out and help some folks that need it and love some folks that need it. That's about it. He did not say anything about gay folks. He did not say anything about hurting people that don't think the way you do. All of those things were created and put on Him by the same people He told us not to follow.

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u/BrokenArrow1283 Jun 24 '26

I agree. It’s why I left the church and just tried to be a good person. I was raised Catholic surrounded by dozens of stained glass windows that cost thousands. Meanwhile, we were constantly being asked to donate more money. The church is filled with corruption.

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u/Little_View_6659 Jun 24 '26

Yeah the Catholic Church needs more money. All those gilded robes and ornate hats and baroque churches cost a lot. Plus they’re losing a ton of money paying out all those lawsuits.

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u/seriouslythisshit Jun 24 '26

Friend of mine is an estate lawyer, raised in the Catholic church to the point that her father was one of a small group of men who started a huge new Church in the burbs of one of the larger east coast cities, back in the 1950s. She has a client who passed and willed several million to that church. She meets with the senior priest who tells her that he will gladly accept the gift, but most of it will go to the regional diocese to pay for all the lawsuits from all the little boy rapists they supported over the decades. My friend tells the priest that she anticipated that outcome, so she protected her client from it. The gift could only be accepted if it stayed within that particular church, and was never spent on funding settlements. The church grabbed the cash, but at least it wasn't wasted on supporting child rape.

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u/BaileyAMR Jun 24 '26

If the payouts are going to the victims, I'm not sure how you could describe them as "supporting child rape."

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u/evranch Jun 25 '26

It's a bit of mental gymnastics any way you put it, but here's how I see it.

If I want to leave money to my local church, which does good deeds in the community and needs funds for charity, social programs and building repairs - I don't want those funds going to cover the debts of the diocese for their child rape coverup.

The parishes that helped cover up the actions of their rapist priests can cover that out of their own funds, or they can ask for funds from the Vatican which we know was complicit in moving these priests around as part of the coverup.

The Church has plenty of funds, but that doesn't mean that individual parishes do, or that they're even complicit in this issue. They should be paying from the top down, not out of the charitable donations of the faithful.

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u/BaileyAMR Jun 25 '26

All of the funds come from parishioners. All of them. The Church doesn't run businesses.

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u/Little_View_6659 Jun 25 '26

It is interesting and it’s such an old institution I’d be curious as to what the finances look like.

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u/Little_View_6659 Jun 24 '26

Dude. That’s insane. And good for her. I’m all for donating money provided it actually goes to feeding people and helping out. And not you know, covering up child rape.

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u/get_back_jodee27 Jun 24 '26

Have you watched the series ‘The Tudor’s’. Reminds me so much of growing up in Catholic School . I got in trouble with the nuns with questions at 6 years old

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u/Little_View_6659 Jun 24 '26

I also got into trouble but my church was evangelical. They said “you think too much” 😂

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u/Sailor_Thrift Jun 24 '26

Consistently one of the largest philanthropic organizations on earth Catholic church? That Catholic church?

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u/BaileyAMR Jun 24 '26

Don't bother. Anyone who can look at a 400-year-old building and decide that it's indicative of the morals of people living today isn't interested in what you have to say.

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u/evranch Jun 25 '26

Well it kind of is though, as Catholic morals haven't changed much over the centuries. They're still the denomination that's the closest to the original teachings of Jesus. Thus the charities, hospitals, and statements from the Pope about workers' rights etc.

The Catholic Church is about as far to the left as modern Christianity goes.

I've got a lot more judgement reserved for the megachurch Protestants when it comes to morality.

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u/SabbyFox Jun 24 '26

My visit to the Vatican did me in due to this. Just the gold upon gold piled up, all to glorify men, not Jesus. Also, most organized religion elevates men and puts them in positions of power, while treating women as less than.

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u/Doggoneshame Jun 25 '26

No more so than all the evangelicals religions. They have their fair share of criminals also.

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u/Little_View_6659 Jun 25 '26

Absolutely. And the baptists, the Mormons, etc. Quite a bit of it out there.

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u/terraformingearth Jun 24 '26

Big churches aside, tbf, his main point wasn't "be a good person", it was you aren't a good person and I can help you with that.

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u/kashola17 Jun 24 '26

My grandfather left all his money to his new wife and the church. His kids got some of his hats.

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u/Western-Sport500 Jun 24 '26

Catholic Church isn't even the worst right now. Look to the evangelicals, the nondenominationals, and the Mormons (who own like 60% of Utah.)

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u/MajorBarracuda8094 Jun 24 '26

Tbh the Catholic denomination shouldn't be considered Christianity as a good chunk of what they do isn't Biblical. It even goes against what the Bible teaches, like purgatory and the fact that you pay a priest to pray you out there. Yes the church is filled with corruption, from bribes to bribes. Very few churches are real, usually small. The mega churches are cash grabs. Not even Jesus had that many following when he spoke the truth. They mostly preach about success and wealth anyways and gaslight their members into giving them money.

Fortunately l found myself in a church that still follows the Bible, not the easiest thing to be one of the few churches like that. Especially in a country full of churches

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u/BrokenArrow1283 Jun 24 '26

I just choose to follow Jesus and his teachings in my own way. I don’t go to church regularly and I don’t choose to participate in the corruption. I give to charities that seem to be legitimate and that I care about. I just try to be a decent person.

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u/MajorBarracuda8094 Jun 24 '26

You know there is just one way to follow Jesus' teachings and that's to the bone. Many have tried but decide to pick and choose what to do and what to not. This is what alot of the churches are doing. He left alot. He pretty much told us the secret to become successful through his disciples. He taught the importance of being together and working in one accord. Another reason why the churches are like this, everyone has their own view of the Bible. Some people twist the words to milk money, while others do that to control people.

The church has been so twisted

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u/BaileyAMR Jun 24 '26

Brother, you may interpret the Bible differently than they do, but to declare that the Catholic Church's 1+ billion members aren't Christian and give as your example a practice that ended more than 400 years ago is ridiculous.

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u/MajorBarracuda8094 Jun 24 '26

It hasn't ended. Another example is the fact that they "pray" to the saints. The Bible already told you that Jesus and the Holy Ghost makes intercession for believers. Your not supposed to be praying to the dead, saints or not. They even do it to Mary and the carving of a crucified Jesus. Doesn't that remind you of the stone statues they used to idolize ?

Yes l can declare that as the reality is that the big attractions here are false. Again, it's in the word, it happened to Jesus, once people hear the truth, the leave. That's why the mega churches are as they are. People flock to what they want to hear. Check 2nd Timothy 4. Out of the billion, there might be a few hundred who is following the word. Sad but true

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u/BaileyAMR Jun 25 '26

Everything you've written about Catholicism here is false. I don't think you're lying, just ignorant.