Something that has deeply influenced my attitude to the church is the way that they have used the promise of a better life to exploit people. It's the idea of consolation for having a horrible life now. I went round Rome and just walking into the smaller churches you notice the fabulous fresco around the walls and the roof. In the medieval and renaissance times people would live in complete squalor but then they would come into these churches and look up. The brightness of those colours compared to the misery of their lives would have been so obvious. A lot of vulnerable people end up in the church. They might be targeted and I think vulnerability is why they end up believing. I certainly believe that some churches target vulnerable people - http://www.oxfordmuse.com/selfportrait/portrait12.htm
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