Why do Religious leaders always have so much muney and personal possesions, that they do not share?
413013
Good Question! The ones you speak of are not true followers of Christ! And also because of this, I personally don't set foot in a building someone calls church. We are not called to go to "church", but rather " be the Church.
749472
It might have something to do with not offending the giver.  Or it might have something to do with an inherent inconsistency in how a religion is practiced.  Something all religions suffer from, unfortunately.
812187
Mainly because people are looking for a way to not be responsible for their own actions.  They don't want to ponder if it is okay to steal to feed your family, they want a higher power to tell them.\nI'm more concerned why people think others have no morals because they DON'T belong to a religious group.
565438
becuase they keep their ladies in burkas so they do not have the opportunity to have natural sex which is expressed in worshipping someone who indulges in unnatural acts so they worship someone whom they copy in their daily life
552541
I believe it comes from a lack of understanding others.  People tend to hate that which they cannot understand.  Combine that with spiritual insecurity and it leads them to try to convince others that their path is the only righteous way towards God.  People speaking of religious tolerance have it all wrong.  To say that you tolerate someone else's religion means that you have pasted judgment on them.  This is something only God can do.  In the end, each person would be a better off if they lead by example and found the place that best allows them to worship and work on their relationship with God.
537477
The same is in all other religions.  It's just how people treat each other.\n\nNot all churches are like this, just as not all people are likke this.\n\n"The petty think the whole world is a petty place."  Honore de Balzac, Father Goirot
623328
Because for them the important are not the individuals, but the religious idea. In other words, people are a mean to spread the idea. Hence, they are like bots whose only mission is to spread the meme: memebots.
1049054
I think that not only do they have a high ego, but can actually be dangerous to society.  I believe in God, but I disbelieve in organized religion.  I believe that our hearts are the temples we worship God in.  Basically, any small group of people who get together to make decisions for a large group of people make me uneasy.  If you back one of those fundamentalists into a corner and ask the hard questions like "Why did my Mom die of cancer?" or "Why did my little boy get hit by a car?"....you're going to get "It's God's will"  or  "the Lord works in mysterious ways".  The truth is, they don't know.  But they DO know that God wants you to vote Republican, and He's against raising taxes but He's for the defense, and even though it's one of His creations, He desperately hates marijuana.   Personally, they just make me nervous.
786567
I have no religious beliefs but it is my understanding that all the major religions say that we are all equal in the eyes of God. To grant special status to one person or section of a congregation is therefor merely pandering to that person's ego. Of course the dictates of common good manners should apply at all times and to all visitors equally.
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They will never admit to it.Too much money being made out of it!What is the wealthiest organization in the world??With their own state, their own currency??\nLook at all the religious leaders they are all rolling in it, and all the worshipers are all brainwashed from a very early age to hand over their money.\nI was born into such a family, but the brainwashing didn't really work on me.\n\n\nSome people need something to hold on to, fortunately I don't.
854675
Because of politics and religion.
287085
I actually can't give a satisfying answer to your question, but I want to sympathize.  All of the most outspokenly religious people I know -regardless of age/gender/beliefs- act very self-righteous and devout in public but are really hypocritical in their personal lives.  I think this combination of righteousness and hypocrisy stems from their firm belief that they and only they follow the true religion and all others may be worthy of pity but are going to hell nonetheless.  They do not realize that morality and religion are not co-dependent; you can be moral but not believe in their god, and you can believe in their god but be completely amoral as well.
826459
You see this is the sort of behavior ill never understand. Why if you are secure in your own beliefs would you be so threatened and so angered by someone who has different beliefs. Whether you agree with them or not. I'm a Muslim and it  makes absolutely no difference to me if the person next door worships Jesus, Buddha, Vishnu, the moon or the fairies they think live at the bottom of there garden. Go figure ??
1139303
Good point. I suspect its because we concentrate on the humanistic level of relationships rather than leave things in the hands of God. Also we don't have busybody church brothers and sisters looking into our lives.
682151
I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY ARE THE TRUE CHURCH AND THEY DO HAVE POSSESSIONS. THEY DO NOT GIVE BLOOD AND DON'T VOTE, BUT THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS WELFARE, UNEMPLOYMENT, HOUSING ETC...  I HAVE FRIENDS THAT BELONG AND I HAVE BEEN TO THE HALL, BUT IT IS NOT FOR ME!
114547
I believe that most religious leaders attempt to convey the message of their particular faith, or at least their interpretation of it.  One of the problems with faith is that, in order to embrace it, one generally believes that it is truth.  As we are humans, and endlessly fallible, it is difficult to see how any of us could ever grasp the "truth", as demonstrated by billions of believers in disparate faiths.  As fallible beings, we also would make mistakes in interpretation, even if we knew the truth.\n\nAs religious leaders often use their faith as a rubrik to understand current events (using ideas and pracitices as old as millenia to interpret cloning for example) they often have to make some difficult decisions regarding moral courses of action.  Within the framwork of belief, these "moral" leaders have to decide if contemporary events are moral and how to guide their congregations to look at these issues.  Even if one takes this view (which assumes that all religious leaders are intellectually honest and aren't swayed by emotions, greed, racism, etc) it is easy to see how even civil wars are fought between two sides that are Christian, for example.  \n\nIf the religious leaders of a particular faith feel threatened by an outside faith they might have feel the need to resist the threat rather than be forced from the path of truth.  In Russia, during the reformation of the Orthodox church in the time of Ivan the Terrible, the old believers, who would not accept the changes in the church, burned themselves to death rather than face torture or punishment from the church.  We have seen holy wars between Islamic  countries, sanctioned by leaders of the faiths as necessary within their framework of what is right and moral.\n\nEveryone has a belief system that acts as a compass in the world.  What is necessary in order for everyone to do as you ask, is for everyone to embrace tolerance and forsake greed and competition. Also, everyone would have to either stop needing to believe that there is an "absolute truth" or at least accept the fact that what is true for one man is not for another.  Unfortuantely, I'm afraid that faith and the abovementioned are almost defining characteristics of our species and we have a long way yet to evolve.
779535
Because it is assumed by most that violence is not the will of God. Religious people are always making assumptions on what is the will of their God, with out actually trying to ask him them selves.