Why are almost Protestant countries richer than Catholic countries

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You are right. Tell me again what I said, because clearly I have no clue.
 
Just me talking, but protestants seem to me to be more entrepreneurial than Catholics.

Also, protestants seem to be more “managerial” than Catholics, who seem to be more “passive” rather than active participants in the economy.

Someone criticized me for saying that you have to work more than 40 hours a week.

Well, if it’s your business, you have to be on the loading dock, you have to do the billing and do all the paperwork. And a lot of that “overhead” can be done after hours.
 
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MonteRCMS said:
Just me talking, but protestants seem to me to be more entrepreneurial than Catholics.

Also, protestants seem to be more “managerial” than Catholics, who seem to be more “passive” rather than active participants in the economy.

Someone criticized me for saying that you have to work more than 40 hours a week.

Well, if it’s your business, you have to be on the loading dock, you have to do the billing and do all the paperwork. And a lot of that “overhead” can be done after hours.
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I didn’t criticize you for saying you should work more than 40 hours a week. I asked where the protestant work ethic stated that we should do that. I don’t recall that from Weber. Now, whether we should work more than 40 hours a week is a debatable topic. Like I said, many people seem to presume that doing so is virtuous. Yet, I know many people who work long hours who are running away from poor family situations. There is nothing virtuous about neglecting your family to produce income that they don’t need.
 
MonteRCMS said:
Just me talking, but protestants seem to me to be more entrepreneurial than Catholics.

Also, protestants seem to be more “managerial” than Catholics, who seem to be more “passive” rather than active participants in the economy.
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I think this is pretty speculative. I recall reading some time ago that when it comes to the wealth level of people of various religions in this country, here’s what they are.
  1. Jews.
  2. Episcopalians
  3. Catholics
  4. All other protestants.
    There are about 6.4 million Jews in the U.S.
    There are about 3 million people in the U.S. who self-identify as Episcopalians. Of those, 1.7 million are active.
    There are about 78 million Catholics in the U.S.
    There are about 150 million other protestants in the U.S.
Now, if you took the wealthiest Catholics and compared them to the Episcopalians as a group, one would likely find that there are 3 million Catholics who are wealthier than the 3 million Episcopalian.

I really don’t think a person draw very many conclusions about managerial ability or entrepreneurship of Catholics versus protestants.
 
Perhaps part of the reason is that the Catholic church has long taught that is is better to be humble and poor like Christ instead of the idea that wealth is a sign that you are chosen by God. Look at our great saints, they took vows of poverty.
 
All of this is totally true.

But it is people like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller who gave us cheap affordable steel and oil.

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Cheap, mass produced industrial products gave us a higher standard of living and improved life for everyone.
 
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Yeah, they all made that choice. They didn’t advocate for policies to make everyone else poor just so they could virtue-signal about how much they loved the poor.
 
Spyridon said:
Portugal and the Phillipines are two nations with huge populations of very materially poor people yet who are very spiritually rich and devoutly Catholic - the Kingdom of God is theirs.

America and the UK are two nations with huge populations of very materially rich people yet who are very spiritually poor and nominally Protestant - woe to them, they have received their reward.
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This is an absolutely horrible generalization.

Also, if being materially poor is always so great and applies to everyone, why are you on the internet?
 
Dude you are an absolute master at taking things out of context and putting words in peoples mouths.

Go back and read what I said again and stop commenting on my posts claiming I said things I did not say.

I’m reporting your post because I am getting sick of being accused of saying things I neither said nor even implied.
 
Let me rephrase myself.

@SuperLuigi would you kindly show me where I said being materially poor is always great and applies to everyone? I honestly don’t remember saying that.
 
You referred to entire nations as though everyone in each one had the same fate.

If that wasn’t your intention, you saying so is good enough for me.
 
The people of the United States of American make more voluntary generous donations than any other country.

You can look it up.

But education is essential.

And there are so many complaints that learning is hard.

But you work at it.
 
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Yes that is what I am saying. The British did not have to accommodate a local culture in the Americas like the Spanish did. The natives were so sparse, there really was no “conquered” people
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Do you not see that what you are claiming is that there was no harm done because these aborigines were few and far apart?

Yet, the reality is that they were put to death, raped, exterminated, and conquered just as the rest of the world’s colonial exploits.

Damage is damage; a death deal is a death deal–even when numbers and opportunities were far from equal (quantity) the destruction/conquering was the same.

Maran atha!

Angel
 
Hi, Sally!

…or it could be that many non-Catholics spouse material wealth as a sign that it is a spiritual blessing (the more you strive the more God blesses)?

Maran atha!

Angel
 
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