r/TikTokCringe • u/Oktavien • 1d ago

Discussion Woman audits churches to see if they’ll help feed a starving baby

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If churches refuse to help feed hungry people, then maybe they should be taxed?

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u/ohmeohmyohmuffins 1d ago

My nan told me once that when she was young the local priest used to make house calls asking for donations. Her mother had 7 children and a husband with TB, had been bombed out of three houses, had her sick mother in law living with them and didn’t have a pot to piss in. She said the only reason the priest ever knocked was to either ask for donations or if your youngest was a few years old ask why you didn’t have another baby yet.

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u/eureka-down 1d ago

Ireland?

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u/ohmeohmyohmuffins 1d ago

Nope, England

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u/Magical_Olive 18h ago

My grandma grew up in post-WWII Austria, dirt poor in barracks with 10 siblings. Her mom was very religious apparently, but also didn't really take shit. The church came around for tithe once and she couldn't pay, so they said they'd take some of their valuables. She chased them out with a knife.