> There is a big reason the Church has outlasted corporations and empires. And its not numbers and reports
Right, the Catholic Church doesn't pay any attention to its finances. It doesn't have regularly financial reports full of numbers that are carefully reviewed by several levels of leadership. It doesn't zealously protect its tax exemptions and press people for donations each week. It just kinda wings it and hopes the checks don't bounce, which they magically don't because the Church does good work in the world?
"The is a reason Usain Bolt won, and it is not because he is tall" does not imply he is short/not tall. You're arguing against a statement gp did not make
Ggp didn't make much of a point at all, just implied that the church had longevity because it wasn't obsessed with numbers and money and instead just cared about listening to people, with the ancient example of once a week in exchange for board.
Gp then sarcastically pointed out that they are, in fact, extremely obsessed with numbers and money and asking for money and growing that money.
I don't want to speak for gp too much but when I read that I thought it did a great job of pointing out why the implied causality of the church longevity wasn't correct (or at the very least wasn't enough of the picture).
Right, the Catholic Church doesn't pay any attention to its finances. It doesn't have regularly financial reports full of numbers that are carefully reviewed by several levels of leadership. It doesn't zealously protect its tax exemptions and press people for donations each week. It just kinda wings it and hopes the checks don't bounce, which they magically don't because the Church does good work in the world?