Australians who were physically and psychologically abused and used as child labour in Salvation Army run children's homes are now calling on the government to fund compensation packages. They say they will never get over the abuse, that an apology from the Salvation Army is not enough and can never wipe away the scars and that the government should compensate them as the state allowed the church to abuse them.
Meanwhile the church which constantly garners money from the public for investment and spending on a perpetual and emotive self advertising cycle accumulates hundreds of millions of dollars.
Advertising itself is tax deductible and for charities tax is doubly avoided. Many Australian church groups invested in Lehman Brothers and massive public funds have consequently been embezzled in that saga.
The public should object to this as they are being cheated and it is unconscionable to exploit terrible social problems such as alcoholism and domestic violence for profits which are then squandered with these social problems increasing regardless. Alcoholism is only reduced by state alcohol control systems and domestic violence is reduced as a follow on effect. Smaller family sizes, better housing, more homogeneous societies and smaller populations are the factors that reduce social problems. Religion does not contribute one iota to achieve this. Religion encourages people to have too many kids and stands in the way of contraception and abortion progress and availability then it makes a further industry of processing the damage ineffectively. This dual ineptitude of religion and State is pathetic.
