Shamelessly stolen borrowed from An Ordinary American:
Peter
The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Now if he'd just go a little 'temple money changers' on their collective arses..
He is not going to do that because he is one of them. And he represents an institution that has encouraged the poor to give everything to said institution at the expense of their children to gain favor with God. And just for the record, there are Protestant groups out there that do the same thing.
But don't prostitutes and tax collectors actually do stuff?
Prostitutes normally leave once they're paid. Tax collectors…not so much.
Prostitutes are paid so that they WILL leave.
Bart Noir