Thoughtful Religious People — Philip Berrigan

Thoughtful religious people are beginning to view the church as increasingly irrelevant. They are seeing the church as an institution, rather than a community of belief. Many people long to see women treated, inside and outside the church, on an equal basis with men. Others are tired of the war game, sickened by the terrible toll it takes, every day, on the poor. The United States government (using taxpayers money) spends $5 billion every week, $700 million a day, $500,000 a minute, and $8,000 a second on the military. Worldwide, 50,000 people die each day from hunger. At home, 27 children die from poverty every single day. In 1994, we spent $7 billion on child nutrition. — Philip Berrigan (Fighting the Lamb’s War: Skirmishes with the American Empire, p. 38)