So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.

Robert G. Ingersoll
So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural....
So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural....
So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural....
So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural....
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(from the book, The Golden Bough) "So ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give." "Beggars" is an old word for "monks." But, back in the Middle Ages, beggars (also called mendicants) were not necessarily religious.

Rather, they were simply anyone who was poor enough to beg for food or shelter. Also, "begging" was just another word for "charity." The fact that beggars would tell people to give money to them was not their fault; it was just what they had to do in order to survive.

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