You could reduce it to base components . There is a nontrivial amount of gold in those things . IIRC you can get like . 001 g out of one , so these things are worth maybe $ 0 . 03 $ 0 . 04 . <| sep |> Looks like Direct TransportationHere is a similar van <| sep |> Maybe it originated in the idea that it ' s morally wrong to conceive children in a situation where you can ' t care for them ? Thomas Aquinas actually gives this explicit reason as being why fornication is wrong , in his Compendium of Theology . Prior to modern times , it would have been quite difficult for an unwed woman to raise children unless her married parents took over . <| sep |> Y ' all talking bout practice ? <| sep |> Over here we call nuns sisters . The only nun I ' ve heard of being called mother was mother Theresa . Priests are called fathers because they usually are in charge of a Parish similar to a mormon Bishop in a ward . So in a way they are a father figure without the being nosy part sending people to your place to ask why you havent been to church or ask you about tithing or ask your kids if they touch themselves . Well there are stories of priests touching kids , but at least it ' s not written in their handbooks