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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The really frustrating thing about the church - and particularly evangelicals - demanding donations, is what it means for their flock.
Many ministers suggest that donations should be 10% of income. The problem with that number is that it is also the minimum that everyone should be saving for their own, and their family's, future.
And the problem is that most people cannot do both. So when they donate 10% of their salary, to make the minister wealthy, they forego making a donation to their own family's wealth.
that is a very high price for spiritual support, IMO. It makes me sick.
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The fact that people donate money to a church because some dude says it will get them into heaven is pretty selfish in itself. "Buy your way to a happy afterlife!"