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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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It reminds me of visiting the Vatican in my youth.
You've got a lot of high-value art, golden paraphernalia and the like. You as the Church can afford to help the less fortunate if you liquidate some of this stuff.
But you dont want to. You want other people's money to do it. What does that say about your conviction?