I went to church on the weekend

[*mrgrizz*]

That was a real eye opener.

the sermon was about giving to the church using some verse from the bible that i can't remember.

well anyway in a nut shell you are meant to give 10% regardless of how much you earn

so someone on minimum wage who happens to beleive has to struggle week in week out to satisfy the church

[myoclon1cjerk]

I know a couple who've been giving their church 10% of their earnings for years.Nice enough people but er...Drei kurze Bretter

[*mrgrizz*]

it is excessive.

i worked it out to be $25 million a year if all those people earned $50000

[cmcoins2000]

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@imastawka wrote:

First time I've ever deleted a post    Sorry

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You OK Stawka.??

[cmcoins2000]

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
I know a couple who've been giving their church 10% of their earnings for years.Nice enough people but er...Drei kurze Bretter

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Drei Kurze Bretter.

Three Short Boards.

Is this the same as a 'sandwich short of a picnic'.

[softail-joanie]

Every church i ever went into, it was voluntary, give what you can when you can. Once I even had a stranger trying to give me money to put in the bowel thinking i had none to give, i said no thanks as i quckly put a couple of dollars of my own in there. That was really embarising, i was dressed ok i think, maybe it was because I was new to the church.

Anymore i get in all my church time watching Chuck Baldwin on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/user/LibertyFellowshipMT/videos

This guy is awesome !

[myoclon1cjerk]

Sorry,helen5839.That should have been Zwei.Two short planks :).My German's a little rusty.

[imastawka]

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@cmcoins2000 wrote:

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@imastawka wrote:

First time I've ever deleted a post    Sorry

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You OK Stawka.??

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  Got too many balls in the air ATM,  Helen            

  Misread the post.

[cherry*135]

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@*mrgrizz* wrote:

That was a real eye opener.

the sermon was about giving to the church using some verse from the bible that i can't remember.

well anyway in a nut shell you are meant to give 10% regardless of how much you earn

so someone on minimum wage who happens to beleive has to struggle week in week out to satisfy the church

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That particular church or religion. Doesn't apply to all. My parents were Presbyterians. The congregation just put whatever they liked in the collection bowl. Although you could donate a set amount (person's  choice) regularly and parishioners were given small envelopes to put the cash in.

My Dad was  the Treasurer got to count it after church, very small country church... didn't take long.

[cmcoins2000]

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@softail-joanie wrote:

Every church i ever went into, it was voluntary, give what you can when you can. Once I even had a stranger trying to give me money to put in the bowel thinking i had none to give, i said no thanks as i quckly put a couple of dollars of my own in there. That was really embarising, i was dressed ok i think, maybe it was because I was new to the church.

Anymore i get in all my church time watching Chuck Baldwin on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/user/LibertyFellowshipMT/videos

This guy is awesome !

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Sorry -  bowel is bowl - quckly is quickly -  embarising - is embarassing.

Just took a look at youtube.

Embarassing

[cherry*135]

I have seen bowel for bowl before.. gives me a chuckle, depending on the sentence.