Why does religion cost money ie Collections, to light a candle in a church?

Answer 1

money, money, money in a church.

Stealing a biscuit = 5 Hail Mary's
Stealing the lead from the Church roof - £100 and 6 weeks community service.

Priest Sleeping with a Choir Boy - Priceless
For everything else, there's "Our Lord & MasterCard"...

Answer 2

As some of the previous answerers have said, churches do have running costs which are quite legitimate; heating, lighting, repairs etc. However, if you look at some "pay-as-you-pray" religions like the mormons (take ten percent of your salary i think) who are currently building shopping malls whilst the poor people of their communities still starve, or the scientologists, who charged an entry fee to their religion and had a leader who owned a bloody great big boat, paid for by the gullible. Paying for candles and heating is ok though in my opinion.

Oh and as a footnote, in response to someone mentioning Noah.... how did he get the polar bears and penguins etc?

Answer 3

It's most definatly not for money making (at least not on a a local level). Nearly all of the money goes to further help the church improve, either by paying for building costs, or people to work there.

Answer 4

Churches are not funded by the Government, they have to pay for Insurance, Utilities, some staff, and give to the poor.

Where else would the money come from?

Peace

Answer 5

How would you propose to enable churches to purchase items like candles, hymnals, prayer books without any donations from the congregation? I guess we could have the country fund them...but I don't think the ACLU would like that very much.

Answer 6

The idea of buying a candle is pagan. The Roman catholics do pagan things since Constantine incorporated Christianity with pagan rituals.

Answer 7

It is called a donation. Look up the word. It is not mandatory. Not in any of the churches I have been in in the last 60 years.

Answer 8

MALACHI 3:8-10

8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, Lev. 27.30 · Num. 18.21-24 · Deut. 12.5-7 ; 14.22-29 · Neh. 13.12 that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
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Hopefully you'll know what the above scripture means, but just in case you don't:

To have meat in my storehouse means to have provisions for the support of the place of worship & for that are in need ( the church is suppose to help provide for those that are homeless, hungry, sick & shut in, & those that are in other destitute situations).

Answer 9

unreal.the church is the richest company in the world.wake up i cant believe that people still think the little old church is struggling for candles.
wake up,and another thing why wont the church debate evolution?
mighty strange.
also that ark must have been big to house two of each and every kind of animal,it would have needed thousands of trained staff.
i am a christian but have difficulty with these type of issues.

Answer 10

The candle is catholic.
They say they have to pay heating and lighting and the priests house heat and light and his salery. His car, his cleaning bills.
His vestments costs.
His shoes.
His food.
Costs. The excess goes to Rome.