I can't seem to understand why one should feel a need to feed the collection plate, if the information is totally free. Not for profit or for profit.
2006-10-09 02:58:08 · 16 answers · asked by NO delusions 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well you hit the nail on the head...no pun intended. I do not attend church in an organized fashion. My church is wherever I choose to pray to God or talk to Him. A church is not a building, it is the spirit of the people within. Even satan can enter the building if he wants to. I am quite certain he has been in on a good many services and probably laughed as a message was given that was either completely wrong or simply misleading. He may even have put the most money in the collection plate to help that preacher obtain more earthly wealth.I think many will be surprised to find out what the church they attend really has as it's agenda.
2006-10-09 03:04:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the information is totally free, but the electricity and water used by the church is not given free. No one gave the church the land or the building materials for free. The people who work at the church have bills to pay and families to feed and those things are not free. There are also people who come to the church in need of money to buy food and clothing and those things are not free either.
2006-10-09 10:04:28 · answer #2 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it is written in the Bible that one needs to fellowship to strengthen their spirit, thus attending church presents the most optimal place to fellowship. As far as collection goes, you should not feel the need to place any money it the collection plate if you are not a member, in contrast if you are a member you should pay your ties and offering in hopes of becoming a good steward. If you are too self absorbed to realize that the gift of life is just that a gift I can see how one like yourself would find ties and offering as a bother. Please do realize you do not have to go thanks to the grace of God granting us with the double-edge-sword of free will. However, I myself feel that money is very little to pay for the gift the lord our God gave us. Moreover, if you find this gift to be a trite and pointless gift maybe you should ask yourself why you question the point of church. For I believe some churches are just out for money, the church is still the best place to have fellowship and find answers about God. So maybe a little self-observation is the solution or best answer to this question. In addition, if you read the Bible whenever you have such a question I believe you would find all the answers you need. If not go to church and ask.
2006-10-09 10:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by smogledrum 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Church isn't a business. The collection plate was created to help support the church, but now a days, there is no obligation to give. I very rarely leave any money in the collection plate, and no one has hunted me down for it or barred my way into mass. You can go and not pay, the collection is volunteer only.
2006-10-09 10:01:05 · answer #4 · answered by sister steph 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They go to either A)Show off a Lexus, B)Show off a Mercedes, C)Show off a Maserati, or any other brand new car for that matter, C)Show off their clothes, D)Show off how much they can actually afford to PUT in the collection jar, E)Show off their "eye'candy" girlfriend or boyfriend, F)Show off their "cute little kids", G)Get brownie points from the parents at school that they indeed "go to church," H)Get brownie points with the NEIGHBOURS to make it look like they don't really grow weed, I)They're just plain dumb and believe in the LIES LIES LIES!!!!!!!!!!!
It's time for God to rear His head? Dontcha chink??!! We got nukes and people jumping from the sky and world wars yet the lies continue!!! It's all a lie. Without some form of government, the world would be a total mess with the amount of people on the god damn thing. 7 billion people running around killing people is what would happen!
Stop shitting out babies. Get a pet beaver instead!
2006-10-09 10:04:05 · answer #5 · answered by Mark Bingham 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's why I don't go to church.
Some people go in order to have fellowship with other Christians, or to hear interpretations on certain scriptures.
I have my fellowship with Christians daily, and we talk about different scripture each time. That's my church.
2006-10-09 10:04:00 · answer #6 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if a hospital is a business , why go ? they are profiting from your misery..... illness...... in olden times the world wasnt this materialistic.... today to even drink water you need to pay someone...... how does a place of worship pay its bills...? dont charge them anything .... and they wont take money from you.....
2006-10-09 10:11:33 · answer #7 · answered by Siddhartha 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We go to hear the good news. When we give a part of our earnings, we are showing our love to those who needed it most.
God loves a cheerful giver. When you give you receive a hundredfolds from God.
2006-10-09 10:03:54 · answer #8 · answered by maconsolviaa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Church is a buisness and thier product is fear.
Fear of "hell" fear of "demons" and other such childish nonsense.
It's a con-game and like all such con's, the victims are the gullible idiots in the pews.
2006-10-09 10:01:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, all about profits not prophets, eh?
I'm hilarious.
2006-10-09 09:59:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋