Rival churches compete for congregations - not least for the fat tithes they bring in - and the competition is waged with all the aggressive hard-sell techniques of the market place.
What works for soap flakes works for God!
Would God be proud?
2007-09-26 09:45:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As an English person the kind of hard sell which some of the American churches employ makes my blood run cold.
If a person is happy at a church then God would not want them to be poached by another church for the sake of bringing in cash. It makes me wonder whether some of the churches are run for God or for profit.
I am sure that there are a lot of good churches out there which are run for the right reasons, and God would be proud of them.
2007-09-26 10:14:53 · answer #1 · answered by Copper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of big american corporations are now, for all their posturing about how they honour diversity of culture in the workplace, forcing their staff to work or at least be on call during religious festivals such as Christmas.
In other words, religion is not important, but making another few bucks is.
2007-09-26 10:02:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some churches need to learn the words of Jesus, "You cannot serve God and Money" But materialism IS a religion
2007-09-26 09:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by alan h 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
2007-09-26 09:47:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Given that Jesus said that in order to get into heaven, you need to give away all of your possessions. And that Christians in the US are certainly the antithesis of that (or, at least Santa Claus is), then they've made their decision... and they've made it quite clearly.
2007-09-26 09:49:03 · answer #5 · answered by Morey000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evangelical Fundamentalism is.
2007-09-26 12:22:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indeedy!!
2007-09-26 09:47:33 · answer #7 · answered by Grotty Bodkin is not dead!!! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No ! "give me ,give me " "I want," seems to be the main religion in America
2007-09-27 08:32:05 · answer #8 · answered by Terry M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont believe that....this is exaggeration...
2007-09-26 09:48:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋