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InvisibleCosmicJokeM
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Pay or Pray * 1
    #21227822 - 02/04/15 08:21 PM (9 years, 3 months ago)

I was looking at this study involving charitable donations to churches, and it indicates that the larger our tax subsidies for charitable giving, the more religious people give to their churches, but interestingly, the less those people actually attend church.  For every 1% of their income the religious give to a church, they're likely to attend church 1.1% less. 

What does this tell us about human motivation?


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Everything is better than it was the last time.  I'm good.

If we could look into each others hearts, and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care.

It takes a lot of courage to go out there and radiate your essence.

I know you scared, you should ask us if we scared too.  If you was there, and we just knew you cared too.

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InvisibleOrgoneConclusion
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Re: Pay or Pray [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #21227952 - 02/04/15 08:48 PM (9 years, 3 months ago)

Is this the deep thread I have been waiting for? Me no think so.

See: Buying a stairway to hea-eav-en.


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InvisibleDiploidM
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Re: Pay or Pray [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #21228073 - 02/04/15 09:12 PM (9 years, 3 months ago)

The Russian mafia has a penchant for building enormous churches with the money their killing and extortion brings them. They do this to buy a seat on the bus to heaven, of course.

So yeah, even god is corrupt. :satan:


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Republican Values:

1) You can't get married to your spouse who is the same sex as you.
2) You can't have an abortion no matter how much you don't want a child.
3) You can't have a certain plant in your possession or you'll get locked up with a rapist and a murderer.

4) We need a smaller, less-intrusive government.

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InvisibleCosmicJokeM
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Re: Pay or Pray [Re: OrgoneConclusion] * 1
    #21228368 - 02/04/15 10:04 PM (9 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

OrgoneConclusion said:
Is this the deep thread I have been waiting for? Me no think so.

See: Buying a stairway to hea-eav-en.





:eatadick: There's the deep throat you've been looking for, obligation fulfilled.

I think your time may as well be considered a commodity that you're buying a stairway to heaven with too though, so in this instance, time is money.  Really it goes back to that tax benefit of giving cash to the church - by giving money, instead of time, there's an incentive.... You're being offered a bargain.


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Everything is better than it was the last time.  I'm good.

If we could look into each others hearts, and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care.

It takes a lot of courage to go out there and radiate your essence.

I know you scared, you should ask us if we scared too.  If you was there, and we just knew you cared too.

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InvisibleCosmicJokeM
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Re: Pay or Pray [Re: Diploid] * 1
    #21228417 - 02/04/15 10:14 PM (9 years, 3 months ago)

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Diploid said:
The Russian mafia has a penchant for building enormous churches with the money their killing and extortion brings them. They do this to buy a seat on the bus to heaven, of course.

So yeah, even god is corrupt. :satan:




Drug cartels in Mexico do the same shit, they're trying to create a positive public image, the benevolent social bandit, Robinhood and his merry men...  I think they really want to win over their community, their loyalty... and likely most importantly, their silence.  The Catholic churches are happy to take their money... they can "clean" it.


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Everything is better than it was the last time.  I'm good.

If we could look into each others hearts, and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care.

It takes a lot of courage to go out there and radiate your essence.

I know you scared, you should ask us if we scared too.  If you was there, and we just knew you cared too.

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OfflineGrapefruit
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Re: Pay or Pray [Re: CosmicJoke] * 1
    #21228502 - 02/04/15 10:35 PM (9 years, 3 months ago)

Keeping up appearances.


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Little left in the way of energy; or the way of love, yet happy to entertain myself playing mental games with the rest of you freaks until the rivers run backwards. 

"Chat your fraff
Chat your fraff
Just chat your fraff
Chat your fraff"

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Invisibleredgreenvines
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Re: Pay or Pray [Re: Grapefruit]
    #21229202 - 02/05/15 03:59 AM (9 years, 3 months ago)

o' sinner man, where you gonna run to?


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