Almighty Greed
With my own nuptials looming, I was drawn to the following story:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/3842247.stm
Having experienced the greed of everybody you come into contact with when you utter the magic word "wedding", you would think that of all the shysters trying to bleed us dry at least the church would be reasonable in that respect. Not so. As well as labouring the point about attending the church before we could even get married there, we get ripped of at every step of the way by the church.
As if that isn't bad enough, as a guest to somebody's wedding, being told that the church will only accept notes is about the lowest of the low. Don't get me wrong; I fully support freedom of religion and if somebody wishes to give 5% of their after tax salary to their chosen faith then it's their money and their choice. What I object to is the fact that a religion whose teachings include numerous stories of charity and endless proverbs against greed, would make such a demand. This sounds like TV evangelism done UK style. Well, Bollock to that, at my wedding I shall be suggesting that guests do not have to give to the mercenary church. I have paid them more than enough money already and I don't see that my guests should have to fork out as well.
Hallelujah? More like "we'll screw ya" (Sorry for the bad pun.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/3842247.stm
Having experienced the greed of everybody you come into contact with when you utter the magic word "wedding", you would think that of all the shysters trying to bleed us dry at least the church would be reasonable in that respect. Not so. As well as labouring the point about attending the church before we could even get married there, we get ripped of at every step of the way by the church.
As if that isn't bad enough, as a guest to somebody's wedding, being told that the church will only accept notes is about the lowest of the low. Don't get me wrong; I fully support freedom of religion and if somebody wishes to give 5% of their after tax salary to their chosen faith then it's their money and their choice. What I object to is the fact that a religion whose teachings include numerous stories of charity and endless proverbs against greed, would make such a demand. This sounds like TV evangelism done UK style. Well, Bollock to that, at my wedding I shall be suggesting that guests do not have to give to the mercenary church. I have paid them more than enough money already and I don't see that my guests should have to fork out as well.
Hallelujah? More like "we'll screw ya" (Sorry for the bad pun.)
2 Comments:
I'll bung him a buck!
My last visit, and only one in all of 2003 was to the Catholic Church in town for Christmas Eve. Personally, I have a lot of problems with the Catholic religion, but I go anyway to keep the in-laws happy.
After a quite awful service, the collection tray(s) came around. I just told the guy to "keep walking" when he approached me with that holier-than-thou expression.
Basically it's tipping. You want money, you gotta earn it. I'm not opposed to it, but get ready to disappointed if you levy a minimum donation value. What is this? TFI Fridays?
Well at least you get wine.
As for this "will only accept notes" business, what the fuck is all that about?
I'll give em a handful of bloody euros if I want. Unfortunately for them I may not open my hand first.
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