Hello All How about a faith experiment?

[WonderingJew]

Hello all, I am Sara, I am 25 and I live in Pennsylvania. As you may have noticed by my username, I am Jewish.

I am currently doing a little experiment. I don't know how much you know about the Jewish beliefs or customs, but because Jews are not allowed to handle money on Sabbath, many temples require membership fees and contracts. Sounds odd doesn't it? I'm sure we can all agree, that paying for praying is a strange and uncomfortable concept.

Now, why am I here? I need the help of you Christians. Please know, that I am not here to in any way shape or form, demean or debate your beliefs. You see whenever a Jew complains online about the high membership dues, there is always a host of others jumping on them saying "but we don't do collection baskets!" This to me is utter nonsense, So many churches flourish on the goodwill and sense of community, that I truly believe, that if Christians asked congregants to donate on any day other than Sunday, that their amount would be near the same. Am I wrong?

What I would really like, is if I could find a pastor or preacher, willing to do this experiment with me, proving that money is given in faith and fellowship, not just because there is a basket on your lap, would be willing to allow me to interview him over the phone, and set up a way to test this theory. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

[Pastor Ed Lowman]

Re: Hello All How about a faith experiment?

Hello all, I am Sara, I am 25 and I live in Pennsylvania. As you may have noticed by my username, I am Jewish.

I am currently doing a little experiment. I don't know how much you know about the Jewish beliefs or customs, but because Jews are not allowed to handle money on Sabbath, many temples require membership fees and contracts. Sounds odd doesn't it? I'm sure we can all agree, that paying for praying is a strange and uncomfortable concept.

Now, why am I here? I need the help of you Christians. Please know, that I am not here to in any way shape or form, demean or debate your beliefs. You see whenever a Jew complains online about the high membership dues, there is always a host of others jumping on them saying "but we don't do collection baskets!" This to me is utter nonsense, So many churches flourish on the goodwill and sense of community, that I truly believe, that if Christians asked congregants to donate on any day other than Sunday, that their amount would be near the same. Am I wrong?

What I would really like, is if I could find a pastor or preacher, willing to do this experiment with me, proving that money is given in faith and fellowship, not just because there is a basket on your lap, would be willing to allow me to interview him over the phone, and set up a way to test this theory. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Are you one of ours from Goldberg & Goldberg? If so, you need to call the pastoral legal hotline like the other lawyers do since we don't want to discuss legal matters on the open boards.

If not, then it sounds like you've just wandered in here to "you" down your own people so that they can start accepting LESS money in their synagogues. In which case, I'll believe it when I see it!

Regards,

Pastor Ed

[Des]

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I receive donations any day of the week, though the donations which are mailed to me aren't Delivered on Sunday. As a revival pastor, I've been known to have my assistants put up a tent whenever and wherever one was needed. I've only seen an increase in donations as time goes by.

It seems to me that you Jews are cutting off your overly large noses to spite your faces. For a group who is concerned about preserving your cultural identity, charging mandatory fees for entry to Temple will discourage those mid-level attorneys, producers & directors who have yet to produce a blockbuster hit, and accountants & doctors who have yet to open their own practice.

At the same time, I can't help but feel for the synagogs. Your race is after all known to be covetous and greedy, so the synagog is getting pennies out of you at the same rate they acquire blood from turnips. The average Jew donates from $1100 to $3400 to their synagog annually, while any self respecting Christian gives a bare minimum of 10% of their income to their church. I'm surprised then that the temples don't employ mafia-style collectors to shake down their followers, and can only speculate that it is the Jewish lack of masculine physical characteristics which prevent this. Instead you employ collection agents to bill Jewish families who fall behind on their donations.

I would strongly advise you to accept Jesus Christ into your heart. Not only will this get you out of Jewish hell where nothing is ever on sale and the cold and flu season is year 'round, but it will also help you to become a more giving, more human if you will, person with a less tight purse string.

Glory!

[James Hutchins]

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Talk of money is tacky and crass. A decent person sets up an automatic monthly wire transfer through thier joo accountant.

[WonderingJew]

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. I want to thank you all for your help, I will be barking up a different tree however, but again thank you. You have all been so courteous, and Christ like.

“You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? (Matthew 5:43-47 )

“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

“Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.”

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

I love you guys! Thanks for your time.

[Pastor Ed Lowman]

Re: Hello All How about a faith experiment?

. I want to thank you all for your help, I will be barking up a different tree however, but again thank you. You have all been so courteous, and Christ like.

“You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? (Matthew 5:43-47 )

“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

“Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.”

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

I love you guys! Thanks for your time.

So joo boy is going to run since he's not surrounded by the JJ Abrams types and high-profilers from Manhattan? Typical kike.

[WWJDnow]

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I truly believe, that if Christians asked congregants to donate on any day other than Sunday, that their amount would be near the same. Am I wrong?

We at Landover Baptist Church agree that people shouldn't feel compelled to donate just because they happen to be in church on Sunday. That's why 99% of our tithes are processed by weekly automatic ATM deductions directly from parishioners' checking accounts. We even have easy payment tithe financing plans for those who find themselves in times of economic turmoil.

Of course, if someone wants to donate a little extra on Sunday morning, Jesus isn't going to say no.

[Des]

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So joo boy is going to run since he's not surrounded by the JJ Abrams types and high-profilers from Manhattan? Typical kike.

Can't run away very long or very fast without giving away the secret that the Jews invented asthma as a way of avoiding the draft.

[Brother Hezekiah]

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Instead of looking into how much the shyster Synagogues are trying to extract more money from their flock of Shylocks, perhaps you should investigate how your race concocted this goofy story of good pure white people trying to rid the world of your kind. Sounds like another Jooey conspiracy to me..

[Des]

Re: Hello All How about a faith experiment?

Instead of looking into how much the shyster Synagogues are trying to extract more money from their flock of Shylocks, perhaps you should investigate how your race concocted this goofy story of good pure white people trying to rid the world of your kind. Sounds like another Jooey conspiracy to me..

Amen, Brother! I have ancestors who fought in WWII. One of them shot down 6 British planes, he had fond memories of his ME 262 turbojet. I remember him telling us when I was a kid that his war had as little to do with genocide as the War of Northern Aggression had to do with slavery. My grandmother agreed, pointing out how many Jews claim to have had ancestors in Auschwitz, then she brought up a very telling point; Considering German engineering, precision, and efficiency, how believable is it that there could be so many Jews whose families 'escaped' from Auschwitz? If Auschwitz were a German ran death camp, anyone getting out of there alive is as ridiculous as claiming we came from monkeys!

[Brother Hezekiah]

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If Auschwitz were a Geranyone getting out of there alive is as ridiculous as claiming we came from monkeys!

May the Savior strike us down if that ain't the truth! Everyone knows that the Nigras are descended from monkeys.
Praise the Lord Brother Des!