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My mil put it this way, "It isn't that I mind his church getting a liittle of his trust, it's that they took all of it."


She's right, at the MOST they should have asked for a tithe (10%) of it, according to what most churches think if relevant, God demanded giving. They should never, ever, ever have asked or accepted ALL of it. Especially from a young man who was recently out on his own for the first time and impressionable. My guess is they purposely took advantage of him.

I'm beginning to agree with 666Forever, that there should be some kind of way to sue these people in court and some kind of punishment for such unchecked extortions. I'm thinking that when a preacher makes a claim from the pulpit such as, "Give to God and He will give back 100x what you gave", that there should be some kind of time frame and if that person has not recieved 100x the amount they put in the faith offering (over and above their usual salary), that they should get a money back guarantee. Same with faith healings. If someone drops their money in the plate and does not get healed, they should get their money back. I think if preachers had to start refunding money for non-fulfilled "promises", there would be less of these grossly exaggerated, pie-in-the-sky claims made from the pulpit.
Who are these people behind the stained glass windows? Have they forgotten just what they came here for? Was it salvation or "scared of hell" or
an assembly of a social get-together?

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