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Temple-making money
Temple-making money
I post this with no intention to insult any religion...just wondering:
I went to this temple yesterday in Chinatown. I notice there is this; you can adopt a God that suits your horoscope, and have your name written in the temple for 88$ or something like that (ok..i skim through so info might be a bit inaccurate), point is...there is a price there..
And i walk inside, there was this donation box that says: donate 50$ and you can win gold pendant (??!!)
And outside, 3 announcement next to each other...with different prices of xx, xxx and xxxx digit to sponsored a gold tile, to have your name written, etc
Everything with price..and i found this a bit...outrageous..
its ok to ask for donation...well i guess thats how temples, churches, and mosques survive....
but to put a price tag...so you can have your name engraved in one of the parts of the temple...
Do I think of this wrongly?
I went to this temple yesterday in Chinatown. I notice there is this; you can adopt a God that suits your horoscope, and have your name written in the temple for 88$ or something like that (ok..i skim through so info might be a bit inaccurate), point is...there is a price there..
And i walk inside, there was this donation box that says: donate 50$ and you can win gold pendant (??!!)
And outside, 3 announcement next to each other...with different prices of xx, xxx and xxxx digit to sponsored a gold tile, to have your name written, etc
Everything with price..and i found this a bit...outrageous..
its ok to ask for donation...well i guess thats how temples, churches, and mosques survive....
but to put a price tag...so you can have your name engraved in one of the parts of the temple...
Do I think of this wrongly?
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Re: Temple-making money
Something similar is done with shinto temples in Japan...vbelle wrote:I post this with no intention to insult any religion...just wondering:
I went to this temple yesterday in Chinatown. I notice there is this; you can adopt a God that suits your horoscope, and have your name written in the temple for 88$ or something like that (ok..i skim through so info might be a bit inaccurate), point is...there is a price there..
And i walk inside, there was this donation box that says: donate 50$ and you can win gold pendant (??!!)
And outside, 3 announcement next to each other...with different prices of xx, xxx and xxxx digit to sponsored a gold tile, to have your name written, etc
Everything with price..and i found this a bit...outrageous..
its ok to ask for donation...well i guess thats how temples, churches, and mosques survive....
but to put a price tag...so you can have your name engraved in one of the parts of the temple...
Do I think of this wrongly?
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I didnt say that church doesnt do that....but i have never seen so many price tags in a temple before! also not in japanese ones that i've visited...except for the souvenirs...
it was sad too to see stuff being sold in famous churches in europe...its the same thing...temples and church making money this way...all business...
including city harvest that was made the news months ago..
money to build a golden temple, church or mosque...or to make the priests rich...what a shame...would have been better to donate the money to people who need it
if God exist..surely this will make Him/Her happier....
it was sad too to see stuff being sold in famous churches in europe...its the same thing...temples and church making money this way...all business...
including city harvest that was made the news months ago..
money to build a golden temple, church or mosque...or to make the priests rich...what a shame...would have been better to donate the money to people who need it
if God exist..surely this will make Him/Her happier....
You would be surprise seeing the level of money related pathology in some of the European traditional Roman Catholic countries. Afterall priests are just humans with all their weaknesses and even worse with all sorts of the excuses that this is for God not for their own comfort or convenience.vbelle wrote:I didnt say that church doesnt do that....but i have never seen so many price tags in a temple before!
Re: Temple-making money
you left out the bit where you can earn an income yourself, for every friend you refer. My father-in-law gets some pocket money doing this bringing people to one temple in Malaysia.vbelle wrote:I post this with no intention to insult any religion...just wondering:
I went to this temple yesterday in Chinatown. I notice there is this; you can adopt a God that suits your horoscope, and have your name written in the temple for 88$ or something like that (ok..i skim through so info might be a bit inaccurate), point is...there is a price there..
And i walk inside, there was this donation box that says: donate 50$ and you can win gold pendant (??!!)
And outside, 3 announcement next to each other...with different prices of xx, xxx and xxxx digit to sponsored a gold tile, to have your name written, etc
Everything with price..and i found this a bit...outrageous..
its ok to ask for donation...well i guess thats how temples, churches, and mosques survive....
but to put a price tag...so you can have your name engraved in one of the parts of the temple...
Do I think of this wrongly?
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This is why all these televangelists/gurus/spiritual leaders keep popping up. They get people to give shitloads of money and if they get religion status in some countries, they get tax exemptions. It was never about spirituality.
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
Shepherds leading the sheep is good business along with chat shows, and seminars in financial investmentnakatago wrote:This is why all these televangelists/gurus/spiritual leaders keep popping up. They get people to give shitloads of money and if they get religion status in some countries, they get tax exemptions. It was never about spirituality.

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From what I gather, Adolf Hitler was very charismatic...ksl wrote:Shepherds leading the sheep is good business along with chat shows, and seminars in financial investmentnakatago wrote:This is why all these televangelists/gurus/spiritual leaders keep popping up. They get people to give shitloads of money and if they get religion status in some countries, they get tax exemptions. It was never about spirituality.having the gift of the gab is quite a skill in itself!
...and then again, so is Steve Jobs.
BADABOOM: Godwin's law quota met!
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
Thread drift or not - not sure .. but, I did some work for a Chinese Temple in China Town, and when it came to payment, instead of the 2,000 $, they gave me 1,000 $ and 1,000 $ worth of prayer voucher - no kidding

And when I asked what I could do with the prayer voucher, I was told I can use it for Special Prayers
No - I didn't make this up .. and apparently the Gods will reward me for donating back the money 


And when I asked what I could do with the prayer voucher, I was told I can use it for Special Prayers



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