BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz to NZ Politics@lemmy.nz · 1 month agoLabour MP calls for Destiny Church to lose charity statuswww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkLabour MP calls for Destiny Church to lose charity statuswww.rnz.co.nzBalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz to NZ Politics@lemmy.nz · 1 month agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 month agoShit they are pulling the money in, I had no idea they were pulling in a couple of million in donations a year!
minus-squaremaster5o1@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month ago$2m is only $40/week from 1000 people.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoAh right, tithing. People who can’t afford it being forced to give money to a millionaire or they are threatened with not going to heaven. And I guess I didn’t expect 1000 tithers but I also didn’t expect there to be chapters all around the country. I don’t know what I expected really, just had a hope that it was a small and vocal crowd.
Shit they are pulling the money in, I had no idea they were pulling in a couple of million in donations a year!
$2m is only $40/week from 1000 people.
Ah right, tithing. People who can’t afford it being forced to give money to a millionaire or they are threatened with not going to heaven.
And I guess I didn’t expect 1000 tithers but I also didn’t expect there to be chapters all around the country.
I don’t know what I expected really, just had a hope that it was a small and vocal crowd.