BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz to NZ Politics@lemmy.nz · 3 months agoLabour MP calls for Destiny Church to lose charity statuswww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkLabour MP calls for Destiny Church to lose charity statuswww.rnz.co.nzBalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz to NZ Politics@lemmy.nz · 3 months agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 months 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-up3·3 months ago$2m is only $40/week from 1000 people.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months 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.