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BP Oil Spill and...the God business [message #62848]

Sat, 03 July 2010 21:35

chrisjames147

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Location: U.S.
Registered: November 2009
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Decidedly the non-profits in the southern US surrounding the Gulf oil spill are in trouble, donations are down, people need to keep their charity at home.

But churches? If one considers the disaster on the Deep Water Horizon oil rig to be an accident or an act of God what leg do churches have to stand upon? You might think people in such a large swath of the religious belt might run to church and pray for salvation, but it seems they are not.

Religion as a business? Of course it is but there is no tanglible product, no financial gain to the community. Tax exempt churches contribute little to local economy and what little they do contribute is less than a local Lottery.

Give it up, give them nothing. If they want to survive then let them pray, unless of course it is about the money and always has been.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/03/gulf-coast-churches-nonprofits-fight-survival-amid-spill-bp-undecided-paying/

[Updated on: Sat, 03 July 2010 21:36]

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		BP Oil Spill and...the God business By: chrisjames147 on Sat, 03 July 2010 21:35
		Re: BP Oil Spill and...the God business By: acam on Sun, 04 July 2010 07:57

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