GOD needs the money? For what? The pastor isn’t God, the congregation isn’t God, the building isn’t God. Someone is confused on top of being a congenital ass.
As for being a “poor” church, congregation, or pastor – if you can’t afford to eat out, then don’t do it. I seem to recall a steady succession of covered dish events at my childhood church.
Just my experience and opinion… 🙂
]]>Just a funny side: Like probably everyone else, I assumed the pastor was a man, even though my pastor is a woman!
]]>Too little, too late.
]]>If you want to give money to God, where do you post it to? Not like God has a direct deposit account at Bank of America.
If he means he’s giving 10% (of what?) to some religious organization – that’s not quite the same as giving it to God, is it now… A religious organization is NOT God. Indeed, to call it god wouldn’t that be idolatry or something?
]]>I’m with you on that. I don’t know how anybody could think making dickish comments on receipts is a good “witness” to servers making minimum wage (or less)plus tips.
]]>The point here is – as you say – it’s likely that this church does indeed pay its pastor “a decent salary” (at least decent enough to take a bunch of people to lunch). He’s griping about reasonable compensation for someone working at sub-minimum wage levels and depending on those tips to survive.
I don’t doubt that there are poor parishes: I’ve seen my share of those. But FFS can the leaders of the faithful stop bleating about oppression, poverty and religious liberty – especially when they turn around and make ugly statements like this jerk? He obviously hasn’t considered that, if he’s taking 19 others to lunch – for whatever reason – and an 18% tip is personally offensive to him (as opposed to just difficult), then he’s overpaid.
]]>Maybe they split the check. He’s still a cheap jerk, though.
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