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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Get your money changed! Right here in the temple!

Introducing the new wave of Automated Tithing Machines! Proponents say it's no different than charging gas, and that people do most of their transactions electronically now anyway, so why not move with the times?

Of course, it gets a little murkier when you realize that the machines (of course) charge a fee to a for-profit organization. And that the tithing contributes to air-miles. And that tithing on credit seems a little creepy to me personally.

It raisses the question, did Jesus flip his lid in the temple because of the prospect of exchanging foreign currencies, or was it more likely because of the inherent usury involved?

1 Comments:

Blogger Joshua said...

You cannot serve both Mammon and God. I think that was his point.

28 September, 2006 23:16  

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