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A Word as the Deficit Discussions Continue in Washington

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“If American Christians simply gave a tithe rather than the current one-quarter of a tithe, there would be enough private Christian dollars to provide basic health care and education to all the poor of the earth. And we would still have an extra $60 to 70 billion left over for evangelism around the world.”

Ron Snider
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An Atheist Look at Church Giving (The New Tithe)

This is found over at "The Good Atheist" and is interesting how it looks at church giving.   It makes it sound like we're rolling in dough and, I think, equates all churches with the megachurches (which, to be honest) get all the press.

Their article states:

I can’t imagine a bigger waste of money than giving it to churches. Seriously. It would actually be more productive if you threw it away in the garbage, since at least in this instance some poor homeless guy might actually find some of it.

Here's the video:



What do you think?

(HT/ Christian Nightmares)