21 Jun '05 02:02>
Originally posted by Alpha10I saw the worst example of this I've ever seen in the paper yesterday. In New Zealand we have the Destiny Church. They are religious bigots basically. They believe that homosexuality should be outlawed, a woman's place is pregnant and barefoot in the kitchen and that the earth was created 6000 years ago. They are apparently set to wage war on the liberal government they believe is destroying the fabric of New Zealand.
1) The ever-present talk of money in our churches.
IF God is all powerful, why does he require that people give him money? Besides the point that he says to tithe.
Anyway their spiritual leader, Brian Tamaki, became a bishop on Sunday. The cost to watch this ceremony was NZ$70. Once there the congration was reminded "We take all major credit cards.". Also as they filed out they walked past a large table of Destiny Church merchandise; posters of Bishop Tamaki in warrior pose (with a broadsword) to umbrellas.
It just boggles the mind.