Re: The Wall

lynx wrote:
 
> Mark T wrote:
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>> "**Rowland Croucher**" wrote:
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>>> 2. I still meet pastors who are about to retire and have no home...
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>> I still meet members / ex-members of churches who live on the 
>> bread-line but pay / used to pay their tithes PLUS offerings to their 
>> church.  10 people payng a tithe gives one clergy person a full wage.
 
I've never met or known of a wealthy minister- except those cultists and 
tele-evangelists, who aren't fair dinkum anyway.
 
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>> You snipped the most im****tant part .....
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>> The Apostle Paul could work a real job as a tentmaker AND evangelise 
>> the Roman empire without the aid of a congregation paying him tithes, 
>> offerings, love gifts and perks. but modern clergy find it far too 
>> difficult.
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> Did he do both at the same time? How do you know?
>
>> What changed?
 
Society.
 
>>
>> Obviously a very difficult question for modern clergy since they 
>> never answer it.
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