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Calif. Pastor Takes in $2.4M After Donations Plea [That Many Fools in CA?]
NYTimes ^
| January 02nd 2010
Posted on 01/02/2010 8:37:35 PM PST by Steelfish
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posted on
01/02/2010 8:37:36 PM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
This was not one big fat cat. Except for the guy on the receiving end, of course.
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posted on
01/02/2010 8:40:22 PM PST
by
Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
(Conservatives unite behind conservative Republicans in the primaries!)
To: Steelfish
This guy (Warren) could have buried Obama after the live ‘debate’ with McCain. NO ONE took advantage of Obama’s missteps and HUGE mistakes in answers. This guy has partial responsibility for the wasteland that this President is creating.
To: Steelfish
Evangelical pastor Rick Warren's plea for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch brought in $2.4 million, Warren announced to cheers during a sermon at the church on Saturday. Man, I hope there is something wrong with this paragraph...
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posted on
01/02/2010 8:41:57 PM PST
by
dragnet2
To: Steelfish
Cue the “Rick Warren is the devil” crowd in 3...2...1...
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posted on
01/02/2010 8:43:15 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Socialism is the plundering of the productive by the unaccountable)
To: Steelfish
And these will be the first to burn in hell. When your religious path requires this amount of earthly quan, then you know “God's work” is not what you are accomplishing. There is no difference between large government budgets and large church budgets. It's all corrupt.
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posted on
01/02/2010 8:50:51 PM PST
by
carolinacrazy
(Bow to your sensei.... BOW TO YOUR SENSEI...... www.jackassdemocrats.com)
To: SandyInSeattle
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posted on
01/02/2010 8:51:00 PM PST
by
bwc2221
To: bwc2221
“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. “ ... P.T. Barnum.
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posted on
01/02/2010 8:58:22 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. - Horace Walpole)
To: originalbuckeye
This guy (Warren) could have buried Obama after the live debate with McCain. NO ONE took advantage of Obamas missteps and HUGE mistakes in answers. This guy has partial responsibility for the wasteland that this President is creating.
I didn't watch it. I thought he was hosting it and just trying to be fair. Do you think it gave Obama a Christian appearance? That would have been fraudulent.
To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
Saddleback Church with its 5 campuses in Southern California may have overextended its growth. This $2.4 million installment may be the beginning of more to come. The economy we enjoyed during the Bush years brought into being the mega churches. Whether these churches survive will be one to watch. Such churches need a good economy to operate. Can they downsize and survive is the question to ask.
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posted on
01/02/2010 9:10:12 PM PST
by
jonrick46
(We're being water boarded with the sewage of Marxism.)
To: RushingWater
Obama really embarrassed himself. It could have sunk his Presidential ambitions. Big Media didn't cover it and Warren didn't promote it. This is the ‘live’ appearance where Obama said that deciding when Life begins was ‘above his paygrade’. What a complete phony. It SHOULD have tanked him and exposed him for the poseur that he is.
To: Steelfish
Rick Warren’s ‘The Purpose-Driven Life’ ... Since 2002 it has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide
Where did that money go?
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posted on
01/02/2010 9:19:15 PM PST
by
kcvl
To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
I realize that you don’t count Rick Warren among those you admire.
However, it should be pointed out that Saddleback ministers to a large number of people, and many of those are out of work and in need. The church experienced a shortfall in offerings, and this is what prompted the original request by Warren.
He, BTW, takes no money from the church.
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posted on
01/02/2010 9:19:40 PM PST
by
norge
(The amiable dunce is back, wearing a skirt and high heels.)
To: Steelfish
I used to attend a mega-church in the 90’s. After awhile the services felt like a big production, TV cameras everywhere and tons of announcements. With that said however credit American christians for being good and generous givers. I prefer to donate charitable giving mostly to missions where it is desperately needed rather than supporting overblown mega buildings and expensive growth projects.
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posted on
01/02/2010 9:20:50 PM PST
by
tflabo
To: Steelfish
Whew... I gotta get into the religion business.
To: kcvl
Where did that money go?Drugs and whores?
That seems to be the pattern with these "religion" tycoons.
To: norge
Why doesn’t he donate it from his own pocket? He’s got it.
Another fraud.
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posted on
01/02/2010 9:26:25 PM PST
by
Round 9
To: bwc2221
i dont believe he is a fraud. dont know why all the hate for this man he has done alot of good in this world. brought alot of people to Christ.
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posted on
01/02/2010 9:28:44 PM PST
by
remaxagnt
(`)
To: kcvl
rick warren donated all that money towards solving aids problem in africa
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posted on
01/02/2010 9:29:50 PM PST
by
remaxagnt
(`)
To: Round 9; kcvl; Lancey Howard
Rick Warren paid back Saddleback Church every dollar they paid him in salary after his 24th year. He now takes no salary from the church. Saddleback is coming up on its 30th anniversary.
He and his wife determined that their living standards would not change as the result of the book sales.
The Warrens “reverse tithe”. In other words, he lives on 10% of his income and tithes 90.
The 90% of proceeds from the book go to three foundations set up by the Warrens...they get nothing from those foundations.
To date his book has sold 52 million copies.
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posted on
01/02/2010 9:44:13 PM PST
by
norge
(The amiable dunce is back, wearing a skirt and high heels.)
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