Today I donated money to the Knights of Columbus. They’re collecting it to give aid to children with mental handicaps. They gave me a tootsie roll. It wasn’t a sale. It was a donation. By the way, I have no idea what size donation they wanted. I gave them more than they expected. It was a donation.
Difference being, and this is key.....yours was a donation in that you expected nothing in return. That you received a piece of candy for the donation that was "way more than they expected" was from their generosity.
BTW...way to brag about your donation. Very humble. That will be your reward.
Regarding the money for indulgences....money was given with the expectation something was to be received in return. Hence a sale....except in the mind of Vlad.
Have you had any education in economics or business??
If a man had no money to donate - and only some indulgences (a tiny minority in fact) involved a donation of money - you could receive the indulgence any way.
Baloney.
You keep posting the programming note and it reminds me of MORE WINNING. LOL!.
“Difference being, and this is key.....yours was a donation in that you expected nothing in return.”
No. From previous experience I knew they were going to give me a piece of candy. I didn’t want it. I never have. I try to avoid it every time, but they always insist on giving it to me and I don’t make a scene over a piece of candy. You’re wrong again.
“That you received a piece of candy for the donation that was “way more than they expected” was from their generosity.”
Oh, I believe they are generous, but they also gave me something I didn’t really want. In any case, it was a donation.
“BTW...way to brag about your donation. Very humble. That will be your reward.”
You don’t decide what my reward is any more than you do anything about indulgences. What I said was simply an accurate statement to make a point. It was not bragging. But you have to obey your programming.
“Regarding the money for indulgences....money was given with the expectation something was to be received in return. Hence a sale....except in the mind of Vlad.”
Except money was donated. And those who had no money to donate received the indulgence too. Hence, no sale. If it was a sale, then only those who had money could get it. But that was NOT the case.
“Have you had any education in economics or business??”
Apparently more than you have. Walk into a car dealership, tell them you have no money and that you want a car anyway. See how that works.
“Baloney.”
Nope. It’s right there in the instruction letter and it happened all the time. Again, we see that you’ve never read a single book or scholarly article on indulgences.
“You keep posting the programming note and it reminds me of MORE WINNING. LOL!.”
Well, every Protestant has to have his own set of delusions. That’s one of yours.