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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Picture of the Day - 2



(NYTimes) Two “giving kiosks” sit outside the church’s chapel in East Georgia, high-tech collection plates that allow people to swipe their credit or debit cards and instantly send donations. Marty Baker, the church’s pastor, likes to call the terminals A.T.M.’s: “automatic tithe machines....”

The results encouraged Mr. Baker and his wife, Patty, to form a for-profit company, SecureGive, that sells the terminals for $2,000 to $5,000 apiece and charges a $50 monthly subscription fee. By the end of the year, they expect to have terminals in 15 spots across the country.....

At the Bel Air Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, it was the price that was galling, not the concept. The church considered buying the kiosks before deciding to build a homemade version for a few hundred dollars

8 Comments:

  • That's just morbidly obese... God on line 1.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:37 AM  

  • Somehow, I thought the conversion of church business into the pastor's PIVATE business (which charges 10 times cost) captured the moneychangers in the temple.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:56 AM  

  • I don't think Jesus taught being able to buy your way into heaven.

    By Blogger Handsome B. Wonderful, at 11:55 AM  

  • Well, he didn't.

    But that doesn't stop people from trying to make money off him.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 1:52 PM  

  • This really, really disturbs me on so many levels.

    By Blogger EHT, at 7:27 PM  

  • Same. But I can't really pin down why. I think it's the melding of Jesus' message to the antithetical quest for money.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:35 PM  

  • In my mind nothing flashes the alarm of "CORRUPT THEOLOGY" than the words "for profit."

    By Blogger -epm, at 9:58 AM  

  • Moneychangers in the temple. Quite literally.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 11:42 AM  

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