• nocturne@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    All of them except the one where they handed me a collection plate and I thought they were giving me the money so I took it.

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      I didn’t grow up in a church that had one of those. So I’ve always wondered what would they do if you came to Sunday service, in a hobo outfit and took some of the money in the collection plate. The defense being, ‘What? I’m poor. I’m homeless. Jesus would have given.’

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        3 months ago

        Nowadays? Depends on a whole set of indeterminate variables.

        But odds point to tazing. arrest, something on that end of the spectrum.

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        I was around 9 or 10 when this happened. I went with my best friend and his mother. Everyone made a big deal about there being someone new at the church. Then i was handed a gold plate bowl thing of money, so i started stuffing handfuls of money into my pockets thinking everyone was welcoming me with cash. My friend was giggling, i looked at his mother and she was shaking her head. I passed the plate along but kept what was in my pockets.

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      After looking up how much money my local megachurch took in last year ($60 mil) versus how much they spent on charity ($3 mil), I think you were probably justified.