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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:15 PM Original message |
Crystal Cathedral files for bankruptcy amid mounting debts |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. So even with taxpayer subsidies, they can't balance their books? |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Where did it say they got subsidies..?? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Not paying taxes can be seen as a form of subsidy. |
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L.Torsalo (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 07:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Valid point. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
48. 501(c)(3) organizations enjoy preferable federal and local tax treatment. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe the churches should start railing against usury |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Hopefully, one of the mega-churches going down... |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. I thought God was too big to fail? |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. “Budgets could not be cut fast enough to keep up with the unprecedented rapid decline in revenue..." |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. I knew God must be in dire straights... |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I remember seeing the beginning of it being built |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You've got that right, imho... |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. That is the 'invisible hand' of the free market at work! |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Vatican (R) is next |
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penndragon69 (409 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. God has spoken again! |
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L.Torsalo (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 07:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
43. Since God doesn't "exist", |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. ... |
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herbm (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. I bet he still has a six figure salary and a church supplied home. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. add one more zero and I would agree. nt |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 07:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
44. And it's all tax free |
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zenprole (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. Please help me |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not to worry. Remember when Saddleback Church members coughed up over $2 million to save that place |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. The older chapel is a real architectural gem by Neutra |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. The Chrystal Methodists may be able to help. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. I like that joke. |
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Mumble (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. The faithful.. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'll bid $1000 for the pipe organ. |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. One down; |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. One down; |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Now, there's a possibility... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I said in GD that Disney should buy it. |
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ezmerelda39 (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I agree, but |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. If the government can do just fine by cutting taxes |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. Damn! And I was growing my hair to be weekend Jesus for the Christmas shows. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. Senior Pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman = vampire |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I bet Aqua Buddha could make a profit! |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
34. Megachurch Crystal Cathedral Ministries seeks bankruptcy protection |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. My poor Mom |
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Grassy Knoll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Looks like the religious right..... |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You know,you read a lot of weird shit here on DU. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I wonder what they done with the money. That church was packed every Sunday. |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Check the staff list |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. May many others follow them |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Guess they couldn't "pray away" the debt! |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
45. I don't think expensive and elaborate gathering places will bring Jesus back. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
46. Well God's will is God's will |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
47. Maybe this is the rapture/Armageddon/Apocalypse they have been screeching about all these years? |
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L.Torsalo (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. He who lives in a glass house, |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
50. I hope this is the first of many |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. +100 |
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