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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:30 PM Original message |
Local church gives away Starbucks gift cards to lure people to services. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. 30 pieces of silver, indeed |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. TEN THOUSAND $5 gift certificates? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. If you read the article, it was at least partly an outreach to people |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Really? So people won't starve to death if they have God? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. No shit |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. 10 thousand postcards were sent; the $5 giftcards were given at the door and far fewer in number... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. That was my point, thanks. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. No guess. They're pretty explicit about that. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Actually, it could be a wise move in helping feed others |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Sure it is... |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Eh. What percentage of church donations actually goes to helping the poor, |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. "tax-exempt social clubs" |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Yep - many of these megachurches have MULTI-million-dollar complexes of |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Interesting |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. If the church would just install a Starbucks at the back of the sanctuary, |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. If they have to give away coupons for lattes and mochas |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. So the true meaning of Christmas is coffee? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I don't really know much about them, just drove past it a few times. |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. They're sprouting up all over OKC lately. |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. thats the only damn way you could get me to a Tulsa sermon. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. gee, they don't have coffee hour after services? |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. I wonder if this is one of those mega-churches that doesn't have services on |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Snarf.... Feed my addiction....! I"m there...! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. Maybe they should just put a Starbucks barista bar on the altar... |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 10:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. A venti mochaccino communion wine? |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. Let me know if they start giving away dishware and towel sets |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. Not LDS, I'm thinking. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. I head this was more successful than last year's promotion |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
29. Ehhhh, Non-Issue For Me. Pretty Creative Actually. Definitely The First I've Heard Of Such Things. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
30. At Age 12, I Was Saved in Exchange for a McDonald's Hamburger |
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