Ummm......ok.

So....I.....uh....is the idea that rather than lamb we're now sacrificing 5 minutes of our life to God?

Don't worry, Scott, I get it. Pretty cool.

I'm not so sure there's anything to "get"

The message of that particular sermon was about "making waves", meaning, reaching out to those around us. The "wave" was just something our Pastor thought would be fun.

He was wrong.

Jeremy hasn't been to Church since he made us sit through a full Catholic Mass.

Fun in church is anything that gets you involved in more than a listening mode.

I see this being a long and interesting thread. I don't go to church. I suppose I consider myself a Christian by definition, and was raised Lutheran. However, I don't feel that I need to unify in any way shape or form to get to the ultimate goal.

On the other hand, I often feel I believe just in case. I mean what if I went totally non-prophet and it turns out God was right? This in mind, I have always taken the safe approach. That's the cool thing about God though, just one main rule.

When I can go to church and get money, instead of the reverse, give me a call.

I really don't think teasing Scott about linking to the most boring video on the internet is going to turn into a religious debate.

Everything turns into a debate here.

You get paid if you're the pastor.

Are you in that audience scott? I'm gonna try to spot you.

There he is! The skinny pale kid from up north! Just kidding.

I was going to try and spot him too, then they handed the camera to a seizure patient.

Alex, your smart enough to get my point.

The rest of us, however, are screwed.

Post a silly challenge and you shall receive a silly answer.

What's silly about challenging the pressure to donate to organized religion, especially in church?

Well, you don't HAVE to give money to the church, unless you're a Scientologist, in which case you'd already have more money than sense anyway.

The Bible says to give your tithing. I think that = 10% your pretax income, including any money earned before pretax deductions such as 401k and insurances, alimony, etc.

Well, I guess I can't really speak for what kind of pressure may have been placed on you, but in my experience churches would rather have me go to church and not give any money than to not go to church at all. I suppose it varies greatly.

The Catholic church is different, sort of.

Well, Churches have bills to pay too.

Exactly where in the bible do they get into 401k's?

Paul's First Letter to Morgan Stanley. It comes after Romans.

Although some question whether Paul was speaking figuratively or literally.

That's one of the top ten funny's I have heard here. Five turkey/tree/heart/nuts.

Agreed, I lol'd

Edit: Was the "hearts" assuming there will be a valentines day theme. Cause I don't think there will be, unless someone wants to make a header graphic.