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A Question to Obama Supporters

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by rocketsjudoka, Apr 30, 2008.

  1. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    yeah, so many people are out there killing whittey who went to his church. love the hypocrisy, so you DON'T have a problem with people making money except wright
     
  2. FranchiseBlade

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    No, because most of the people who actually listened to him for all those years didn't take away that message from the majority of his sermons.

    So if that was part of his master plan he failed at that.
     
  3. ROCKET RICH NYC

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    when was being a Christian Pastor supposed to be financially successful? Is religion supposed to be a business? Instead of building that house in a neighborhood where he hates whitey, why didn't he just build it right next to his church?
     
  4. mc mark

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    You're kidding right?

    please tell me you're kidding...
     
  5. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    who gives a **** could this be anymore trivial
     
  6. ROCKET RICH NYC

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    religion shouldn't be making money. They aren't a business. If they are, then they should ALL be taxed just like all other businesses and people
     
  7. FranchiseBlade

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    I take it you haven't read many of his sermons, and don't know his friends. Because he doesn't hate whitey.

    Pastors are allowed to make money. It is their profession.
     
  8. ROCKET RICH NYC

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    what does the term mean NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION mean to you? Isn't that what Churches are supposed to be?
     
  9. ROCKET RICH NYC

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    make money yes. Make money for profit? Then they need to be taxed like everybody else.
     
  10. ROCKET RICH NYC

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    just whitey in corporate America and the ones that developed AIDS to kill black people.
     
  11. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organization


    Most experts consider the legal and ethical restrictions on the distribution of profits to owners or shareholders as what fundamentally distinguishes NPOs

    the question is, do you know what it means
     
  12. ROCKET RICH NYC

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    What it means is both businesses and religion have loopholes to get what they want in the end. Wright gets his million dollar house by having the church own it all in the name of God.
     
  13. ROCKET RICH NYC

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    finish the rest of the quote mr wikipedia instead of cherrypicking the definition so that you can understand it.
     
  14. pgabriel

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    what am i cherrypicking or leaving out?
     
  15. ymc

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    Since when did our church leaders live according to the bible? NYC, you must have been drinking kool aid for a very long time. :cool:
     
  16. ROCKET RICH NYC

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    NPO's generally DO NOT operate FOR PROFIT.
     
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    I don't go to church so no kool-aid drinking here
     
  18. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    dude, you're making no sense, not for profit means instead of distributing profits, the money is held in the organization. what are you contending?
     
  19. FranchiseBlade

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    Not for Profit has as much if not more to do with how they can make money rather than not making money at all. They can make tons of money, pay people salaries, and expenses. They may not invest the money in stocks, and play the markets.

    They need to have a mission statement and goal or purpose they are working towards, etc. There is no rule, or regulation preventing them from making money.
     
  20. rhester

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    non-profit means that individuals cannot profit from the income
    payroll is treated as an expense

    there is abuse

    unfortunately, IMO churches have become more like for profit organizations
     

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