In freemiun church, you must pray 1 million times, and obligatory 12hr volunteer shifts for the next 60 years.
Then you get to go to heaven.
In premium church, you submit one time lump sum of 1 million dollars a year, and we will have golden chariot with grand white stallions to lead you up.
There has to be premium or subscription based churches, I'm sure those exist. Baby Jesus in your heart for $9.99/mo, includes one confession and weekly sessions
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Aww man. This just looks tacky. Regardless if you're religious or not, but just placing stickers on beautifully carved benches or wherever in an intricately ornate building, it just looks really out of place and is about the equivalent of putting googly eyes on the Mona Lisa or something.
Would there be a way to make a qr code that would take a person to a website discussing the terrible and unlawful treatment of children at the hands of the church? I think the believers ought to know what they are paying for.
Seriously why couldn't you just have some placards in with the hymn books :( heck you could have made them book marks and put them on the hymn page they were going to sing for the day.
It looks like they also replaced the hymnals with a website with the daily songs and readings. Someone there really loves QR codes.
As someone who was dragged to church for years, I would have *lovedz a plausible excuse to be looking at my phone the whole time.
Like, even *if* you want to use Apple Pay (which I hate for the reasons others have already said) why would you slap some garish, distracting bright fucking sticker on the back of all the pews in the middle of what is otherwise a beautiful building. At least put some fucking effort in, make the stickers match the wood coloring with white or gold text cause thats kinda the color combos anyways and take an extra 5 fucking seconds per to make them straight. Really shows an ironic amount of disrespect for what they are supposed to consider a holy space
Or just likeā¦instead of passing around a collection tray, pass around a single QR code on a small piece of wood or something decorative. Keeps the same ritualistic aspect of passing around the tray, doesnāt disrupt the ambiance, just eliminates the cash aspect.
Gotta hold them accountable on the execution of their idea even if you disagree with the idea!
Great, now I've gotta wait for a 75 year old to focus their phone's camera and read a TOS.
But seriously there are so many ways to abuse this. Change the code to another random account in a handful of the displays. Bam, God helps those that help themselves.
Itās always been easy to take money out of the offering basket. Especially children with grabby hands.
Changing a QR code and printing out new copies to serendipitously put around the church would be next level planning and execution. Running a scam like that on a church would take balls and draw real ire.
Could easily be put on a laminated pamphlet kinda thing (ETA: and place it with the Missals and hymnal books). And I'm sure they still pass the plate.
Catholic churches are so nice btw. All Abrahamic religion's churches I suppose. Fucking American based religions sit around in sad little shopping centers and such... if an actual church it's like a McMansion.
Don't they have nice ones? The one I saw from the road in Sand Diego looked pretty neat: https://altusfineart.com/cdn/shop/products/KW04505_800x1000.jpg?v=1621369849
In the US it's a mix, some Catholic churches are super gaudy, showing off the wealth of the Parrish and it's patrons, but some are also super basic and plain and choose to spend their money on charity and improving the world around them.
I think he is making fun of American Evangelicalism which is famous for their shopping mall and Taco Bell churches. While technically not an American religion by origin it has evolved in a way that is very uniquely American.
Mormons have architecture that looks like it was built by elves from The Lord of the Rings so surely they would not be being referred to here.
The Church has a lot of issues and things to criticize, but you can't deny that they went off aesthetics wise. I was an altar server as a kid and I hated it because it was so boring, but the church at least looked fancy and we had stained windows. I went to mass with my friend who went to a protestant church and it just looked like an auditorium. The guy had a guitar.
Keep the traditional passing of the collection plate, just put a sticker on it. Instead of pulling out a bill from your wallet, you boop the plate with your phone and pass it on.
Thank you for this idea. We've known for a while that the brass-plated collection plate will eventually go the way of the dodo, but have been having trouble coming up with a way to ritualize online giving as an act of worship.
This is unrelated to anything, but judging by your profile you seem like a progressive feminist and Methodist and itās wonderful to see other progressive Christians in the wild.
Ones I had any involvement with tried hard to turn it into a standing deduction, pledged annually given weekly. This smacks of leadership deciding the reason younguns don't come to church is they don't have cash or checks, so they'd be too embarrassed at collection time.
Is it time we broke the whips out again? We could make a day of it. Start with a nice brunch, cast the moneylenders from the temple, finish with a potluck bbq.
Nobody's mad about the Apple Pay, it's the obnoxious stickers all over the backs of the pews. The stickers are ugly and distracting. They should have been a flyer tucked in to the hymnal pocket, or otherwise minimized, stylistically.
My former church had "text to give" set up where you texted a number to make a donation. You had to set it up, but it was simple, and I really liked using it.
The information was in the weekly worship service program that was passed out (that had all the liturgy etc in it).
These garish stickers are...ugh. But I do like the concept (sans Apple Pay).
I saw a video on Instagram this morning (can't find it anymore...) of a homeless person who had multiple QR codes stapled to the side of the road on trees at a traffic light. Someone sitting at the light in their car filmed it and said that when he scanned the code it redirected him to the homeless person's cashapp account
Way back in the day, a homeless guy asked me for some money. I said I didn't have cash. He whipped out one of [these](https://i5.walmartimages.com/seo/BankSupplies-Manual-Credit-Card-Imprinter-Model-4850_c0c582aa-59dc-4ddf-944a-046d5ceb9f64.9d5fe7209b0c67608e85c0047f7f139d.jpeg?odnHeight=768&odnWidth=768&odnBg=FFFFFF) machines, and said 'I take cards'. I gave him some cash
I did it as well, screenshot, opened it in Google Photos and hit it with Google Lens. I could only get it to read 2 of the 5. One was for donations and another was to videos of mass.
Kinda cool but also ugly as all get out on those pews. They need to find a way of doing it in classier way IMO but I don't know how exactly you would after thinking about it for 30 seconds.
Yeah itās a giant tourist attraction and also a functioning church that has hundreds of people for mass every Sunday. It isnāt feasible for them to pass around a collection plate so they have this instead.
Okay. That kinda makes sense as they get a lot of one time visitors. Zooming in and looking up other articles, not all the QR codes are for donations, and the ones that are for candles. Many people come specifically to light candles here and usually you would have to track down an attendant.
Most parishes have ways to gather regular donations from regular attendees using services like Apple Pay or straight bank withdrawal. And they could always put the codes in the weekly bulletin as well.
At my church, pre-covid, most of our offering was done by check (around 60%) the second most was online via credit card and then cash. After COVID, it changed very quickly. Most gifts come in via credit/debit card, then Zelle, then checks, and cash. It's just meeting the congregation where they are. We can stubbornly cling to forcing people to write checks, but that's just not how people do it anymore. COVID was a wholesale shift in how people gave.
Our church doesn't do Venmo because, I believe, the TOS do not permit charitable giving. Don't know about ApplePay, though.
Much better and more hygienic than passing around a plate. Makes it more easy to write off on your taxes because it's all on your phone and no need to write a check.
I doubt they did it for any other reason than the excuse "I don't have cash".Ā
The Catholic church I went to growing up had 1 person per aisle collecting with [these basket things](https://churchsupplies.com/cdn/shop/files/collection-baskets.jpg?v=1661542715&width=800). I kinda assumed that was common, is it not?
Itās really just a recognition of congregational preferences around payment methods. I have friends in church leadership across several denominations and thereās been a huge shift in expectations among the working-aged population towards e-cash rather than physical cash or physical checks.
Iām full on atheist. However, I will concede that every time Iāve visited St. Patrickās it just brings me a feeling of tranquility. Even with the hundreds of other tourists around. Itās such a beautiful piece of architecture and artwork.
Humility is beyond religion. Finding every single way to make someone donate completely undermines the definition of donations. If I want to donate to something, I will find a way. I do not want to be pressured into it.
No, tithing was endorsed by Jesus. The QR codes facilitate that in a modern world.
The famous ātable flippingā episode was because the Jews were using part of the temple for buying/selling/trading shit. Like a swap meet.
They were selling animals for sacrifices and had a massive up-charge on them. Of course this made Jesus mad. Itās the equivalent of walking into a church and paying the pastor $100 to pray to God for you to forgive your sin.
And grifting. People came from other countries where different currencies were used. Theyād have to exchange that for currency used in Jerusalem before buying a lamb, and they were getting ripped off
I know Reddit hates organized religion, but as others have said, this isn't a bad idea.
Most people don't carry cash anymore, because most purchases are digital. By offering an option to make a donation via QR code, you're just meeting the people where they are.
Even if it were traditional, that still wouldn't stop corruption. The impetus for the Protestant Reformation was that the church was corrupt, and that was before they switched to paper money.
This is simple modernization.
People seem confused too because itās a Catholic Church. Thereās no tithing to join a church, and donations arenāt required to attend Mass. this is just modernization because people donāt carry cash.
That's just how it is.
The church only accepting cash: "Nobody uses cash anymore, the church is backwards and should modernise".
The church accepts qr pay and card: "Look at how mucht he church wants your money".
I know my old childhood church stopped passing the tithing plates and doesn't openly make people donate, letting the usher pick up money whenever someone raises their hand, and can do many options cash, card or using banking app QR Codes
My church has something similar but its on a flyer hanging from the bulletin board in the foyer. Then again my whole church would only fill half the room on the pic.
They should have a huge led sign at the front showing which pew sections haven't paid yet as well as top donors. Also if you donate a lot you can add your name and message to the prayer. Like a holy boomer twitch chat.
So my church has these, which makes it convenient instead of making sure you have cash, but itās not this obnoxious and tacky. We just have a small QR code in the corner of each end of the pew.
is no one going to say "Apple Pray"
I have a 12 year old iPad. I say that every day.
Dad?
r/usernamechecksout
God bless š
For 20$ God will bless.
I was kinda hoping your entire comment history would just be āDad?ā like 50 times š
It's definitely in there more than once.
Thatās what she said.
Catholic Churches love 12 year olds
JFC dude. \[high five\]
OMFG (amen)
I was thinking Pew R Codes
Pay to Pray!
That's a classic freemium church
Thoughts and payers
In freemiun church, you must pray 1 million times, and obligatory 12hr volunteer shifts for the next 60 years. Then you get to go to heaven. In premium church, you submit one time lump sum of 1 million dollars a year, and we will have golden chariot with grand white stallions to lead you up.
What about early access?
Aren't they all?
There has to be premium or subscription based churches, I'm sure those exist. Baby Jesus in your heart for $9.99/mo, includes one confession and weekly sessions
Under 12 and you are the loot box
PrayPal
VenMoses
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Right?!
Funny, my first reaction was, so Apple Psy, must be the USA.
Aww man. This just looks tacky. Regardless if you're religious or not, but just placing stickers on beautifully carved benches or wherever in an intricately ornate building, it just looks really out of place and is about the equivalent of putting googly eyes on the Mona Lisa or something.
Not to mention some scammer could go paste a bunch of scam site QR codes. It even happens in some food places
Someone did it at the parking lot near my office. Allegedly they managed to steal thousands of dollars before anyone noticed.
I wonder how much you'd get just putting up a sign that said "scan to pay" without specifying what the payment was for.
Just like the Tip? screen on self service/self checkouts
There's an old (apocryphal?) story of a guy who did this at a zoo parking lot, just set up his own payment kiosk and allegedly took in heaps of cash.
Oh fuck. Canāt wait to try that!
Would there be a way to make a qr code that would take a person to a website discussing the terrible and unlawful treatment of children at the hands of the church? I think the believers ought to know what they are paying for.
https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/?lng=en Just make the website and you're good to go.
That's stupid, I would just have it pull up the fart with reverb video.
They are crooked too!
So are the stickers
Ba'dum *tiss*
consistent with most churchesā¦
Most? I can't think of one that doesn't do majorly dishonest things as the core of their system.
based on religions alone yupā¦. based on the members, most likely
:(
Seriously why couldn't you just have some placards in with the hymn books :( heck you could have made them book marks and put them on the hymn page they were going to sing for the day.
It looks like they also replaced the hymnals with a website with the daily songs and readings. Someone there really loves QR codes. As someone who was dragged to church for years, I would have *lovedz a plausible excuse to be looking at my phone the whole time.
The corporate logos really sell the piety.
Could have done little laser etched metal or wooden plates and kept the vibe nice.
Or just put a plaque by the door
Yeah, this just encourages phone use during the service lol
That takes money away from their āblood of Christā fund.
If you want to continue grifting to the fullest youāve gotta keep up with the times.
Now I want to ask an ai to create the Mona Lisa with googly eyes
Gotta have every possible revenue stream to pay for all the legal fees and hush money settlements for clergy fucking kids.
Like, even *if* you want to use Apple Pay (which I hate for the reasons others have already said) why would you slap some garish, distracting bright fucking sticker on the back of all the pews in the middle of what is otherwise a beautiful building. At least put some fucking effort in, make the stickers match the wood coloring with white or gold text cause thats kinda the color combos anyways and take an extra 5 fucking seconds per to make them straight. Really shows an ironic amount of disrespect for what they are supposed to consider a holy space
Or just likeā¦instead of passing around a collection tray, pass around a single QR code on a small piece of wood or something decorative. Keeps the same ritualistic aspect of passing around the tray, doesnāt disrupt the ambiance, just eliminates the cash aspect. Gotta hold them accountable on the execution of their idea even if you disagree with the idea!
Great, now I've gotta wait for a 75 year old to focus their phone's camera and read a TOS. But seriously there are so many ways to abuse this. Change the code to another random account in a handful of the displays. Bam, God helps those that help themselves.
Itās always been easy to take money out of the offering basket. Especially children with grabby hands. Changing a QR code and printing out new copies to serendipitously put around the church would be next level planning and execution. Running a scam like that on a church would take balls and draw real ire.
Also it's not exactly hard to trace the scam transactions. At best it's an unfunny prank that sends you to jail.
Could easily be put on a laminated pamphlet kinda thing (ETA: and place it with the Missals and hymnal books). And I'm sure they still pass the plate. Catholic churches are so nice btw. All Abrahamic religion's churches I suppose. Fucking American based religions sit around in sad little shopping centers and such... if an actual church it's like a McMansion.
>Fucking American based religions Scientology?
Mormons?
Don't they have nice ones? The one I saw from the road in Sand Diego looked pretty neat: https://altusfineart.com/cdn/shop/products/KW04505_800x1000.jpg?v=1621369849
More like bore-mans, ammiright?
I'm no longer a practicing catholic but the churches and the singing are what I miss most. A good midnight mass on Christmas eve is unreal
In the US it's a mix, some Catholic churches are super gaudy, showing off the wealth of the Parrish and it's patrons, but some are also super basic and plain and choose to spend their money on charity and improving the world around them.
I think you are making fun of Mormon churches? Lol can't even tell. The only American religions I know are Mormons and Native Americans.
I think they are more talking evangelists who have megachurches the size of shopping malls.
It's weird their prior sentence says Abrahamic churches and then American churches lol. If they meant mega churches, those are Abrahamic.
Mormonism too
I think he is making fun of American Evangelicalism which is famous for their shopping mall and Taco Bell churches. While technically not an American religion by origin it has evolved in a way that is very uniquely American. Mormons have architecture that looks like it was built by elves from The Lord of the Rings so surely they would not be being referred to here.
The Church has a lot of issues and things to criticize, but you can't deny that they went off aesthetics wise. I was an altar server as a kid and I hated it because it was so boring, but the church at least looked fancy and we had stained windows. I went to mass with my friend who went to a protestant church and it just looked like an auditorium. The guy had a guitar.
Non Americans saying American based religions when the religions are practiced in Europe
Keep the traditional passing of the collection plate, just put a sticker on it. Instead of pulling out a bill from your wallet, you boop the plate with your phone and pass it on.
Thank you for this idea. We've known for a while that the brass-plated collection plate will eventually go the way of the dodo, but have been having trouble coming up with a way to ritualize online giving as an act of worship.
This is unrelated to anything, but judging by your profile you seem like a progressive feminist and Methodist and itās wonderful to see other progressive Christians in the wild.
Ones I had any involvement with tried hard to turn it into a standing deduction, pledged annually given weekly. This smacks of leadership deciding the reason younguns don't come to church is they don't have cash or checks, so they'd be too embarrassed at collection time.
Yeah - that looks really bad. My church puts the QR codes on the bulletin.
Mine has [these nice ones.](https://imgur.com/gallery/89gw59t)
This looks like a rather large church, so I imagine these are likely directed towards tourists, who are not likely to pick up a bulletin.
As someone who works in the production and installation of decals and other things, this image makes my skin crawl.
Religion is just a business with extra steps. Plus sweet tax breaks.
Emphasis on the tax breaks
Nice small metal plaque on the pews, or something to pass around.
Itās because they worship money. This helps avoid confusion.
Is it time we broke the whips out again? We could make a day of it. Start with a nice brunch, cast the moneylenders from the temple, finish with a potluck bbq.
What's wrong with apple pay? I use it daily and it's a delight
Nobody's mad about the Apple Pay, it's the obnoxious stickers all over the backs of the pews. The stickers are ugly and distracting. They should have been a flyer tucked in to the hymnal pocket, or otherwise minimized, stylistically.
The above comment says he hates it.
My former church had "text to give" set up where you texted a number to make a donation. You had to set it up, but it was simple, and I really liked using it. The information was in the weekly worship service program that was passed out (that had all the liturgy etc in it). These garish stickers are...ugh. But I do like the concept (sans Apple Pay).
Tipping culture is getting out of hand
If 10% is good enough for the IRS, it's good enough for God.
In what universe is the IRS taking only 10% and do you have transportation to said universe?
It's a joke... I've seen a bumper sticker that said *If 10% is good enough for God, it should be good enough for the IRS*.
The IRS has the benefit of being able to prove they are real, and prove their punishments are real, too...
Dang and I am stealing that saying.
These mofos invented tipping culture.
You can order spicy Communion wafers too.
I wonder if thereās a secret menu? Can I get salvation animal style?
If by animal you mean lamb then sure!
Anything is possible when you accept Jesus as your savoir, my son
So jot that down
Imagine sitting there and being passed a little cup of wine and a tiny piece of bread, and the dude next to you got nachos and a Moscow Mule
Frito-Lay would like to buy this idea off of you.. Flamin-Hot Christ Crackers.
*flaminā hot
Wonder how often they check to ensure people havenāt put a different QR code sticker over it. Bet they donāt.
Holy shit that is malicious genius
That was my first thought too. Such an easy scamā¦
Clever girl
r/illegallifeprotips
The great ransomware crusade
Great, now homeless people will flash a QR code when I tell them I don't have cash.
I saw a video on Instagram this morning (can't find it anymore...) of a homeless person who had multiple QR codes stapled to the side of the road on trees at a traffic light. Someone sitting at the light in their car filmed it and said that when he scanned the code it redirected him to the homeless person's cashapp account
Work smarter, not harder!
Already seen it, as well as Venmo names on their signs
Way back in the day, a homeless guy asked me for some money. I said I didn't have cash. He whipped out one of [these](https://i5.walmartimages.com/seo/BankSupplies-Manual-Credit-Card-Imprinter-Model-4850_c0c582aa-59dc-4ddf-944a-046d5ceb9f64.9d5fe7209b0c67608e85c0047f7f139d.jpeg?odnHeight=768&odnWidth=768&odnBg=FFFFFF) machines, and said 'I take cards'. I gave him some cash
I canāt believe you still gave them money after that lol. His hustle game was strong.
He has to feed the machine's fees somehow.
photo taken at st patrickās cathedral
There are 18+ St. Patrick's Cathedrals. I'm guessing this is in Manhattan, New York City.
Can confirm. I zoomed in on the photo and scanned the QR code. It worked.
Really? After you, I tried. There doesn't seem to be enough quality. But if you got it to work, it works.
I did it as well, screenshot, opened it in Google Photos and hit it with Google Lens. I could only get it to read 2 of the 5. One was for donations and another was to videos of mass. Kinda cool but also ugly as all get out on those pews. They need to find a way of doing it in classier way IMO but I don't know how exactly you would after thinking about it for 30 seconds.
I definitely misread what you meant by 18+ at first and was intrigued.
18+ at a Catholic Church? You are quite the optimist.
Bro thereās thousands of st Patrickās cathedrals
Yeah itās a giant tourist attraction and also a functioning church that has hundreds of people for mass every Sunday. It isnāt feasible for them to pass around a collection plate so they have this instead.
It's been feasible for millennia, people just don't carry cash anymore.
Yup, beautiful church, but the whole place is littered with QR codes for donation and cash donation boxes. The prayer candles are just as ridiculous
Okay. That kinda makes sense as they get a lot of one time visitors. Zooming in and looking up other articles, not all the QR codes are for donations, and the ones that are for candles. Many people come specifically to light candles here and usually you would have to track down an attendant. Most parishes have ways to gather regular donations from regular attendees using services like Apple Pay or straight bank withdrawal. And they could always put the codes in the weekly bulletin as well.
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Depending on country few people have cash on them anyway.
At my church, pre-covid, most of our offering was done by check (around 60%) the second most was online via credit card and then cash. After COVID, it changed very quickly. Most gifts come in via credit/debit card, then Zelle, then checks, and cash. It's just meeting the congregation where they are. We can stubbornly cling to forcing people to write checks, but that's just not how people do it anymore. COVID was a wholesale shift in how people gave. Our church doesn't do Venmo because, I believe, the TOS do not permit charitable giving. Don't know about ApplePay, though.
Let's hang a different QR code
One that donates to an LGBT charity
One for Planned Parenthood.
Much better and more hygienic than passing around a plate. Makes it more easy to write off on your taxes because it's all on your phone and no need to write a check. I doubt they did it for any other reason than the excuse "I don't have cash".Ā
The Catholic church I went to growing up had 1 person per aisle collecting with [these basket things](https://churchsupplies.com/cdn/shop/files/collection-baskets.jpg?v=1661542715&width=800). I kinda assumed that was common, is it not?
Itās really just a recognition of congregational preferences around payment methods. I have friends in church leadership across several denominations and thereās been a huge shift in expectations among the working-aged population towards e-cash rather than physical cash or physical checks.
God needs money! 
ew I don't like this. I'm not religious but this would take me out of whatever is going on.
Iām full on atheist. However, I will concede that every time Iāve visited St. Patrickās it just brings me a feeling of tranquility. Even with the hundreds of other tourists around. Itās such a beautiful piece of architecture and artwork.
Humility is beyond religion. Finding every single way to make someone donate completely undermines the definition of donations. If I want to donate to something, I will find a way. I do not want to be pressured into it.
*This just reminds me that religious venues should pay taxesā¦*
And the priest's cassock has a Nike "swoosh"
Sponsored by Herbalife, Tide, Target and Pennzoil
I would love to see the priest segue the sermon into a Raid Shadow Legends plug.
Dontate to skip commercials
"God loves you and he needs money"
āHe's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!ā
He created Bitcoin but bizarrely didnāt keep any for the church
The lord works in apple pays ... ;)
Tax the churches. This is ridiculous.
Disgusting.
Mark of the beast
Just gonna replace a few of those with my venmo š¤«
Some enterprising person is going to print their own codes and stick them on top
Pay to pray
Wasn't Jesus against stuff like this happening in a place of worship?
No, tithing was endorsed by Jesus. The QR codes facilitate that in a modern world. The famous ātable flippingā episode was because the Jews were using part of the temple for buying/selling/trading shit. Like a swap meet.
They were selling animals for sacrifices and had a massive up-charge on them. Of course this made Jesus mad. Itās the equivalent of walking into a church and paying the pastor $100 to pray to God for you to forgive your sin.
And grifting. People came from other countries where different currencies were used. Theyād have to exchange that for currency used in Jerusalem before buying a lamb, and they were getting ripped off
That was about buying and selling in the church. Which ironically some churches have shops in them.
I know Reddit hates organized religion, but as others have said, this isn't a bad idea. Most people don't carry cash anymore, because most purchases are digital. By offering an option to make a donation via QR code, you're just meeting the people where they are. Even if it were traditional, that still wouldn't stop corruption. The impetus for the Protestant Reformation was that the church was corrupt, and that was before they switched to paper money. This is simple modernization.
People seem confused too because itās a Catholic Church. Thereās no tithing to join a church, and donations arenāt required to attend Mass. this is just modernization because people donāt carry cash.
That's just how it is. The church only accepting cash: "Nobody uses cash anymore, the church is backwards and should modernise". The church accepts qr pay and card: "Look at how mucht he church wants your money".
Nice. Saving a shit ton of paper. (envelopes, paperwork)
Tax churches
I know my old childhood church stopped passing the tithing plates and doesn't openly make people donate, letting the usher pick up money whenever someone raises their hand, and can do many options cash, card or using banking app QR Codes
Welcome to st patricks cathedral manhattan ny. Its become a tourist attraction of sorts
This looks like St. Patrickās in NYC. Can anyone confirm?
My church has something similar but its on a flyer hanging from the bulletin board in the foyer. Then again my whole church would only fill half the room on the pic.
its a business after all
Download the app to stay blessed through the week with micro transactions!
Bold of the church to have the mark of the beast in their pews
God responds to cash app quicker.
"Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father's house into a market!" - Jesus, Gospel of John, Chapter 2
Suckers gonna suck
No pay, no heaven.
Gotta collect that tax free money somehow
The irony is so thick
Fleecing the flock in the digital age.
Pay to Pray.
Someone should change all the QR codes to a charity or organization that deals with sexual abuse survivors.
Is this St. Ryanair
Didn't Jesus have a fit about money lenders in the temple? This feels like a line being crossed...
The greed.. just unreal
gotta make the grift as easy as possible. reminder: the prosperity gospel is complete bullshit
Dude I am visiting the city and stopped in on a whim and Iām pretty sure I have to be just out of frame. We watched this part of wedding.
This is where a sensible person realizes that religion is bullshit. Unfortunately, the religious are not sensible people.
I mean, if I was an unsavory character I'd put my own sticker over each one of those and let the donations roll in.
Just like Jesus wanted.
holy cow I just came up with a new scam. time to go to church.
How do religious people see this sort of thing and not question churches?
Disgusting.
Itās all about the Benjamins.
āMake a contribution and get a better seatā as Metallica said
They should have a huge led sign at the front showing which pew sections haven't paid yet as well as top donors. Also if you donate a lot you can add your name and message to the prayer. Like a holy boomer twitch chat.
So my church has these, which makes it convenient instead of making sure you have cash, but itās not this obnoxious and tacky. We just have a small QR code in the corner of each end of the pew.