Can pastor hold a platinum card and own club memberships?

last SG · 2006-12-08T23:46:28+00:00

wow, like that you can also find the article. Anyway, at least they are honest enough to admit their "honest mistake". But the most highly paid ones are not...

Honeybunz SG

I know of a pastor who has a privileged credit card and bought an expensive club membership (not those cheap cheap CDANS or SAFRA kind).

Are they allowed to do that? Confused

mistyblue SG

he want to preach in the club and buy food for poor people with his platinum card

Gackt247 SG

Technically they can.. but how pple will see of them is another matter altogether

laurence82 SG

actually, what is bothering is not that they got such stuff, but how they manage to earn enough to splurge on such luxuries

Honeybunz SG

IMO, church ministers MUST NOT draw salary.
They can get allowance for their day to day spending. But the amount should be limited to only enough to sustain basic expenditure such as food, drinks, transport - NOT some prestigious memberships or condominium. Mad

mistyblue SG

the world had changed …

mhcampboy SG

i know a monk from my neighbourhood tat wears the robe and travels in taxis and carries a pda... Mr. Green

DailyFreeGames.com SG

wah liew eh, being a pastor is already very tough, you still want to add chilli powder and curry to their life style.

kalangkabo SG

platinum card very big meh?
my POSB Everyday Card also says platinum... Mr. Green

on the same note, what do you think of pastors who drive mercs or bmws or other flashy cars?

mistyblue SG

have you seen nuns shopping, monks in expensive cars, pastors molesting, or clerics have 40 wives, teachers go to pubs, CEO of charity organization want gold tap and high salary, highest paid ministers in the world still want yet another salary increase, kids getting aids, etc.

The world changed.

I would only say I am spiritual, never believe in dogma.

Rock^Star SG

This world has all sorts of logic. Ask a bank robber why he has done what he did and he will say he's right to to do so. Laughing

Obviously the pastor thinks he has every right to own a platinum card and still serve God wholeheartedly. Many many others think the same way. Most Catholics like myself would beg to differ though.

Icemoon SG

Allowance? Machiam NSF allowance? Laughing

Cannot la .. church ministers are NOT priests or nuns. They have a family to support. They have kids to feed.

mistyblue SG

then its just another job?

Icemoon SG

if they dun want to get paid like Pastor Kong Hee also can.

If they are not like him so eloquent can give 'speaking tours' overseas, then they ought to get paid a salary.

Honeybunz SG

Maybe with a pda he can chant better lor

mhcampboy SG

Well, lets just say, God is worth a lot of money. And anyone in the service of it will get a share... Mr. Green

Honeybunz SG

And therefore, they should draw a salary of $3500 to $5000 a month from donation of congregation which is made up of mostly youngsters who don't earn much?

Unidentified SG

that nothing , last time i saw a monk who drove to my working place , i saw him driving in a BMW , wearing normal robe but with nike sport shoe , and of course a PDA

mhcampboy SG

i like your thinking... Mr. Green

mistyblue SG

maybe he needs to spend for the congregation? And sometimes, he also want to let the congregation enjoy and so have a membership card so that he can bring people in there for a nice talk and a spot of golf while he preach about the miracles of god and how he can deliver us from evil and forgive trespassors.
Anyways, whatever is collected, he manage right? So who can say... maybe donations are generious. Paster take 10% and it still come up to 5 digit salary. So he take loh. 90% also save up for a rainy day loh.

Why you question pasters owning material stuff. I don't think they renounce themselves from material things... Besides we don't know the truth behind all these cards..