It wasn't meant that way. I truly didn't understand what anyone going to church had to do with you donating elsewhere. For you to then say I'm always critical..was not nice IMO...especially when you followed that up with a note about shutting this thread, and how not nice people are. Maybe it's the way you are reading the many posts you are seeing that on. I certainly didn't think anything I said, made this a "not nice" post.
I guess I know so many people who give outside of church, to the city mission, united way, animal groups, salvation army, and the many people who call to ask for donations, it never occured to me, that someone wouldn't know where to give. And I'm not being snotty..it really didn't. We'd like less offers of chances to give ourselves. I didn't understand the question, so I asked what was meant. I figured if I didn't understand it, then possibly other's didn't either. I don't always understand what someone is asking. In this instance, you never mentioned the book and the plan, so I wasn't clear on what you wanted to know. Personally, and I could be wrong, I don't think many people who didn't attend church gave to a church (or at least non believers)..unless they are a non attending believing member and still wanted to support the church.
QUOTE=etwinchester]The part in ( ) didn't need to be included. It made it sound kind of critical.
I was asking non-members since I didn't know how they then gave. If they still donated money to their local church or donated money to charities instead. I was just curious what non-attenders do...[/QUOTE]
