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If you won $3 million, would you give it to your local church?

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ryan.c
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so im sitting in jiffy lube getting my NYS inspection and as always, cnn is on the tv. the reporter comes on and asks that exact question. my answer was hell no. im not religious, but even if i was, i wouldnt give a church $3 million. the story was about some guy that had a $3 million lottery ticket and without any hesitation, he donated it to his church in NY. the church will get a little over $100k a year until 2028.

heres a link i found on yahoo:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080827/koddities/oddity_lottery_church
Aug 28 2008 11:21PM
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josh.
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your sarcasm meter must be broken
Aug 29 2008 3:28PM
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steve.o
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hells no, heaven is free.
Aug 29 2008 3:35PM
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TheButterHashira
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I would donate it to my local library so they could buy more copies of "the god delusion".
Or perhaps erect a gigantic statue of a gay black jesus and donate the remainder to planned parent hood.

Jk If I had all that money I might donate some money to a church in my community because they do good things in the community sometimes. I would probably give it to my families presbyterian church because it is very small, in a small town and I have seen the home the preacher lives in and it is quite modest.
Aug 30 2008 3:13PM
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Mike34113
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wow i give him credit to do if i was him id pocket 2.5 mill and give them the rest
Aug 30 2008 3:32PM
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ATLskier
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I would give a small percentage, but the money i would give to charity would be to people starving in jaimaica and shit.

If I won a ton of money in the lottery, like hundreds of millions, I would start my own ski resort in NC.
Aug 30 2008 4:41PM
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comeatmebro
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hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!

i can see it now..."give us your money, and god will accept you and save your soul from the depths of hell"

wow, i bet he'll be pissed when he finds out god isn't even real. (not that he'd ever find out, but still)

actually, what would be even funnier is if he doesn't even to make it to heaven. imagine how pissed he'd be sucking the devils dick for eternity realizing how stupid he was!!
Aug 30 2008 5:34PM
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mmckechnie
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i'd be kind of hard to retire on 3 million.  say you live 60 more years, that's only 50,000 to live on a year.  Inflation wouldn't make things any better either.  I mean you could do it, but it wouldn't be a super comfortable life.

I'd save it and then every year I could go on a super sick ski trip and never have to worry about saving up for a new pair of skis
Aug 30 2008 5:40PM
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*DrewT*
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agreed

Aug 30 2008 7:49PM
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doublexl
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true. but it was a fucking scam.

nothing good comes from churches.
Aug 30 2008 8:55PM
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leckett1
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Uh I would donate my money to something that actually helps mankind...

Obviously I would buy myself the treats of my dreams (fancy car, insane home theatre system, gaming and skateboard stuff. I don't give a flying fuck what kind of house I live in) but I would donate everything I didn't spend towards an orphanage probably. Seeing children without parents is one of the most heartbreaking sights you can see. Fuck I might even adopt one or two and give them a kind loving home since I'd have the money. Just think about it...I don't think there is a better thing to spend that kind of money on.
Aug 30 2008 9:25PM
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ryan.c
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^yeah i deff would donate some to somthing usefull, but spend a bunch on me, and save like another million for later in life like kids going to college n shit.

and id deff keep working even tho i won
Aug 31 2008 12:18PM
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AMG.
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if he got all 3 mil in one lump sum, then put it in an account that has even a 3% interest rate. after a year it would make $90,000 in interest. if he really wanted to donate to his church he could have sat on the 3 mil and donated the interest, that way he looses none of his original winnings to his church. the only problem is i think he recieves the money in small installments like $100,000 a year or something so that cant happen lol.

Aug 31 2008 1:07PM
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messplay
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i dont really go to church as much anymore but if i did i would donate maybe $10k-$30k

and the rest i would spend wisely, verrry wisely bahahah
Aug 31 2008 2:20PM
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grams.
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no but i'd probably give somewhere around 10% of it to the church/charities/fundraisers
Aug 31 2008 2:22PM
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