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The Church of England will introduce contactless card terminals at 16,000 churches, cathedrals and religious sites today, to make donations faster and easier...
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  • aj23_2
    aj23_2 Posts: 1,155 Forumite
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    Don't forget to ask for a receipt in case you want a refund from God within 28 days. Statutory rights not affected.
  • pmartin86
    pmartin86 Posts: 776 Forumite
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    Seriously? News?
  • pogofish
    pogofish Posts: 10,853 Forumite
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    Surely this is a charities board issue, not credit cards..?
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    Whatever happened to the power of prayer?
  • DarrenJInglis
    DarrenJInglis Posts: 31 Forumite
    Just imagine...rather than passing round a collections plate, they pass around a card machine !!!55357;!!!56834;

    No excuses for not having change anymore during mass! Haha
  • BorisThomson
    BorisThomson Posts: 1,721 Forumite
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    Biggles wrote: »
    Whatever happened to the power of prayer?

    You're only entitled if you can afford it! ;)

    Feels pretty distasteful to me. I could understand it for admission charges, but the CofE are hardly short of money.
  • msallen
    msallen Posts: 1,494 Forumite
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    Will there be section 75 or chargeback cover available if Aunt Mabel fails to recover from her operation, or little Johnny doesn't get good enough grades, or United don't win the league, or anything else that anyone "prays" for?
  • Robisere
    Robisere Posts: 3,237 Forumite
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    As a Humanist and Atheist, I nevertheless find this distasteful. Having been given a religious battering by a Methodist mother who was also an abuser, I think this sums up the CoE of the 21st Century, perfectly.

    What next? Order a Saints' relic from Amazon? Pieces of the cross on Ebay?
    I think this job really needs
    a much bigger hammer.
  • msallen
    msallen Posts: 1,494 Forumite
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    Robisere wrote: »
    As a Humanist and Atheist, I nevertheless find this distasteful. Having been given a religious battering by a Methodist mother who was also an abuser, I think this sums up the CoE of the 21st Century, perfectly.

    What next? Order a Saints' relic from Amazon? Pieces of the cross on Ebay?

    I agree its distasteful, but I wouldn't really expect anything else from any religion (especially the Abrahamic ones). Its just papal indulgences updated to the 21st century.
  • AllieKat
    AllieKat Posts: 109 Forumite
    How is this any more distasteful than passing the plate for cash? Cards have replaced cash for most of us, so it makes sense.
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