Topic: First church to accept bitcoins - page 3. (Read 4346 times)

that's an inspiring story, wonder if you would write a little article for us so that we could publish it in our new online publication expected to launch in a few days.

I'm trying to aim it towards the good news of the CC industry: stories that make you feel good you got into CC, motivate you to stay in CC, and inspired you to do something great to improve the CC industry.

let me know if interested

My husband and I asked our church if they would take Bitcoin.  They said they would look into it.  

We have been holding our coins for the past year though so haven't sold them yet.  If and when we have another bubble, we will sell a few though and we will want to give a portion to our church.  At this point the conversation will hopefully go like this. "We would love to donate a few thousand to the church but we want to do it in Bitcoin.  Can you set up an account at Coinbase or Circle and we will send those funds immediately?"  

I think they will decide to take Bitcoin.  We will see though.  

Also, while I am in India in a few weeks I am going to see if the organization I am working with will set up a Unocoin account so I can send them some too.  It is such a great way to donate internationally because it can save so much on fees. 

Yes of course. Apart the case that bitcoin can help church and poor people, this is a good way to make advertising to bitcoin to the people who never heard of bitcoin.

I just read that one too he should show that to his uncle now lol. But it's a really good news it'll sure get more attention in the community
or atleast among normal people who never heard of bitcoin.

Interesting. But in the other thread there is a guy which said that his uncle said that bitcoin is satanism and Satoshi the devil  .

Anyway, this is a good thing, and hope that bitcoin of church will be used for a good thing.

Wish all of God people lived like them, since that is not the case I'm glad some of the faithful are enjoying the fruits of His glory. 


 

They'll make these guys look poor.

Higher bitcoin adoption, even if it is by churches, is good. 

if so, then there should be many followers will accept bitcoins! good news!

So much hatred of religion here. Such screwed up idiots. If Apple were to accept bitcoin, people would celebrate. If a church accepts bitcoin, people start hating on God.

So irrational. So much hatred. So wrong. So messed up.

We don't in the sense you think "believe in the big bang theory"
We have examined the evidence that was left over from it and concluded that is most likely how the universe began

No one knows (including you) at this point what happened before it and very simply if you say that you require "someone" had to create the universe, then it doesn't answer anymore questions that it poses itself
I.e. Who created the creator and you fall into an infinite regression
If you say that a creator has always been or is some uncaused cause.. you're only digging yourself a deeper hole

I think Socrates once said "True knowledge is knowing that you know nothing"

Also if you think that "nothing" can't come from "nothing" I suggest you have a good think about what nothing actually is and watch a few of Lawrence Krauss' lectures on the subject

I don't agree with many of the church's teachings but I don't think we should be trollish about it. Let's praise them for taking this step.

If they want to grow by leaps and bounds, their leaders should develop Ponzicoin - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-ponzi-ponzicoin-825091 - and implement it among their members.

ooh satan money and baby eating contests.  so what comes after that?

This thread is getting way off course. I can't say I'm surprised of course. Any time there's a topic that's integral to one's identity, there's going to be a different opinion from every participant. The thing is, whether you're an Anglican Christian, a militant atheist, or anything else, your beliefs aren't relevant in Bitcoin Discussion. The thread is about a church in London accepting bitcoins in its collection. It's not "What do you think of churches in general?" Nobody would make that thread because we know that everyone has his/her finger on the trigger when it comes to sharing opinions.

In a futile attempt to steer towards relevant discussion: I support their decision to accept bitcoins. Not only does this help them by making donations more private, it shows people that Bitcoin isn't just for obscure online probably-illegal applications.

That, my friend, is moronic verse.   

It is clear by the usage of the term: "zero-sum game", your knowledge is extremely narrow, the term you meant is "zero-sum gain".   Nevertheless, your postulations are disjointed, illogical, and irrelevant to the matter of God. 

How in the world can you compare or contrast "reason" and "violence"?  Starting with such a weak base it's impossible to build any type of logical argument.  Might as well compare peanuts to hub caps, then conclude "that because there are more ways to eat peanuts these days, God must exist because he didn't create cars man did." -- disjointed premise and illogical conclusion.

Superstition is about that which is 'super', or greater than what one would be expected to believe.  'Super' anything by definition falls outside of the norm.  Given that 90+% of the world population are theist, Atheist are the ones who are 'superstitious'. 

How does anyone that believes "the big bang theory" not understand that a plan had to be conceived prior to anything of that magnetude, furthermore that someone had to create the ingredients to make the thing in the first place. 

You can't make a sandwich without ingredients and a plan of action, but somehow I'm to believe that a full universe came into existence without ingredients or a plan of action -- that's irrational, illogical, and ill-conceived foolishness.

Perhaps I should have explained the reasoning for my militant anti-theism. It is based on 3 premises:

1. Our civilization is a zero-sum game between reason and violence. Where one flourishes, the other suffocates.  When one waxes, the other wanes.

2.  There is also a similar zero-sum game between reason and superstition. Where reason thrives, superstition suffocates - and vice versa.

3. As superstition is the enemy of reason, it is therefore the ally of violence. A more superstitious world is a more violent world. History strongly supports this. Our world has become steadily less violent since the dawn of the age of reason a few hundred years ago. Although this seems a bit counter-intuitive given the World wars, it's true.

Check out "the surprising decline in violence" on youtube. And check out The real God, an Epiphany.

Also check out Christopher Ryan's interview with reason TV. Human beings are sexually omnivorous,  he argues strongly. Monogamy is one of the myths we need to let go of, because the more we embrace our hyper-sexual nature, the less violent our species will become.

.Religion's rabid demonization of natural human sexuality is one of the primary ways it makes our world more violent.

just like thy have nothing to do with fiat, gold, or any other currency ...  the simple fact is they would be wise to accept all currencies -- well not all, you know there are very many that simply have no place in the house of God, or to be handled by those of 'the faith'. 

churches and religion have nothing to do with crypto

rest assured if they are bright enough to accept btc as a part of their collections, they will likely limit their fees as best they can.  The problem is however, that because of fluxuation in rates they may not want to take the gamble of storing btc, fiat is still the most stable of currencies