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"Why are you not charging money for this?" Just because we're posting in a temple of Mammon doesn't mean everybody has to bow at that altar.
by GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
"Why are you not charging money for this?"
Just because we're posting in a temple of Mammon doesn't mean everybody has to bow at that altar.
- gknoy 12y agoIt it bowing at the altar of Mammon to have a career? (An honest question, as I'm not sure what your or Tim's take on that is.) I believe that there's room for being able to make a comfortable income out of something like this, without making the money the priority. Tim could choose look at it not as "I'm getting rich!", and instead as "This is a way for me to sustainably build something I love and ensure that my users can get reliable updates, because I can do this for my career instead of working at {CompanyX}." One could likely even charter it as a business where outside a regular salary, the remainder of any profits get donated back (or costs reduced). It's __certainly__ more trouble than giving it away for free, as you'd need an accountant and worry about taxes. On the other hand, if this is a service that you feel every church deserves good access to if they want it, being able to work full-time on it might make it happen more easily. As for the churches, I'm sure that many of them pay for services that they feel are worth it. Landscaping, maintenance, etc, are not always something that every church can do in-house, and this service sounds like it falls into the bin of "things people would pay for".
- maerF0x0 12y agoAs well he could take the "expand my territory" bent implying that the more funds applied, the more churches could have this, the more churches that have this the better the 'kingdom of God' or whathaveyou