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“Based on the reviews, it seems like a lot of evangelical listeners or bother by the point of view of a lot of the coverage. Which is fair. Depending on what they specifically were bothered by… I have another thought on this but I’ll leave it to the end. The main thing I want to say though is that I think any secular listener would enjoy this podcast, and I think that was mainly the intended audience. It’s not biased against religious people in any way, but it does seem to be focused on concerns that someone outside this context might have. And from that perspective, I think it does a great job. It’s a very well produce podcast. They have definitely done a lot of coverage. It’s not boring, or repetitive. And it gives a great insight into the issues with Hillsong. It definitely would be a 4.5 star podcast without the (some fair, many defensive), religious reviewers. Back to them: I did see that a couple reviews mentioned that they didn’t like the focus and criticism on tithing, and I think that’s fair with two caveats. Firstly, I think the point was to focus on how Hillsong was pressuring people to stretch themselves thin. Which a church shouldn’t do. But as to the fairness of the practice itself: they should’ve mentioned how the money was spent. Definitely, it seemed like some of the clergy were getting paid a lot, but it’s not clear whether that’s a large portion of the budget or not, and it also doesn’t seem unfair to me that a really talented pastor should be compensated well. Just like I think people working at non-profits shouldn’t automatically expect to be paid much less, and that expectation pushes a lot of talented people away. So, if the church was using the tithes in large part for charitable purposes that actually helped people, I think it’s fair to say that that’s a laudable thing to create a culture where people feel encouraged to donate what they can. If they weren’t using the money responsibly, then of course that’s wrong and predatory.”
Dan T. 123 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/11/23
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“This needed to be told ! Excellent research!”
anna magdalena m via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
03/22/23
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“Feels like this could have fit into one or two episodes. Lots of repetition and I kept waiting for the big revelation, only to have the last episode behind a paywall. Frustrating experience.”
0078700 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/18/23
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