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Why don't you donate a large % of your winnings to the Church? You know, the ones who made this all possible?

Is "winnings" the right word here?

Seem like he solved a problem people were willing to pay for http://trevormckendrick.com/my-first-year-in-the-app-store/

In English it is not, but in other languages, such as French, "winnings" is indeed how to say "earnings".

Did I miss the part that said he didn't tithe?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this guy agnostic? I believe he created the app as a business opportunity, not that he is practicing Christian himself.

My grandmother was part of a church that heavily depended on gifts. The priest would send her envelopes with 10 cents in them. You can't really buy anything with 10 cents, but you sure feel bad when you spend it. So she would usually send back 1010 cents (10$ and the original 10 cents). Don't know why I am telling you this, but that is a hell of a fundraising effort.

The customers that would buy a bible-app are the same who would gladly donate to their church. Indirectly this app may have already contributed its "winnings" back into the community. Maybe someone got inspired by reading the bible-app and did a good deed or grew spiritually. How is that for a winning!

The biggest Christian publisher in my country has been sending take-down notices to websites offering bible texts for free (vs. their paid access). They rather see money than people strengthening their faith. Mull on that for a while.

Yes because Churches don't have enough money already.

Most churches don't have enough money to fund their ministries.

Cry me a river.

I'm not crying, pal. I'm responding to a false assertion. Deal with it.

Which church made this possible? Several versions of the bible are public domain, he licensed the versions that weren't. Unless a church helped him write the app he owes them nothing.

He just sold them an app worth a lot of money, why would he give more?

Besides, churches already make enough money as it is.

churches already make enough money as it is

No, actually they don't. Let me explain why. The vast majority of churches are very small and underfunded. They are not at all like Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church, or some kind of megachurch. Many of them struggle to fund ministries, and don't pay their clergy and staff much at all.

Account created 50 minutes ago; comment posted 47 minutes ago.

Someone's feelin' salty.

Someone's a troll. Plain and simple. That kind of comment is why visible account creation dates matter.

Why does the account creation matter? Because the point made bothers you so you'd better discuss the personality of the person who made them?

Address the topic, stay away from ad hominem.

Besides, my account is 209 days old.

It's not an "ad hominem" to observe that accounts with low-quality comments are new.

You attacked my comment based on your misperception of my account. It's the definition of an ad hominem.

That's not what an ad hominem is. It's Latin for "to the man." It means an argument directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining, which is not what I did at all. I argued against your false assertion that "churches already make enough money as it is" by pointing out that it's abundantly clear that not all of them do.

Also, it's not a "misperception" to observe the reality that your account is new, and that your comment is essentially thinly-veiled trolling.

209 days is "new" to you?

Why does it even matter how old the account is?

To someone whose account is 2961 days old? Yes.

What are you talking about? My account is 209 days old.

At any rate, ad hominem are not welcome on HN. Address the topic or say nothing, it's a waste of time to speculate on the author.

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