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The Daily Mess Why Do Church Offering Plates Look So Fancy Plus Is It A Psychological Game · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: what's going on? It's that guy that's always asking questions.
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  Speaker 1: It's because the fund always begins when you start researching
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  Speaker 1: for answers. Why is the offering plate at your church
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  Speaker 1: coming across as the fanciest plate in the house. Plus
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  Speaker 1: is that offering plate seen as something positive or negative?
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  Speaker 1: the picture becomes clearer. This is the daily mess. Why
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  Speaker 1: is the so called offering plate or tithing plate at
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  Speaker 1: church always over decorated, as if to be too big
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  Speaker 1: for the true identity of the community the church serves Well,
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  Speaker 1: it's all about symbolism. In so many traditions, sharing and
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  Speaker 1: offering is given to the great Creator, not just to
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  Speaker 1: the church. This is why the tithing plate is made
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  Speaker 1: to look special, even or nate, as if to say,
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  Speaker 1: give your best honor something higher. Shows us that something
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  Speaker 1: as simple as the offering plate was once crafted and
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  Speaker 1: cared for with true spiritual artistry. Beauty was associated with
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  Speaker 1: reverence as well as importance. Even if your current congregation
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  Speaker 1: is modest, the physical design of your offering plate might
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  Speaker 1: still reflect a different period of the church's history. That
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  Speaker 1: physical design of the church's offering plate is meant to
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  Speaker 1: be psychological. It's saying, hey, I'm important, This moment right
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  Speaker 1: now really does matter. And the weight of the offering plate,
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  Speaker 1: oh ho ho, it does matter. It totally sets up
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  Speaker 1: your heart emotionally. Hey, coming up next. If passing the
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  Speaker 1: plate in church is seen as psychological, what areas are
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  Speaker 1: we traveling into? Hey? Welcome back to the daily mess.
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  Speaker 1: If passing the plate in churches seen as psychological, is
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  Speaker 1: it always a positive message being sent? In most churches,
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  Speaker 1: everything from the altered to the pew is designed to
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  Speaker 1: feel cohesive and reverent. That simple offering plate can play
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  Speaker 1: with a person's heartstrings, and if not properly touched, it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't have to be positive, especially if the plate looks
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  Speaker 1: greater than the community that it's representing. It's moments like
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  Speaker 1: this when members of a congregation are said to feel
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  Speaker 1: pressure in the way of guilt. Not all churches use
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  Speaker 1: plates that are ornate. We see simple things like a basket.
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  Speaker 1: We also see boxes that came from the back of
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  Speaker 1: the room. Churches such as my Church Elevation here in Charlotte,
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  Speaker 1: their tithing is online. So don't think badly if you
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  Speaker 1: happen to have a plate that's sitting right there in
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  Speaker 1: front of you saying, hey, give to the church. Your
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  Speaker 1: goal should be to listen to the Church's story and
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  Speaker 1: not your assumption. A fancy offering plate isn't an effort
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  Speaker 1: to show off the church. It's symbolism and tradition. And
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  Speaker 1: if you feel out of step due to what people
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  Speaker 1: are putting into to a plate, then the best thing
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  Speaker 1: to do is to get up and go hand your
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  Speaker 1: offering to a human person. I'm Marrow and that's the
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