JUST OPEN YOUR HEART, DAMMIT!

[Randy Carson]

Or we could assume that those millions were donated to the poor, while a reasonable sum was kept to purchase and run less, but suitable, expensive housing for their parishioners. 

I suppose that would be far too giving though. 

I understand what you're trying to say, but there is another aspect of this that I did not cover in my response above: namely, is it fitting to give our best to an almighty God?

IOW, people donate money to a church not to make the pastor wealthy but because they want to give to God. And not just money, but time and talent, as well. If God exists, are we going to be chintzy in our buildings that are designed to magnify and glorify him? Are we going to go cheap on the carpeting and the choir robes and the floral arrangements? (Do you think the angels in heaven are wearing hand-me-downs or playing second-hand harps?  )

See, people LOVE God and want to show their love and gratitude for what He has done for them in tangible ways. How then can the Church take the money which was donated in order to by a pipe organ or a stain-glassed window and say, "Well, that's all very nice, but we have a better idea of what to do with your offering to God than you do."

It's a fun way for non-believers to hammer Christians, of course, but it's not as simple as the meme portrays or as Min believes.