Poor Box Bett(er)ing

Started by Gardener, August 30, 2014, 04:24:29 PM

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Gardener

Per this post: http://www.suscipedomine.com/forum/index.php?topic=3404.msg181152#msg181152

How about there be a game of poor box betting.

Situation: someone makes an assertion which has a provable outcome, i.e., x thread has 20 posts left before it's locked. There is then a challenge on taking that as a bet. Challenge/bet MUST be publicly accepted to be valid. I propose a cap of 10 dollars but anything from 10 down. So, "I bet you $1-10 to the poor box you're wrong".

This way, we can have the excitement of a bet but the winner is always going to be the poor box, and those that find its filling a benefit.

Obviously, this would be honor system.

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Chestertonian

I like it... W wonder if churches use the poor box always wondered where my money
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Quote from: Chestertonian on August 30, 2014, 04:28:30 PM
I like it... W wonder if churches use the poor box always wondered where my money

Typically it goes to St Vincent de Paul's

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My church doesn't have a poor box.  :-\ But my priest and the pastoral associate made a bet once, about how many people would show up for Confession, with the loser donating the proceeds to Catholic Charities.
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