bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "WELS and Other Lutherans:The Differences Explained...":
The WELS' robbing the CG Egyptians is totally backwards. First the CG gurus rob the WELS, and then the CG initiates get the WELS to spend all it's members hard-earned cash.
Bible study is nearly free compared to the steep prices that the WELS must pay for attending out-of-state CG conferences, and getting Doctor of Divinity degrees at CG seminaries. Then the CG pastor gets his church and synod to spend all their gelt, and ends up with a lot fewer members and churches in the process. On top of that, it gets the CG pastors in trouble with the doctrinal arm-chair cops, even though their DPs might approve, or turn a blind eye.
The CG's "robbing the Egyptians" has many points of similarity to this woman who tried to avoid paying (robbing) at a parking tollbooth, which is relatively inexpensive, like studying the Bible. Whereby she lost her car and her insurability, and her reputation--having been booked by the cops. She nearly lost her life, while CG pastors risk losing eternal life and their listeners eternal life.
First, the woman got drunk and spent all her cash, much like CG pastors get drunk on CG and spend all their money on CG. Then she didn't have enough money to pay at the airport parking lot toll booth. So she tries to ram through, but ends up hitting the barrier launching her car a la Duke's of Hazzard County. Surprisingly, she survives unscathed, but exits car and makes a cellphone call, thereby igniting leaking gas tank. She is un-singed by fireball as one can see from the police booking mugshot:
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/06/this_is_not_how_youre_supposed.php
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/06/for_those_who_think_that_dfw_c.php
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