"Will a man rob God?"
How many times have we heard this crap used as a weapon in order to enrich the lives of various COG leaders? It is a weapon because in almost every single instance the salvation of the sheeple are at risk if they do not head the call and put extra money in the envelope every time they turn it in.
Members have ruined their lives and of their families in order to heed these perverse demands. Every single one of these men in charge of the various COG's have lived lives of privilege and luxury over the decades. Rare has been the man in charge of a COG who has ever done extended heavy duty manual labor. God forbid if they ever had to work so hard they had callouses on their hands!