LaserMonks Offer Prayer, Printer Cartridges

Minnesotan writes "According to a Twincities.com article: If you need discounted inkjet- or laser-printer cartridges, Wisconsin's LaserMonks say they'll give you a doozy of a deal while you 'support prayer for the world'. The Cistercian priests - yes, they're actual Catholic monks - oversee a novel e-commerce enterprise out of their rural abbey. Proceeds go to maintain the monastery and finance charitable works around the world."

Comments

Re:time honored tradition

[drenehtsral]

Christ on a pogo stick! Get over it already. I'm personaly an atheist, but I still think it's sort of a neat idea. Spit your venom elsewhere, please.

technicalities

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and playing with their dogs Luxor, an Egyptian Pharaoh hound, and Ludwig, a Doberman pinscher.
periodically heads aloft in a 1954 Piper Tri-Pacer recently donated to the abbey and maintained by private donations
he will use it for travel to business meetings as LaserMonks continues to grow.
McCoy, like his brethren, is allowed no possessions other than a few mementos with deep meaning.

I think this is why some religious organizations have such a bad name. Although they preach humility, piety and charity, as you dig deeper you find pure bred dogs, private aircraft, and a desire not to mix with unwashed masses by flying commercial. Sure they don't own anything, but that is almost like a rich man transferring assets to a proxy to avoid taxes and insure entrance to heaven. These things have to be more than technical requirements.

Combine this with their heavy sales pitch that a purchase will help those less fortunate, and one gets close to the likes of girl scout extortion, the selling of papal indulgences, and claiming to be the protector of the environment while sucking electricity like there is no next generation.

There are a lot of fine religious leaders out there. I have worked with many of them, and the come from all faiths. Most of them would not consider excessive luxuries for themselves before the needs of others. Most of them would take responsibility for they blessings they use, and not hide behind technicalities.