Do you think that the religious places shall charge tickets?
By youless
@youless (112916)
Guangzhou, China
February 27, 2025 1:20am CST
Lately the flowers are blooming everywhere here and I heard the tabebuia chrysanthas are very beautiful in a temple. I planned to take some photos but then I found out they charged tickets to go inside.
It is not expensive at all, but this is not the point in my opinion. I just think that the religious places shall not charge tickets at all. They can depend on the donations or something like that. Here there are also other beautiful temples and churches which are totally free of charge to go inside. I just don't understand why that temple is so different to charge people to go inside. Especially I think Buddism is a different religion and they don't seek money as their goal.
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@allknowing (143426)
• India
27 Feb
They do not charge here and I only hope they do not in future
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@kaylachan (76669)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Feb
It's a common pratice here in the U.S. a curch requires money to run just like any other structure that hosts people. codes and standards are required to be met all of the time. Since it's not designed to run like a business (as it's a place of worship) they need some kind of money coming in. So in addation to the basket being passed around to collect money, they might charge for services like weddings, or other relgiious events. So, a temple charging tickets doesn't sound unreasonable to me.
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@youless (112916)
• Guangzhou, China
28 Feb
I can understand that. But it's better to ask for the donations when people go inside to pray. Here people can buy the incense when they are in the temple and it's a kind of income to the temple. Charging tickets looks like business companies.
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@kaylachan (76669)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Feb
@youless I can see where they're coming from. They aren't getting enough on sales or voluntary donations to maintain required standards. So they need a guarenteed sorce that they can rely on.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16893)
• China
27 Feb
Now some religious places have become very commercial ! They make money under the guise of God.
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@arunima25 (89616)
• Bangalore, India
27 Feb
Most religious places don't charge. But then there are few that have become very popular and more of tourist destinations. The donations and funds are not enough to maintain it and the huge crowd has to be managed. They charge some minimum amount.
Place of worship should be free and accessible to all
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@arunima25 (89616)
• Bangalore, India
1 Mar
@youless Yes, times have changed and so have people.
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@somewitch (2328)
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27 Feb
I agree donations should be the way to go, especially since it’s an active place of worship and not a museum. Maybe people aren’t donating enough and they need the money for the upkeep.
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