Intangible Religious Benefits

by Tony Steward on December 12, 2007

The Church has not provided any goods or services to the donor in exchange for these contributions. Any goods or services you may have received in connection with this gift were solely intangible religious benefits.

- Member Contribution Report from my church

How does this paragraph strike you?

I am a detail Nazi – so it feels off to me. Like any thing I might have received while being a part of giving to my church is intangible and hapenstance (sp). Is this just legal jargon ? Or a glaring example of how in love the church has become in being corporate?