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Re:Dead millionaire convinced dozens of women to have as man... by akudha on Sunday December 13, 2020 @03:52PM (#25410137)
This is a great idea. If I were rich, I'd leave my fortune to the three biggest religious leaders in my city (I am an atheist). The condition is that every decision to spend that money would have to be unanimous and public.

Now, that would be hilarious to watch!

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Re:Dead millionaire convinced dozens of women to have as man... by jariel on Sunday December 13, 2020 @04:25PM (#25410439)
That's not 'atheist' - that's 'deeply cynical' and obviously completely misunderstanding religion.

For example, Catholic, Protestant an Jewish leadership of any city, given those terms, would have little problem finding a project to spend that money on. Either one of numerous charities or here [1] to start.

I think the title of the article, is not informative either.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaith_Center_of_New_York

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Re:Dead millionaire convinced dozens of women to have as man... by darkerside on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:30PM (#25412876)
Let's try not to downvote true statements we don't like
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Re:Dead millionaire convinced dozens of women to have as man... by sumedh on Sunday December 13, 2020 @07:46PM (#25412083)
They divide the money in 3 piles and agree that they can spend their pile as they want.

Not sure why that would be hilarious?

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Re:Dead millionaire convinced dozens of women to have as man... by sameerds on Monday December 14, 2020 @03:32AM (#25414746)
"every decision to spend that money" sounds pretty specific to me. The decision to split the pile isn't sufficient to escape that requirement.
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Re:Dead millionaire convinced dozens of women to have as man... by Kinrany on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:33AM (#25415860)
They can still just split and launder the money, the mechanics are not interesting
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Re:Dead millionaire convinced dozens of women to have as man... by smnrchrds on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:30PM (#25412870)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_Quo_(Jerusalem_and_Beth...
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Re:Dead millionaire convinced dozens of women to have as man... by RickJWagner on Monday December 14, 2020 @08:51PM (#25426097)
I think there's a lot of intersection, even among religions. (Feeding the poor, for example. Or helping widows and orphans.)

I imagine the 3 would quickly reach agreement, but they'd also agree to keep your views (atheist) out of the announcements. Can't advertise good deeds of that nature, of course!

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Re:Dead millionaire convinced dozens of women to have as man... by joshxyz on Sunday December 13, 2020 @06:55PM (#25411747)
Thats just cruel lol
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Re:Dead millionaire convinced dozens of women to have as man... by xavierlint on Sunday December 13, 2020 @07:20PM (#25411930)
It's a gift, one can always reject it.
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Re:Dead millionaire convinced dozens of women to have as man... by nxmnxm99 on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:46PM (#25411187)
What? I'm confused
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