SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS
The way we see it, there is no way anyone who claims to believe in God can read these scriptures and conclude that giving or paying for spiritual services or commodities is acceptable to God. People who are convicted by this evidence, however, will find a dozen ways to justify continuing the practice. Whereas they previously gave or paid for spiritual commodities out of ignorance, those who continue the practice will do it out of rebellion. They may keep the peace in their family or in their religious institution, but they make war with God.