this is getting a little ridiculous.
Being a tier one donator is as low as $5
Are we so spoiled that we must complain all the time …
Don't give us something for free, then put a paywall behind, then cop an attitude when we get pissed for being charged for what was free !!!! Anybody would be pissed at that. I get charging for certain rituals,rites,etc... but to be jerks about it, made me realize something. We're not brothers and sisters, just soldiers in a war together. I don't expect free shit, only what was originally free,
to clarify here the 2026 calendar was never free..
So they didn’t give you something and take it away.. think of the calendar as a service that takes continuous work not an item that’s originally free suddenly being taken
If you gave homeless guy $5 should he get mad you don’t give him $5 everyday? Forever? No
it’s not one product that is complete forever ..
it’s a fresh piece of work that takes endless hours every year to produce
Those who are mad about a minuscule price tag are the same people who wouldn’t do even a fraction of the work it took to create this without expecting a payout
If you think people are being “jerks about it”
Imagine you spend countless hours working for the temple at the cost of your personal time, time to work for your own money, time with family, etc. for your Brothers and Sisters, for people who clearly don’t appreciate it…only to have people basically spit on your efforts and imply your trying to trick them or manipulate them with “bait and switch”, or to act as if they are in some way being greedy or disingenuous ..
they could have easily sold these calendars privately for profit but they do not..
donations aren’t going in their pockets they are going to the temple. They did this as a labour of love for the Gods and the temple..
Are we soldiers in a war? Is this war real in your eyes?
Clearly this war isn’t taken seriously because for a war to be won people need to get off their ass..
War costs time, money, and blood..
Yet we complain about $5 calendars
We are supposed to be servants of the Gods
Imagine if the staff had this same attitude..
The calendars would never get made..
They wouldn’t continue to pay for multiple websites and platforms..
we would have nothing and nobody would advance.
I don’t understand this mentality at all
If your not doing the work how can you complain that people should work for you..
entitlement is definitely a factor here.. rather you feel entitled to a free calendar or you feel entitled to people to turn back the sands of time and never give you a calendar for free because you’d be upset they won’t do it forever.. entitlement is entitlement ..
I’m not trying to pick on anybody in particular here.. but this culture is not going to help us as a collective in the long run.
We should all want to contribute more.
Nothing we could contribute could compare to what we have already been given .. being here is like winning the lottery .. we should be extremely grateful to be here.. let’s act like it