--Think of the implications to the average parishioner!  (S)he would have to pony up to the extent that his/her "separated brethren" do, also referred to here by at least on Good Kristyun as members of a false cult.

http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/giving_in_different_denominations

snip:

"Catholic giving averages out to about 1.5 percent of gross income. Mainline Protestant giving is 2.9 percent. In some of the evangelical and charismatic/pentecostal groups such as the Assemblies of God, average levels range from 4 to 8 percent."--