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>be catholic
>want to get married because god will damn you to hell for all eternity if you fuck your gf
>have to pay thousands to the church to get a priest do it
>same for getting a kid baptized, confirmation, annulments, etc
>be jewish
>want to join a temple so you can go to services on holidays
>have to pay for a membership
those are just the religions I'm intimately familiar with, I'm sure others do the same shit too. If you're going to be a "good member" of the religion and do things the way they want you to then you've got to break out your checkbook.