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Krispy Kreme not the solution to all religious attendance problems

A little over a week ago, I wrote a post about the local church here in Arlington, Virginia, which was advertising a free donut day.

It turns out that food-based incentives are becoming part of religious observance outside the US, too. In the United Kingdom, it seems that chocolate is being offered to attract people to church.

According to the Bishop of Manchester, the Rev. Nigel McCulloch: "People can lose touch with church for simple reasons -- a house move for example -- but some of the reasons are more complex."

Perhaps people have also been rebelling against the absence of calories from their weekly churchgoings.