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Some churches require that the members give 10% of their income. Some churches go as far as to request their income tax statements. God, is not a person, nor a king, and requires no money. The best donation is from the heart as it comes from pure intention. Required donations are forced and are given hesitantly. If you’d like to give, give from your heart, but know that God (what people think is God) does not need your money.
Be aware of where the money is spent. Is your hard-working money paying off lawsuits and scandals? Be aware.
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Is giving 10% of your money the right thing to do?
There was an old tradition in the Jain religion that if one person in the community lost his business or went bankrupt each family in the community would donate 1 “dollar” and 1 brick to that person’s family. So if there are 10,000 families in the community the person would receive 10,000 dollars and 10,000 bricks so he can have a small house and start a business. That was the commitment among Jains and that is why Jains are the richest in India today.
It is unclear where the origin of tithing 10% of one’s income to the church comes from. Today tithing is done in the name of God and that is the wrong thing to do. First of all, God is not a person. He does not need your money and he will not punish you if you do not give. According to the church’s teaching, we are all God’s children so why would God punish his children? For churches to ask 10% of a person’s income means the church wants to get rich. No wonder churches are very rich. The fact that the church requires tithing is a practice gone too far. Some churches will go as far as looking at the tax returns of its members. This makes these churches very greedy.
If someone goes to church to learn good things it is respectable to give voluntarily. Whatever amount he can give is the equal to what someone else gives. Whatever is given from the heart has meaning. It brings good karma. What is taken by force does not bring good karma to the church.
If a church gets too greedy eventually it defaults. Money that is collected by forceful means is the wrong money. That church will never flourish. When money is given by heart that church or organization will flourish. The greedier a church gets for money that money does not serve the community but only benefits them.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Dear Yogeesh, its …
Dear Yogeesh, its not 10%,
the “priests” ask for whatever you have
and the “Pastors”
are always pushing for what’s your Soul, Health or Saving from $in is worth to you.
really shameful.
and people fall for it.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
A broken heart and …
A broken heart and a low and broken spirt are the choices gifts to God.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
abraham tithed the …
abraham tithed the spoils from a war to melchizedek and its only mentioned one time. gen.14-20
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
I pay my tith to my …
I pay my tith to my church and I feel very blessed for that. I have got so many spiritual blessings, that I can invite everyone, to pay his tithings, if he is sure, that the church , he gives his tithing, is right.
You are right, god dont needs our money. But we need to learn to sacrifice our wealth. We have to learn, and the tithing is the beginning of this.
Later we can sacrifice all we have, to god- thats the higher law.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Heb7:16 Jesus …
Heb7:16 Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed. 17 And the psalmist pointed this out when he prophesied, You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. 18 Yes, the old requirement about the priesthood was set aside because it was weak and useless. 19 For the law never made anything perfect. But now we have confidence in a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
He tithe once, and …
He tithe once, and it was war booty, and you forgot to mention that he gave the other 90% to the King of salem.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Actually the tithe …
Actually the tithe came before the law. Abraham tithed to Mechizedek.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Please that’s under …
Please that’s under the law not under this grace period. I’ve been blessed by God all my life and i don’t pay tithes. I give free will offerings. The apostles never mentioned anything about giving tithes, but a free will offering. Don’t be fooled. If you keep a part of the law, you have to keep the whole law. Galatians 3:10-12 Be aware of those who seek to practice portions of the law in order to benefit themselves. They going to pay for the wrong they are teaching for their gain.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Church leaders have …
Church leaders have nice BIG houses, cars, spoilt kids and nice holidays quite a few times a year, but every day is like a holiday for them.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
I made a short …
I made a short video on tithing to Melchizedek on my channel if someone wants to hear what God has persuaded me of.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
he has a right to …
he has a right to his opinion like you have yours mathai321
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
this video reminds …
this video reminds me of my videos!!1
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
TITHING IS A …
TITHING IS A EXTENSION OF FAITH..DONT JUDGE CHURCHES FOR PUTTING MONEY IN THE BANK..THEY MAYBE WANT TO COLLECT INTEREST AND THEN SPEND IN THE FUTURE/.more churches..outreach programs..spreading the word in diff countries..and helping poor..etc…JUST GIVE YOUR TITHE IN FAITH..WETHER WHAT A CHURCH DOES OR DOES NOT DO WITH THAT MONEY IS SHOULDNT BE OUR CONCERN..GOD SEES ALL..ATLEAST WE DO OUR PARTA AS BELIEVERS AND LEAVE THE REST TO GOD..
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
believe what you …
believe what you want about tithing…but it was community based.
Personally I think tithing is wrong now. It was a purpose driven law that has no purpose now. The bible talkes about giving and is very clear about ” being a cheerful” giver and giving from the heart, doing so out of compunction or becuase we are ordered too would negate that very thing. If you really believe in it and what it stands for then you will do for it. If you don’t…well then you won’t, its simple enough.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
He said “the 10% …
He said “the 10% had nothing to do with the community”…ok, we can throw your Dr. title right out the window. Thithing dates back to the “12 Tribes”. One of the 12 was an agracultural tribe who mainly grew, stored and looked after the agaracultural side of things, however they had little money compared to the other 11. So it was commanded that the 11 give 10% to the one tribe who no money so they would in turn have more than enough to help take care of themselves…..continued above
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Shame on All the …
Shame on All the churches of the world who store the money away in banks,and deny its use to help the poor,as was its intent of the givers.Those churches worship not God,but mamon.They fleece the once born people,and use them to make great living for themselves.
God Bless
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Any money given to …
Any money given to a church,should All be spent on the poor and needy.Not ONE penny should be put into bank,this is where the corruption starts.Lokk at pope,he has billions in banks,but he still sends his nuns out to collect the widows mite.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
They condemn people …
They condemn people to to instill fear on people. They predict doomsday to scare out people’s wits and thus believe in god. And good as the believe in god might be, they ask for 10% of your monthly income so that they can ‘maintain the church’ as it seems, but actually backdoors they are getting higher salaries within their staffs. As they get more money they renovate the buildings to become more beautiful while many people in the world are starving. So think about it when you praise d lord
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Vatican is so rich …
Vatican is so rich as to feed the whole world, but they’re selfish egotistic maniacs who think they have the last word. They think the pope is the representative of Christ. If that were so the Pope would exterminate hunger in Africa and would build schools around the world so people can have spiritual knowledge. They have the keys of knowledge and they’ll pay for that. They’re hypocrites rats who want to manipulate our weak minds. Tite is good only if it comes from the heart!!
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
he was asked a …
he was asked a question…he isn’t even a hindu.
please be open minded. he is saying that the churches that practice this are wrong, not all churches in general.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
You cannot buy or …
You cannot buy or sell Spirit.
“The Church” has created the worst 2000 years we’ve had. They hijacked the reality of Spirit.
Spirit is free.
Do not ask for money to share Spirit…. EVER
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
So that we can see …
So that we can see the scam being played on us.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
This is the true …
This is the true face of the right wing hindu. A hardcore hypocrite. Crying hoarse about conversions, do not like anybody critisising their ways but always ready to critsize others.I have heard the same in other discurses and satsangs. Why not say something god about yourself rather than use the time to critsize.