Date:   5/18/2005 5:43:11 PM ( 19 y ago)
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"Not so. It's in the bible (which was truly adulterated by the catholics, mind you) that it's god's law for people to tithe 10% of their earnings to the church."

My point exactly. Tithes are for the maintenance, food, bibles, etc. for the church. Where is else is it going to come from it not the members, pop up from the ground, fall from the sky(no pun intended)?

"IF the church chooses to use it for meals and upkeep that's their business."
Again, wouldn't you want to go to a nice looking place to worship, or whatever. For instance, if a school didn't use the money for upkeep of the school it would eventually get dirty, nasty, paint chipping, wood rotting, unrepaired broken windows. Of course, the money is going to be used for maintenance. And food. So, tithing is for those things. And, again, if not from the church's own members where would the money come from? The gov't, a wishing well?

You are not making much sense in this area. Churches like any other organization needs funds. We call it tithing, which is also a affirmation of the love, trust, respect, praise, and worship of God.

And it is not a Catholic tradition because it started in the old testament when the Jews were still slaves in Egypt. At that time tithing was in the form of vegetables, animals, money, whatever you earned, because some people back then bartered, or took a goat or lamb for payment instead of money. That means that tithing was a commandment from God before Jesus came to Earth. Read the first two books of the bible and you will see.

Sincerely,

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