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Imagine That God Did Not Ask For Tithe And Offerings. by Ozegbe(m): 4:49pm On Oct 31, 2011
if there was nothing like tithe and offering in the bible. what do u think d xtian world would look like. maybe will have real pastors
Re: Imagine That God Did Not Ask For Tithe And Offerings. by jayriginal: 9:05pm On Oct 31, 2011
There actually might be fewer christians if there was no tithe and offering. Do not undermine the slave mentality of the people. Also their docile attitudes (a primary reason why we are the way we are as a nation).

Lots of christians feel assured as long as they pay their tithes. Robbers pay tithes, fraudsters too too. In short the scum of the earth, they pay tithes and offering, often buying the pastors expensive gifts. More than a few of them feel that they are safe fulfilling these exploitative rituals.

Compare Paul and the apostles especially James. Paul taught that as long as you believe in Jesus, you are safe without more. James taught that you had to actually be a good person to receive eternal life and that belief itself was not enough. James's teaching was in tandem with the teachings of Jesus (consider the sermon on the mount, consider the saying of Jesus that not everyone who calls him Lord will enter the kingdom of God).

Comparing these two doctrines, which is more popular ? The one by Paul of course. We are humans and we will tend to seek the path of least resistance. Its easier to pay tithes and pretend to believe some imaginary story than to actually love our fellow man. How many Pastor worshipping SOBs have done anything for the poor or for motherless babies ?

The tithing and offering thing is an easy way to deaden your conscience and delude yourself in perpetuity. Its sad, but it is what it is.
Re: Imagine That God Did Not Ask For Tithe And Offerings. by ogajim(m): 5:11pm On Nov 01, 2011
I actually think there would be more Christians and way less Pastors since everyone would need to have a real job and make a real living.

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