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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am Mormon and feel tremendous pressure to "give" 10%.  It is tracked and every member called in for a tithing settlement each December to make sure we're in good standing.

If you do not pay tithing, you can't enter the temple.  Huge reprucussions if you need to attend a family member's temple wedding.  I almost did not get to attend my sisters wedding one year until I could come up with another $3,000 to reach the status of full-tithe payer.  I could've lied and still gotten in, but that is not who I am.  [/quote]

I find this to be so unbelievably awful.[/quote]

It angers me - my parents tithe to the church despite not being able to pay their living expenses. [/quote]
That would piss me off so much, especially if they expected help from others to pay for living expenses.  [/quote]
 
So far that hasn't happend, but I can see the future... I'm not doing it unless they give me power of attorney over their finances. Any money from me does come with strings attached. They consistently make HORRIBLE financial decisions, but so far, can swing it all on their own. So, as long as I'm not funding it, I figure I don't have a right to push them too hard on change. I've suggested modifications before, but they do what they want anyways. Which if they are self-sufficient is ok.[/quote]

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