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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not all churches stress tithing.
Don't feel pressured.
Decide what the church attendance means to you and what portion of your charitable budget you want to allocate. 
[b]$20 is $1000 a year. That's not insubstantial.[/b] [/quote]

Yes, it is, for a family that has an income of 160k per year. Many people in the DMV who have incomes of less than that spend that much on Starbucks. [/quote]

For a casual churchgoer it's plenty. If the family commits to the community then they can pledge. I note that listing pledge amounts is gentle extortion btw. [b]I give all our charitable contributions to be listed anonymously. Plus our HHI is about $250-300K and we give about 1% to charity. [/b]We are cheapasses in life leaving our estate to charity.[/quote]

I can see why you do so anonymously. To say your are "cheapasses" is putting it lightly. [/quote]

Yeah but we don't go to churches, use their schools or social functions or listen to  those organs thst cost so much to maintain. We mail some checks off to bird sanctuaries, coral preservation groups, medical research. And cat shelters. 
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Then why are you cluttering this thread? [/quote]

PP is not cluttering the thread.  PP is responding, just as you and I are.  This is not the religIOUS forum.  It's the ReligION forum.  You don't have to be religious to post here, just as you don't have to be a member of a political party to post on the politics forum.[/quote]

DP, yes, they are cluttering the thread. I don't go on the car forum and post that I never change my oil [unstated: because I don't have a car] or go on the home forum and post that I never replace the carpet [because I rent].

You don't [i]have[/i] to be anything to post anywhere, this site is free. But annoying posters can and should be told off, which is also free.[/quote]

Judgemental Christians like you are the only ones who should be told off 😇 So much for WWJD...[/quote]

+1.  although pp is likely to be Christian, since they are in the majority in the US, it applies to any religion.[/quote]

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