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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know what, saying things like "god will multiply your income if you tithe" to me, defeats the purpose of tithing.  You don't tithe or do good works so that you get earthly rewards, at least in Christianity you don't.  You could very well tithe and lose everything tomorrow and it wouldn't mean that God is punishing you or whatnot.  This prosperity gospel bull has nothing to do with Christianity and irritates the heck out of me.[/quote]''

You're missing the point.

We don't tithe to get it back in blessings. We tithe because we want to give back part of what God has given us. The part "he will provide" is just to make it easier to believe that we won't miss anything giving it back.

I remember when I was a kid that my mom had the exact money to tithe that month and I wanted a costume for a recital. The amount was exactly the same. She apologized to me and explained it to me and we prayed together for God to do what was best for us and she gave back her tithe. Guess what? I got my costume for free. One mom from our dance class told the teacher she wanted to pay for another child's costume and the teacher mentioned I was not participating because I could not pay for it so her donation went for my costume. How cool is that for a 10 year old girl? God has never failed me![/quote]

If I'd been that other mother, I'd have been pissed. Really pissed. Here she thought she was doing something nice for a kid in need, and in reality that kid's parents had the money - the exact amount - to pay for the costume, but thought something else was more important. That is not a needy family - a needy family is one who couldn't pay for the costume because they needed to buy food, or pay rent. You weren't needy, your parents just found someone else to finance their lifestyle choices.

And god has never failed you?  Gimme a break.  That other parent didn't fail you, when your parents did. God had nothing to do with it. (Or do you reject the widely accepted notion of free will?  Did god make her pay for your costume?).

You were a kid, so it doesn't fall on you, but your mother should have been ashamed taking advantage of someone else like that. [/quote]

+1 couldn't agree with you more [/quote]

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