Comments on: Pay it Forward, Can You Pay Too Much Tithing?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:41:00 +0000

Did you know that there is a Hebrew word that unites two words together, tithe and oppress. NIV translates the word into EXTORTION. Can you find it? What does it mean? Don’t you love a good quiz.

By: Téa

Téa — Tue, 23 May 2006 09:00:06 +0000

Mark B. my husband mentioned something very similar, that anyone who is sooo eager to make more money without effort will likely end up being part of a fraud investigation–either as a perp or a victim.

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 18 May 2006 02:19:14 +0000

My sister-in-law had a really interesting response to the question:

If I didn’t get blessed for keeping the commandments then why do it?

Because I want eternal life.

By: David J

David J — Wed, 17 May 2006 03:36:49 +0000

If I didn’t get blessed for keeping the commandments then why do it?

Um, I don’t know, for helping other people be happy or for other wholly selfless reasons?

By: David J

David J — Wed, 17 May 2006 03:32:04 +0000

Amen Rusty (#1). Amen Cchrissyy.

This bugs me. If a person wants to pay more than 10%, by all means do it, but don’t lump it all into tithing. Take the overage and apply it to fast offerings, BofM publication, perpetual education, etc. etc. Putting it all in tithing doesn’t make much sense. Sure, put the 10% there, but beyond that, allocate to something else. Cchrissyy is right, I think.

That’s my two Lincolns.

By: cchrissyy

cchrissyy — Mon, 15 May 2006 22:35:13 +0000

I think tithing has to be a stirct 10% of your increase. So I pay perpetually “behind” a month, after all statements have come in (just today, I mailed tithing for april’s increase)

any more you’d like to give is not a tithe. It’s not a tenth. It’s an offering. Pick a fund, any fund, and give!

But if you are financially blessed, maybe it wasn’t for your generocity. Maybe it was for your temple attendance or your chastity! Or if you ask me, the Lord sends you extra money to test what you do about it. do you go “wow, all mine, thanks!” or “what a repsonsibility- who should I bless with this?”

By: Rusty

Rusty — Mon, 15 May 2006 20:22:43 +0000

Do you want to reference that?

By: don

don — Mon, 15 May 2006 20:10:05 +0000

Rusty, you’re right assigning blessings based on particular commandments makes a mess of things. I said before that not all the blessing I receive from tithing have anything to do directly with money…I just get blessings.

And Joseph Smith said Obedience is the first law of heaven. He’s the one that started a lot of the LDS folk doctrine.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 15 May 2006 19:15:51 +0000

This is just a few steps down the road from Robert Tilton and his vows of faith. Promise God (or his agent, Jailbird Bob) that you’ll send X dollars a month, and just wait for the megabucks to come rolling in.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Mon, 15 May 2006 00:37:31 +0000

Expecting blessings is completely fine. But where it gets to be problematic is when you assign which blessings came from which commandments you obeyed. Who says you’re right? Then what happens is you start blaming God for not blessing you for obeying a certain commandment. Not a good idea.

And who says “obedience is the first law of heaven”? Isn’t that a folk doctrine?