#Tithing

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"God can do anything except make his own money. That's why he needs your money."

Why do you trust your god to provide when his own corporation doesn't?

#god needs money #tithing #scams #scammers #all about the benjamins #religion is a mental illness

[crisisdotorg]

I will never get over growing up poor in a religious mormon household where my parents still gave 10% of their income to the church (tithing) despite maxing out dozens of credit cards every month to feed the 10 children the church encouraged them to have.

#ex mormon #exmo #exmormon #ex religious #tithing #growing up poor #anti mormon #religious trauma #mormon trauma #raised mormon

[amagnificentobsession]

@shutanictemple

It’s been quite awhile since my last tithing @loretta-dont-you-oppress-me I decided these kids needed a good home. Terrorizing a Tractor Supply store may be fun but they need some wide open spaces ♥️

All hail 😊

#go rp #bildaddy #Shutanic temple #tithing #goats #baby goats

[fallenandproud]

hi besties so i just got my 3rd paycheck and my mom is getting on my ass about setting up some sort of online thing connected to my bank account thatll take my money and pay it straight to tithing and i dont know how to weasel out of this one folkz. the mere idea of having to pay tithing makes me feel so very sick and i feel trapped and helpless and idk how to get out of it. im sick of being cornered into things i want nothing to do with. does anyone have any advice for either weaseling out or handling a confrontation with my parents?

#aster.txt #tyrone.txt #exmo #exmormon #ex mormon #tithing #i really really really really really dont want to pay tithing

[weirdcultstuff]

Sometimes when I would tithe it felt like making payments on my soul. Not to be works-based about my salvation, but that is how it felt. Like I was fulfilling the role of Being Good and hoping it would solve everything eventually.

I still tithe 10% of anything I earn, but not to God or any church. It goes mostly to groceries I buy for the food bank’s list of needed donations, and to individuals I know who need a hand every now and then to fix a car or pay a bill or whatever.

And I tell myself that it’s different now, my motivations are different and the effect of my actions are different. It’s more direct, doesn’t line the pockets of any pastor or board of directors, and I’m not colonizing anybody or supporting any organizations that are. I say that it’s just me giving back to my community.

I do all the giving as quietly as I can, like some stealthy task, and I feel almost guilty about it every time. I mean, it’s a Christian thing and I’m not a Christian now. I still don’t like to talk about it with people, it’s a weird concept to give 10% away, and when I think about it too much it makes my throat hurt. I want to give more, and less, at the same time. The inequality of everything is hard to wrap my head around, how I’m housed and my neighbor isn’t and my coworker owns five rental houses. Someone in this town is going to bed hungry. Hell, I could use a new pair of work shoes. But I’m so much better off than so many people. Maybe that’s why I do it-because it’s a just-for-me show of excess, martyrdom and sacrifice. Maybe I’m letting it give me a big proud head, to be giving 10%, maybe it’s just a weird ego boost. Maybe I’m just a little bit evil, and like finding secret ways to feel superior.

And then that’s what it comes down to in the end again: I really do feel like I’m a little bit evil, a little bit bad, a little bit rotting away on the inside, and 10% is one of a hundred futile attempts every month to counteract the badness emanating out from me into the world.

At least it’s a vice that can’t cause too much harm. Or maybe it does, I mean who’s to say? I never thought I was doing harm back when I donated my 10% to anti-abortion campaigns and the like. Maybe we’re all fucked any way you slice it, and 10% in the big picture is not enough to change anything really anyway. Just a ritual I do because I’m broken, and stuck on my past.

I don’t know, I just wish it felt different to do it each month. But it doesn’t, really. I still feel like I’m making payments on my soul.

#tithing #ex cult #idk

[sunshineandrosesnoraincamemyway]

#Polls #christian living #Christian #Tithing

[therichantsim]

Me whenever someone pays me with cash.

#I do EVERYTHING online! #I need you to venmo or cashapp me ma'am #Groceries #art supplies #banking #investing #tithing #EVERYTHING !!😂🤣 #RichAnt's rants and randomness #shit posting

[1cupid7]

irony

families can be together forever

FOR AN ALL NEW LOW PRICE AT 10% OF YOUR INCOME AND ALL OF YOUR FAMILY SHARE THE SAME THOUGHTS AND IDEA ON THE WORLD

#exmormon #tithing #awkward #infomercial

[globalriseofblackpeople]

Pastor admits

#black power #knowledge #black knowledge #christians #christianity #self knowledge #faith #tithing #money #church #churches #black spirituality #spirituality

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"Every Sunday across this country, buildings are filled with people who believe a talking snake once tricked a naked woman into eating a piece of fruit and then voluntarily put all of their money into a plate. And for some reason we accept this as normal."

#christianity #the fall #the fall of man #garden of eden #the garden of eden #bible #bible study #tithing #religion #religion is a mental illness

[excitementshewrote]

#the simpsons #request #reverend lovejoy #tithing #audit #lol

[gramarobin]

#tithing #megachurch #funny and true

[delightintheway]

*NEW Video!* OFFERINGS - "Love strengthens the spirit and washing another’s feet is good for the soul..."

- Excerpt: "How is it that many of you must be prompted to do a good deed? Has goodness now become a burden to you? Or is the one in the mirror your only concern? Do not be fooled, but remember: It is who you choose that defines what you do.[2] And faith without works is dead, even as works done without faith are dead also. And one who bears their own burdens must also bear the heat of the day. Yet one who lets go, cutting every cord that binds them to this world, walks free, and shall be given eagle’s wings. For idle hands lack bread, and an idle heart lacks trust; their backs are bent down always, their countenances fallen, their eyelids have grown very heavy. Yet love strengthens the spirit and washing another’s feet is good for the soul, renewing the whole of the body." Says The Lord

(*Please click the video above to see the WHOLE Letter) Source: https://www.thevolumesoftruth.com/Offerings

#tithing #charity #helpingothers #good deeds #doing good #offerings #ThusSaysTheLord #TheVolumesofTruth #NewScriptures #LettersfromGod #God #YAHUWAH #YahuShua #TheMessiah #Jesus #Youtube

[lettersfromgod]

"Thus says The Lord: Blessed is that servant of Mine who seeks out the poor, whose heart is eager to help the needy, for they know My ways and seek to please Me. Blessed also is My servant who gives out of the abundance they have received, for they walk in My ways. Yet most blessed is My servant who gives from their lack, for they do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with their God; indeed, they have understood. Yet woe to those who ignore the poor and draw back their hand from the needy, while they sit at ease in their abundance. For destitution is coming, and shall be born out of great desolation, in the day I take away their abundance and leave their houses desolate. Woe also to those who say they are My servants, yet refuse to help those in need, for only tears and sorrow await them. And woe to those who fail to give even the smallest amount, claiming they are in lack, for they have no trust, having learned nothing from the poor widow.[1]"

[1]: Mark 12:41-44

📖 Excerpt from: "Reasonable Service" - https://www.thevolumesoftruth.com/Reasonable_Service

▶ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRX2dp5X1Ts&list=PLE8FlkxQPQkPq8VQsKdAQxdkiIuP0i4Fb&index=3

#thevolumesoftruth #yahushua #god #jesus #yahuwah #wordofgod #prophecy #truth #blessed #poor #needy #tithing #mercy #christianity #servinggod #helpingothers #covetousness

[post-lds]

Tithing was a thing manipulated from me by adults in positions of authority above me. Is there precedence for being reimbursed for money “gifted” under duress?

#tithing #post lds #ex mormon #exmo

[arcenciel-par-une-larme]

Someone please explain to me why Americans seemingly consider it "basic Biblical teaching" and "God's plan for your money" that the church to which you belong is automatically entitled to 10% or more of your GROSS income -- even up to the point that, according to some, failing to give this contribution should render you subject to church discipline and excommunication.

#christianity #tithing #Where on earth is such a standard even in the Bible???? #Under what rock have I been living??