- This topic is empty.
-
Posts
-
nibbler wrote:Quote:
When we’re desperate to be guided by heaven, we work harder than ever to tune into heaven. When we’re desperate to be physically healthy, we eat and exercise accordingly. No excuses. When we’re desperate to have more money, we eagerly follow the Lord’s law of finances, which is, of course, tithing. Consider Pres. George Q. Cannon’s approach to tithing when he was an impoverished young man. When his bishop commented on the large amount of tithing poor young George was paying, George said something like, “Oh, Bishop, I’m not paying tithing on what I make. I’m paying tithing on what I want to make”. And the very next year, George earned exactly the amount of money he had paid tithing on the year before.
Ha. That’s a good one.
When is a tithe not a tithe? When it’s more than 10%.
What would you even call a tithe above 10%? Would paying 20% be considered a twithe? Maybe anything above 10% would be considered a tip. “Here’s a little something extra for you god. Go get your wife something nice.”
😈 :angel: Quote:Oh, Bishop, I’m not paying tithing on what I make. I’m paying tithing on what I want to make.
As a bishop, the only acceptable response to someone making a comment like this would be, “You idiot.”
Besides, tithing on what I want to make is more than I make!
👿 nibbler wrote:As a bishop, the only acceptable response to someone making a comment like this would be, “You idiot.”
I know several people, including family members, who pay 12% of their income. They say it’s in case they made an error in calculating their tithing and would rather pay too much than not enough. Either that means they need remedial math (move the decimal over one place?) or they feel particularly generous – or they want extra blessings. I’ve never understood this…
Roadrunner wrote:I know several people, including family members, who pay 12% of their income.
They say it’s in case they made an error in calculating their tithing and would rather pay too much than not enough. Either that means they need remedial math (move the decimal over one place?) or they feel particularly generous – or they want extra blessings. I’ve never understood this… It sounds like they believe in a “gotcha” god. One that reads all the fine print and is waiting in the wings to nab you when you slip up.
I have known people to pay 11%, 10% for tithing and 1% for a fast offering but they called a tithe a tithe and a fast offering a fast offering.
nibbler wrote:Roadrunner wrote:I know several people, including family members, who pay 12% of their income.
They say it’s in case they made an error in calculating their tithing and would rather pay too much than not enough. Either that means they need remedial math (move the decimal over one place?) or they feel particularly generous – or they want extra blessings. I’ve never understood this… It sounds like they believe in a “gotcha” god. One that reads all the fine print and is waiting in the wings to nab you when you slip up.
I have known people to pay 11%, 10% for tithing and 1% for a fast offering but they called a tithe a tithe and a fast offering a fast offering.
When I was young, there was a BIG discussion on how to pay tithing on gifts that were given. Did you calculate the value of the gift and then somehow pay on that? There was a year where I hoped I didn’t get any gifts at all because of the hassle of doing the tithing payment, and also having a gift that you didn’t like as much as you liked the money you were about to part with.
Very guilt ridden teaching about being perfect by paying more….unhealthy and VERY TBM.
Can we really trick God into giving us a higher salary? And, are there any other Mormon life hacks I should know about? Maybe I’ll check out BuzzFeed…
Another question I have, after we pass through the veil, will there be a tithing audit to account for everything we’ve earned vs our donations? I’ve always liked the story of Jesus at the temple observing the widow donating the mite.
There was no question from him to the widow “are you sure that’s a full tithe?”
(I’m sure he knows all anyway.)
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.