If I had $1 for every time God bailed me out...

If I had $1 for every time God bailed me out..

Marginal said:
10%'s actually pretty standard across the board for churches. (I got hit up for that during confirmation in a Lutheran church when I was in the 6th grade.) How actively they require/demand it's the difference.
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Wait, a church solicited you for 10% of your money while you were 12 yrs old?

Did they take your lunch money or something?
 
If I had $1 for every time God bailed me out..

KoshTheKoala said:
Wait, a church solicited you for 10% of your money while you were 12 yrs old?

Did they take your lunch money or something?
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They said that we'd be expected to give 10% of our household income when we started making money. A request of a 10% tithe is a longstanding tradition tho. (The same church also expected my uncle to buy a new organ for the church as thanks for hosting the funeral service for my grandparents, both longtime members of the church.)

I took myself out of the confirmation class shortly after that.
 
If I had $1 for every time God bailed me out..

10% is the standard established in Leviticus. It's not that much when you consider the fact that people in the church in general don't have another job, and that most people don't actually pay the whole 10%. It's more of a guideline though, from what I can gather.
 
If I had $1 for every time God bailed me out..

iKotomi said:
10% is the standard established in Leviticus. It's not that much when you consider the fact that people in the church in general don't have another job, and that most people don't actually pay the whole 10%. It's more of a guideline though, from what I can gather.
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Churches consisting of multi-million dollar structures sitting on real estate worth at least as much do not get to complain about money issues, especially since they're tax-exempt.

Mandatory "donations" are ridiculous.
 
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