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Originally Posted by good samaritan

Sean your funny. I have particularly enjoyed this thread. I totally agree with you non-tithers on a lot of your points. There are people who teach tithing out of greed and there are people who don't tithe out of greed. I believe it is truly a matter of the heart and I wouldn't ever want someone to feel that they had to do tithe or else. If you don't want to then don't and I don't condemn you to hell and we would welcome you to our church. I do hope you in some way support your local church, though.

I don't wish or proclaim a curse on those who don't, but I do pray the Lord bless those who do. I am against preachers getting rich, but I support the principle of honoring God with your increase (tithing a good place to start).

P.S. know were the money goes in the local church. I don't advocate dumbly following. I think accountability should go both ways not just one.

We agree. I do believe in supporting a church. My post probably made you think otherwise. That being said I would expect the pastor to give also. I have seen churches where the pastor would give $1 and he would tell the members to give $10. If you didn't they your spirit was not right. That does not sit right with me. The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruit.

You are definitely right, there has to be accountability.