My Pastor Preach on Tithing - Faulty Methodology

[jediwill83]

It is IMPOSSIBLE to give out of ones free will without being under compulsion with the threat of curses and hell when it's preached that is what the consequences.

So what we have is people giving out of fear and not out of joy.

Tell me, would you pay your income taxes if there was no penalties?

Only after I broke out of that mindset of fear was I able to give truly because I wanted to and not because I was scared of consequences.

We have preached this fear doctrine and we have become like battered abused wives scared of the consequences if supper isn't on the table exactly at 5pm and we have turned God into an abusive spouse ready to show us the back of His hand if He is not pleased.

That's not love and that's not my God.