And nowhere there does it say anything about sending a bill, or checking a member’s income level etc. What it says is the members themselves declare their tithing status to the Bishop, not the other way around.
Ok, these are the experiences of my lds friends and family.
This is what I said in post 48, I have no reason to think my lds family and friends are lying to me:
It is interesting Blue. Not every mormon has experienced that “tithing” bill. My lds friends in southern California, just made a quick reference that their bishop requires that they show their W2s and he sends them a bill each moth based on those W2s. At first I though she was joking and laughed. She wasn’t.
I asked my lds uncle (former bishop) and he said in their current ward (also southern California, different area) that is the practice as well.
There are a few former mormons on FR who have posted that they have had similar experiences with “billed” tithing. Don’t remember which ones.
Tithing is between you and God not between you and some guy.
Tithing is a form of worship, not a prerequisite to anything.
To put it simply “a tithing settlement” IS NOT Biblical.
Tithing is between you and God - period.