[Redbob]

Must be nearly the only Catholic in Germany.

BTW, did you know that Germany deducts your tithes from your paycheck if you register as a member of a church?

Might be one reason congregations are so small.

[tfecw]

The Mormons don't seem to have a problem with tithing and membership.

Besides, Germans are used to having their paychecks taken away from them.

[scrabblehack]

BTW, did you know that Germany deducts your tithes from your paycheck if you register as a member of a church?

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Is the money sent to the church or does the government keep it???

[the OlLine Rebel]

Little-noted fact: lots of southern Germans - Bavarians, et al - are Catholic.

[churchillbuff]

Germany deducts your tithes from your paycheck if you register as a member of a church? """

That was a deal that Hitler made with the church, if I'm informed correctly. And it does royally p- off some Catholic lay people in Germany. I know because I have in-laws who are Catholic and married to Germans. The German state taxes are high enough, then along comes the Church with a fixed amount they deduct from you.