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If they replay the show, try to catch it. It led me to believe that the industry does need to be regulated. However, the industry has lots of money and lobbyist so that will probably never happen. Also, it was PBS, so of course they want government to regulate everything...:)

Also, this is way off topic but I must say that when my husband and I tithe to our church the way The Bible instructs, we seem to do better with our finances. God will provide, trust in Him. (Please know that this is a personal observation and I am not trying to tell anyone what to do with their money.)

I wish you the best of luck!

"Also, this is way off topic but I must say that when my husband and I tithe to our church the way The Bible instructs, we seem to do better with our finances."

True, Ive never known a time that God didnt return
whatever we gave and then some. He is probably mad at me for squandering what income would allow me to fully tithe on foolish purchases of things we could have done without.
We give quite a bit, not not a 10th. Someday we will.
But to be honest I lack a strong enough faith to do it and then hope the money stretches to the end of the month.
Thank you for the well wishes. The 1st step to crawling out of this pit was realizing where we were.
We are both excited but apprehensive about our ability to meet the goal of freedom from CC's.

This is the 1st Christmas I remember that we didnt charge a single penny. We are very proud of that and encouraged by our accomplisment. Next month our total debt will go down for the 1st time in years. :)

Hey. Just had a comment on the tithing comment. I do not mean to demean it (my wife and I are Christians) but the "the way The Bible instructs" confused me. I can find nothing in the New Testament instructing tithing.

I grew up convinced of dropping 10% into the offering plate as a tithe because that's what everyone told me was correct. As an adult, reading the New Testament, I could never find the scripture requiring that monetary tithe.

Do not take me wrong, please. My comment is not meant to lessen an act of tithing. But I was taught from birth to tithe 10%. As an adult I can't find "the way the Bible instructs" in the Bible.

I firmly believe your tithe is from the heart and from your words I know you are giving from the heart. God rewards that. He takes special notice of the activity of our heart (New Testament). It was your words ... "the way the Bible instructs" ... that caught my attention. I am unaware of those instructions, though I am familiar their rewards.

Small, quiet, point of discussion. Could you direct me to the tithing scriptures you refer to in "the way the Bible instucts"?

Thank you.