Posted on 03/05/2011 7:02:53 PM PST by delacoert
Zero: if you can't source it.
Make up your mind!
No WONDER you would be a Catholic! ;^)
That is actually a very interesting scripture. God never told Adam/Eve not to touch the fruit. He only said not to eat of it. Eve embellished God's words, which in turn gave satan the open door he needed.
Yeah!
Look what happened to JS after HE judged ALL of Christianity!
Not to worry: the Pope has exonerated you and yours.
NOW you've done it!
You'll attract that pre-Jew that inhabits these threads; wagging a finger; Magritte.
As soon as you explain why the MORMON religious Organization does NOT pay it's 'ministers'.
You got that right!
She knew EXACTLY where it was in the garden; too!
Maybe Adam failed to tell her, what GOD had told him.
I have no idea, nor can I speak for the MORMON religious Organization. Now, back to you. What is the reason that you tithe?
Perhaps other find things differently than you? Obviously, others may not believe in the bible as you do.
Really? I’m at an airport right now, using my new phone, so I probably won’t be butting in with my usual foa a day or so.
keys, hand grips and passwords are a part of Masonry.
Keith 187, Texas Lodge.
I'll take this one. I "tithe" because it is a good base line, starting point for my free will giving. Not because I'm bound by an O.T. law. Jesus fulfilled the law and thank God for that! To me, voluntary tithing is good but is not a N.T. command or "law" and any church that requires it as a condition of "exaltation" is running afoul of scripture. If my pastor ever asked to see my 1040, to prove that I was a faithful tither, I'd laugh in his face, just before walking out to find a Gospel preaching church. (My Pastor never would even consider doing that)
P,S. I'm not even circumcised either.
Just to make sure I understand you, you give 10% to your church as a starting point, correct? That's what tithing is.
Not because I'm bound by an O.T. law.
So the commandments that were in Jesus' Bible don't apply to you? Again, why do you tithe? Your testimony says you are not bound to do it, yet you do it anyway. Why is that?
re: “Perhaps other find things differently than you? Obviously, others may not believe in the bible as you do.”
Absolutely! But, that’s not the question. The question is whether or not Mormonism’s belief that God once was a man who attained “godhood” and that good Mormon males will one day also attain godhood and receive their own worlds to populate and rule - contradicts the Bible. Obviously, it does. It even contradicts with the Book of Mormon.
People can believe anything they want, but those beliefs may or may not jive with the Bible.
I know what tithing is. I use 10% as a base and give in excess of that as I can.
So the commandments that were in Jesus' Bible don't apply to you?
The commandments that Jesus affirmed do indeed apply to me. Jesus lived under the law and his death and resurrection fulfilled the law, I did not have to be circumcised on the 8 th day after my birth, I do not have to make animal sacrifices for my sins, when building a new house, I do not have to build a battlement on my roof to keep guests from falling off either. Jesus' blood atonement paid it all. It is sufficient, nothing I can do can add to it, by His grace, I am saved and not by anything I can do - not after all I can do, as mormons teach.
Again, why do you tithe? Your testimony says you are not bound to do it, yet you do it anyway. Why is that?
I thought I covered that by the words, "free will". I support my church and all the things it does that cost money. For instance, we support missionaries who preach the Good News, we give to the poor and needy, we pay bills that we accrue, we have a church van that I drive to help elderly and disabled to go shopping, I also use it to pick up children who want to go to our church and whose parents, for whatever reason, do not attend but are only too happy to get rid of their kids for a couple of hours. That van and its maintennance has to be paid for.
I'm not looking to argue with you. Pay tithes or not, as you see fit and I'll do the same. If anybody tells you that it's a requirement that Christians must pay tithes ask then to show it to you in the New Testament.
If you reply further tonight, I'll get back to you tomorrow, it's way past my bed time here in the central time zone. I'll pray for you and those you love in my prayers tonight, that God will bless you as He has me.
I’m not mocking. I’m asking a serious question especially in regards to the fact that God says He is the only one god in this universe and there isn’t room in it for two or more.
If you look forward to being a god after you complete your last breath what are you going to do when you find out that there really is only one God and you aren’t allowed to be one? I’m being very serious here.
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