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TheAsset
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So stop going to Dennys and give your money to the church. Or help out your fellow human being who is only making $3 an hour and give them a tip so they can support their lives and families...but I suppose helping out fellow humans isnt what god wants us to do.
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OneSquared
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You give God 10%? I didnt know God wanted money.
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exceedinglyrare
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I think it tends to be that we like to see an immediate benefit from our money. When it comes to tipping a waiter or waitress, we've seen an immediate benefit: they provided us decent service and food, so we have no problem giving them money in thanks. When it comes to tithing, the benefits aren't quite so tangible or immediate. You don't give 10% of your income to the church and then get a new CD or better coffee in the fellowship hall (well...they can't get better coffee unless they can afford it, so you see how that goes); the idea is that it's not to benefit you at all, not even to give you the warm fuzzy feeling you get from donating to charity. It's to give back to God what is God's, and that's a hard concept for people to swallow, particularly in Western culture...we worked for it, so it's our money, and all that.
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Afu
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I would rather tip a waiter in the sense that he isnt holding salvation hostage from me until i pay him, like a church
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1:34 pm on Oct. 30, 2008 | Joined: July 2008 | Days Active: 245
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MushroomSatsujin
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He can create the entire universe in 7 days, yet it seems he cant get enough money...
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And you, demon, what do you have faith in?
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Wilder 
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Quote: from PrincessLillaMarie at 1:38 pm on Oct. 30, 2008
 Quote: from Wilder at 3:28 pm on Oct. 30, 2008
My friend Adriana and I were talking one day at a Denny's about tithing, and we came to the conclusion that we find it easier to give a waiter or waitress 15-20% of what we pay out for their services than it is to give God 10% of what we earn.
I wasn't aware that it was possible to tip God.
It's called Tithing.. look it up.
I think you missed my point...
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