dagblog - Comments for "I Pay my Tithes to the Homeless"

Resistance,

Wattree — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 03:16:11 +0000

Resistance, "He would have been the fool sitting way in the back--with Jesus." That was meant as sarcasm. It meant that the "Christians" in that church would have dismissed his values just like they dismissed the values of Jesus.

Fools and their money are

Resistance — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 20:02:24 +0000

In reply to Still reading this, but this

Fools and their money are soon departed.

Tithing was necessary under the Mosaic law, in order to support the Aaronic Priesthood with its caring for the Temple and sacrificing for the atonement of sins and other spiritual matters.

When the High Priest Jesus offered up his (one time) everlasting ransom sacrifice and established the Heavenly Jerusalem and it's priesthood, there was no need for tithing, to support the crooks who lead many to believe they needed to tithe.

SUCKERS who haven't a clue about Christian Truths yet claim they are or were Christians and then Bad Mouth Jesus. Blasphemers

Church leaders who erect large buildings and have the suckers come to them, rather than as disciples going out as did the Apostles who went to the people.

He would have been the fool sitting way in the back--with Jesus.

Blasphemy?

Beware of writing Blog posts that do as the hypocrites do

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. When you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do

Support whatever group you want, you are not compelled to serve others or their sacrifices.

Thank you, Verified.

Wattree — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:04:41 +0000

In reply to Elder Hampton seems like the

Thank you, Verified.

E.V. Hill went on to connect-up with the with the Immoral Majority crowd. That irked me, but I was long gone by then. But even with all of the water under the bridge I must have still liked him, because I was quite sadden when he died. Just prior to his death we spoke over the phone (his secretary's daughter had a crush on my son in college), and I think it was clear to both of us that we were happy to speak to one another.

I just wish things could have been different. He never would have won me over, but I think he really believed what he preached, and what he stood for. I don't how, but he did. I'll never forget the last thing he told me as a kid before I left the church for good. He said, "I'm like a pilot, whose job is to fly you into the arms of God."

He was a very eloquent man, but I was destined to take another flight.

Elder Hampton seems like the

Verified Atheist — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:53:02 +0000

In reply to I Pay my Tithes to the Homeless

Elder Hampton seems like the kind of Christian I respect - the one who lives his beliefs. Nice piece, Wattree.

Still reading this, but this

Verified Atheist — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:47:37 +0000

In reply to I Pay my Tithes to the Homeless

Still reading this, but this part really caught my eye:

I also confronted (or questioned) the good reverend about his practice of publishing the names of everybody who tithed, and what they paid, in the church bulletin every month. I considered it extortion. It placed pressure on the members to not only tithe, but pay two and three times what they were "supposed" to pay so the rest of the church couldn’t calculate how little money they made.

I've never heard of any church doing that before (and I attended many prior to my "conversion"). The not-so-good reverend should be ashamed of himself.