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We've all heard the counsel from the pulpit to pay your tithing first, and of course we've all heard the urban legends and testimonies from those who owe $1000 in bills, and only have $700 in income, but because they paid their tithing first, somehow all the bills got paid. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this. I'm not talking about the stories where they pay their tithing then find $100 under a couch pillow, or a benevolent stranger gives them cash. I can see how that might be a miraculous event, but I'm talking about paying tithing and somehow the money you have covers all your bills when mathematically it shouldn't. I'm wondering how that works.

SatanWasSetUp wrote:We've all heard the counsel from the pulpit to pay your tithing first, and of course we've all heard the urban legends and testimonies from those who owe $1000 in bills, and only have $700 in income, but because they paid their tithing first, somehow all the bills got paid. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this. I'm not talking about the stories where they pay their tithing then find $100 under a couch pillow, or a benevolent stranger gives them cash. I can see how that might be a miraculous event, but I'm talking about paying tithing and somehow the money you have covers all your bills when mathematically it shouldn't. I'm wondering how that works.

Well, I haven't paid my tithing, and as a result, I can afford to send my son to a more expensive, out of state college in the upcoming school year. The increase in tuition over the state school is approximately what I'd be paying in tithing.

Isn't it marvelous?

SatanWasSetUp wrote:We've all heard the counsel from the pulpit to pay your tithing first, and of course we've all heard the urban legends and testimonies from those who owe $1000 in bills, and only have $700 in income, but because they paid their tithing first, somehow all the bills got paid. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this. I'm not talking about the stories where they pay their tithing then find $100 under a couch pillow, or a benevolent stranger gives them cash. I can see how that might be a miraculous event, but I'm talking about paying tithing and somehow the money you have covers all your bills when mathematically it shouldn't. I'm wondering how that works.

If we knew how it worked it would be like the $100 under the pillow thing.

SatanWasSetUp wrote:We've all heard the counsel from the pulpit to pay your tithing first, and of course we've all heard the urban legends and testimonies from those who owe $1000 in bills, and only have $700 in income, but because they paid their tithing first, somehow all the bills got paid. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this. I'm not talking about the stories where they pay their tithing then find $100 under a couch pillow, or a benevolent stranger gives them cash. I can see how that might be a miraculous event, but I'm talking about paying tithing and somehow the money you have covers all your bills when mathematically it shouldn't. I'm wondering how that works.

Who is we in “We’ve all heard...”?

I haven’t heard, and am glad because its nonsense. Finding money under a couch pillow or getting money from a stranger would have a rational explanation. Money does not just appear under pillows.

The answer to your question is: it does not work. It’s a story. But any access to money has an explanation. Money is quantifiable. We know it when we see it. If we just found it, someone lost it. Who was sitting next to the couch pillow in recent time (if that’s where money was found)?

There is a whole system of irrational fairy-tale stories. Many of them are constructed by religious groups who have a reason to construct stories such as the one you just constructed.

The question for such religious pundits is: How can we get more money out of people who are members (or potential members) our particular group?

That’s the question. So various nefarious stories are constructed with a specific goal of transferring wealth.

JAK

guy sajer said:

"Well, I haven't paid my tithing, and as a result, I can afford to send my son to a more expensive, out of state college in the upcoming school year. The increase in tuition over the state school is approximately what I'd be paying in tithing.

Isn't it marvelous?"

Good for you. You appear to have a brain which you are able to use as you transcend the stories you have heard!

Congratulations!

JAK

JAK wrote: Money does not just appear under pillows.

Ever hear of the tooth fairy?

You could always try taking you tithing receipt and your unpaid bills to the Bishop and see how that goes over.

Here's my faith promoting tithing story:

My wife and I are struggling college students. Didn't have enough money to pay the bills. But we paid our tithing. Then, I discovered that when my wife had written a deposit into our checkbook, she actually subtracted from the total. When we corrected it, we actually had $400 more than we thought we did.

There - money appearing out of nowhere. Simply amazing isn't it?

Who Knows wrote:Here's my faith promoting tithing story:

My wife and I are struggling college students. Didn't have enough money to pay the bills. But we paid our tithing. Then, I discovered that when my wife had written a deposit into our checkbook, she actually subtracted from the total. When we corrected it, we actually had $400 more than we thought we did.

There - money appearing out of nowhere. Simply amazing isn't it?

That's a pretty amazing story. The problem is, the miracle of the checkbook balancing error that makes us think we have less money than we do, and then we find out it was all a silly mistake and we actually have more than we thought we had is a universal blessing that effects pretty much all of mankind regardless of religious faith or tithing payments.

I'm here to tell you that paying your tithing is the only way to live and be financially free. The trick is to decide on the church's behalf how that money will best serve the members. Since you're the one who's best equipped to determine how one of the members (ie you) could benefit from that cash, it only makes sense that you'd use it on you.

So basically, when you pay your tithing, just submit the receipt to the church and let them now the funds allocation has already been taken care of, and they don't need to worry about your contribution. That's one way you can go the extra mile in serving your church.