Re: I give 35% to Sallie Mae

Is this a widespread christian belief or is this more denomination based? With all the talk of Perry Noble and tithing today I read up a little on it and some church's,
Perry Noble's included, say that you should tithe 10% of your income to the church. 10% sounds a little steep and a little crazy to me especially in our given economic situation. I read where southern baptist preacher Mac Brunson said that our current economic troubles are a result of God punishing our country because of non-tithing Christians. And, I also watched a video where Noble's said that and I quote " Maybe there would be less homosexuality in the world today if there were less greedy Christians who actually cared enough to tithe and spread the gospel." These comments just seem twisted to me and seems that they are playing on people's emotions on a topic to get them to give more money to their church.

Just curious how common this practice is. I grew up Methodist and while the offering plate was passed around there was never this kind of talk.

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Re: Not biblical, just Middle English ...

Sep 5, 2012, 8:31 AM

Yeah, I guess the dictionaries are wrong about the origins of a word, the word is Middle English, the idea itself is probably not.

The idea of giving 1/10th is from the Old Testament, but I always felt that rather than 1/10th of your salary, it meant 1/10th of what you produce to help foster a community, rather than financially support preachers. There are plenty of ways to give 1/10th of yourself to the church community that don't include your money. Regardless, it is to go to the church, and the church community, not to enrich those who preach the bible.

tithe (t)
n.
1.
a. A tenth part of one's annual income contributed voluntarily or due as a tax, especially for the support of the clergy or church.
b. The institution or obligation of paying tithes.
2. A tax or assessment of one tenth.
3.
a. A tenth part.
b. A very small part.
v. tithed, tith·ing, tithes
v.tr.
1. To contribute or pay a tenth part of (one's annual income).
2. To levy a tithe on.
v.intr.
To pay a tithe.
[Middle English, from Old English totha; see dek in Indo-European roots.]
titha·ble (t-bl) adj.
tither n.
Word History: A tithe is a tenth, etymologically speaking; in fact, tithe is the old ordinal numeral in English. Sound changes in the prehistory of English are responsible for its looking so different from the word ten. Tithe goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic form *tehuntha-, formed from the cardinal numeral *tehun, "ten," and the same ordinal suffix that survives in Modern English as -th. The n disappeared before the th in the West Germanic dialect area that gave rise to English, and eventually yielded the Old English form tothe, "tenth," still not too different from the cardinal numeral ten. But over time, as the former became tithe and the latter ten, and as tithe developed the specialized meaning "a tenth part paid as a tax," it grew harder to perceive a relationship between the two. The result was that speakers of English created a new word for the ordinal, tenth, built with the cardinal numeral ten on the pattern of the other regularly-formed ordinal numerals like sixth or seventh.

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Tithing????

Tithe is a biblical term meaning tenth. So yes, the bible

Not biblical, just Middle English ...

Re: Not biblical, just Middle English ...

Re: Not biblical, just Middle English ...

If you're going to put this under football

Re: If you're going to put this under football

Which is the appropriate board in which to post

Probably the one with religion in the title?

Well.... you made me look and I didn't

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Tithing is first mentioned in Genesis 14:20

Re: Tithing is first mentioned in Genesis 14:20

any preacher or church that is focused on money is not

The 10th is just a starting point! You cannot out give GOD***

I give 35% to Sallie Mae

I question Noble.

Re: I question Noble.

if that's true, then the Methodists have really fallen far

Got to build those Mega Churchs

does that mean no church should have one?

Im not a big church fan

Mormons are HUGE on tithing

Nice tie-back.

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