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Originally Posted by photon
Add to that the factor that in many churches it is basically a requirement to tithe.. not necessarily that you will be kicked out of the church if you do not tithe, but your social status will be lower if it is know, the pastor will take you aside and tell you that you are disobeying God and that your relationship with God is being harmed because you aren't giving, that you can't receive the fullness of God's benefits without tithing, and you will even be restricted from being active in the church (i.e. you can't be a musician, sing, teach Sunday school, preach, teach, greet, etc) unless you are tithing.
So people will fell compelled (coerced?) to tithe even if it harms them.
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That is not true. Tithing is preached from time to time, the traditional guideline has always been 10%, but people do not get singled out in every church organization for missing a tithe or not tithing, perhaps some of the crummy churches you've been to.. that's too bad especially if it resulted in putting you in a 'lower social class'.