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Originally Posted by Finny61
I thought I'd remind you of what you said. In all denominations I have experienced your points have never been relevant.
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Good for you?
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Originally Posted by Finny61
'Giving' can be in many forms including service for the church itself therefore I don't see where social status lowers or increases.
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Of course, most reasonable people would be like that, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
Some churches even make tithing a requirement of membership (some churches membership is different than just attending, members get to participate in governance).
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Originally Posted by Finny61
I do however believe that desires to pressure into tithing can exist and it really comes down to the type of leader, its whether that existence is in large numbers or not, we already agree to disagree on that.
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So your disagreement now isn't if it exists, but on how large it is? Well since I didn't claim to give any kind of percentage or anything you can disagree with something I didn't say if you like.
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