RE: Remember To Always Tithe!
August 16, 2013 at 3:34 pm
(This post was last modified: August 16, 2013 at 3:36 pm by Drich.)
(August 16, 2013 at 12:04 am)genkaus Wrote:(August 15, 2013 at 9:49 pm)Drich Wrote: Now if I see you have a need and God prompts me to give you money, bus ticket, gift card, rent, or whatever, and you decide to use my tithe for something else does that make you guilty of the same sin as this Polk county pastor in your minds eye? Why or why not?
Nope. Ist of all, the pastor is guilty of a crime, not a sin. Secondly, if you give the money to me, then it belongs to me to be used in whatever manner I like, regardless of your delusional reasons for giving it to me. Therefore - no crime.
The Pastor is indeed guilt of a sin, his criminal status is not being disputed here has he has been found guilty of fraud.
My Question was not to ask you if you were guilty of a crime. I asked you would you be guilty of the same sin he was for taking money meant to do God's work and use it for his own personal gain?
If you do not want to answer the conditions of my question, know that i am not requiring you to do so. Meaning you don't need to get defensive and try and dismiss what I asked. Next time Simply remain silent, and I won't even know you read what I wrote.
(August 16, 2013 at 2:00 am)Esquilax Wrote:(August 15, 2013 at 9:49 pm)Drich Wrote: Sometimes I will give to a charity or some sort of organization. Others I will give to indivisual people when I see a true need. Now if I see you have a need and God prompts me to give you money, bus ticket, gift card, rent, or whatever, and you decide to use my tithe for something else does that make you guilty of the same sin as this Polk county pastor in your minds eye? Why or why not?
Well, when you tithe, isn't the understanding that the money will be used for god's purposes, like the upkeep of the church or the good works the church is bound to do? You're not giving the money to the preacher, but to the religion and the deity it worships, no? So that money shouldn't be used for an individual's private use, regardless of his or her position within the church.
Meanwhile, I'm a private citizen; you wouldn't be giving me anything with the implicit purpose behind it. Now, if you outright tell me you'd like me to spend that money on X thing, and I do otherwise, that's dishonest of me, but not a crime at all.
Agree. My question is not to the criminality of the situation. i asked would you be guilt of the same sin?
