do some christians?

Question

think the world owes them a living because of their faith.

when christian profit organisations and charities are free from contributing taxes to their community.
many christians i've obseved, think they are a walking charity and deserve benefit, financial, material or other, out of being a 'christian'.
voiding themselves from guilt by justifying crime & selfishness as being for the sake of god via them.

is this acceptable human behaviour

Answer 1

I doubt , Xians have far more self respect than to accept undeserved charity.

Answer 2

Hi man who sold the world.

There are many excesses in the Christain chruch. There are many who you can point the finger at and say "That person does not deserve tax free status." There are many people that have got the badge of Christian on but have not got much of Jesus Christ's character in them.

But would you throw out the baby with the bathwater? Perhaps you would. Perhaps if you were in office you would say to the Christians that their tax free status has come to an end.

Not all Christains think the world owes them a living. In fact some of them, like me don't do much of what the world considers as fun.

There are good folk out there that are Christians. I pray that you meet a few!

Answer 3

I'm a bible believing Christian and this is my perspective.

False teaching has turned alot of believers into focusing their attention on things of the world instead of the things of God.

This is out of order and God is about to deal with it. Alot of believers need to be chastised and it will happen and soon.
For the most part the churches in America are fullfilling Revelation 3:14-22.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%203:14-22;&version=9;

They may be using the word prosperity but really its just code for greed.
No its not acceptable in fact it makes unbelievers scoff at us cause they dont see how were any diffrent from them and even view us as hipocrites.

Answer 4

Hi, there are christians that uses God in avoiding taxes and other benefits we cannot avoid people use God in a form of business to avoid such thing... They are called christians who have vested interests... But there are christians who walk in the light of God and they are not selfish... We cannot judge anyone through his actions because we do not know his/her motive on that particular behaviour , I guess it is not acceptable as a human behaviour using religion for money's sake... It is an offense..

Answer 5

There are plenty of organizations and charities... oh and casinos, that do not have to pay taxes. So why fall back on using Christians as the only example here. Churches and charities give back and in Christian charities they often give to anyone in need, no matter what their religion.

Most Christians I know don't want charity and they work very hard for every thing they have and they work just as hard to give to people in need.

Answer 6

The only thing Christian churches deserve is tax exeption. the people of the church do not get it and I have never heard of a christian I know justifying crime or any sin of any type because they happen to serve god. You must be around some reall sinners who just want people to think they are christians. No it is not acceptable behavior

I also dont believe minorities have the right to think the world owes them a favor, benefits or anything else---especially Illegal immigrants who have no rights whatsoever

Answer 7

I had to think about how to answer this one in the most truthful manner. You may not like the answer, but relax, I really don't think that you qualify as being one of those people who need to pay up.

Those who recieve the word with gladness and are then turned into new Christians might have the urge to say 'thank you'. They may do this by giving money, material things to the one who brought them the word of God.

Now a Christian, depending on how well he knows the scripture, may expect it, but typically is dissappointed. People do not typically find it easy to part with their money.

But for those that do respond in that manner, may further the effectiveness of a particular talented preacher. That preacher may go and preach more because the funding available has enabled him for that capacity.

The person who gives is merely responding by the Spirit of God, in that he is the Spirit of Giving, as we only hear about that part of God's Spirit at Christmas time, from the world that does not understand him.

So it would really be odd for a person who is a christian to expect money from those who he did not teach, or did not accept what was said in the teaching. But those who do are typically going to have the indwelling Spirit of God to guide them as to what they are to do, out of all hilarity. It's a natural reaction for those authenically gifted in that manner. ( Yes I do mean to say that those who give are gifted )

I know that what I am saying is so very alien to what everyone else thinks, but I hope that there was at least one little spark of truth to this for you.

Answer 8

I am a grateful Christian who has received charity and have given charity. The words are true that it is more blessed to give than to receive. I am careful to research the causes I support and avoid all ministries that give guarantees with a donation. Send us your money and you will find a check for 100 fold within a month. My God is way bigger than that. His blessings don't have a price tag. You don't owe me, I owe you an apology for unenlightened brothers and sisters.

Answer 9

Huh, weird. I've never met any Christians who thought that they were owed money simply for being Christian. I've known public, immoral figures who profiteer off of Christianity and Christian charities. And I know that ministers (of all religions) tend to expect some compensation (although most are paid at quite a low level).

Answer 10

I have to pipe in with my $.02 here and say that any money which a church receives has already been taxed in the hands of the giver. Saying that Christians do not pay their fair share of taxes, is a fallacy. The social good that comes from churches, more than compensates for any pittance the government would try to extort, if they tried to tax churches. If you are worried about taxes so much, I would suggest that you send YOUR $$$ to the government, then do genuinely beneficial social activities. Maybe that would stop this taxing the churches hypocrisy.

Answer 11

what the catholic church is doing in the world, no other organization is doing

we are living our faith and nothing else

we need more benefits esp. in country's like india, where are work is widespread

we, the Catholics run in india

228 Crèches, 111 Leprosaria, 102 Rehab Centres
1085 Orphanages, 704 Hospitals, 455 Homes for the
240 colleges, “the best ones”, 1514 Technical Schools
11084 reputed schools, 3785 Nurseries

we definitely need some benefits
but in india we get none