i once worked with two christian men who used to give 20% of there wages to the church,has anyone else done this sort of thing and if so why?
do you think they will go to heaven when they die
2007-11-23 07:25:35 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no never i do not pay church poll tax
2007-11-23 08:14:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The tithe is typically 10% of a Christian's income (the 10% comes from the Old Testament practice of giving 10% to the Jewish Temple).
Some Christians choose to give more.
The two Christian men will go to heaven of they have truly and sincerely committed their lives to Christ and live in relationship with Christ on a daily basis.
Their giving of 20% to the church does not determine if they will go to heaven or not.
Cordially,
John
http://www.GodSci.org
2007-11-23 15:35:19 · answer #2 · answered by John 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tithing is a commandment in the Jewish Torah. Therefore Jews are suppose to do it.
However, the Christians say Jesus made all the laws of the Torah obsolete. So no tithing is required of a Christian.
Unless of course their church has revived it as a way to get money.
Some people give money to their church because they want to. Such an un-American un-capitalistic thing to do. The person obviously is a closet Commie.
2007-11-23 15:34:53 · answer #3 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is called tithing. Its actually a biblical practice. I can't remember the exact verse, but somehwere in the bible Jesus tells us to "render unto ceaser what is ceasers, and render unto God what is His." Basically pay your taxes, give some to God "aka your church" and spend the rest wisely.
And no this will not get these men into heaven. Simply being a "good person" does not get you into heaven.
2007-11-23 16:22:00 · answer #4 · answered by evil_kandykid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If heaven does exist and they are good people then yes but not because they gave money to the church you cannot buy your way into heaven
2007-11-23 15:32:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 10% to the church is a Jewish custom, where the Rabbi then shares it out amung the poor of his community. This happened one a year. It was at no time used to suport the Rabbi and he didn`t take any of the money for himself..!!
2007-11-23 15:32:20 · answer #6 · answered by Terry M 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I used to do this, because i believed God wanted me to do so. The Bible does mention such things. However, when i noticed how materialistic and unspiritual my fellow parishioners seemed to be, i stopped and left the church entirely. I know God doesn't want us to judge others, but there are limits when the churchgoers seem to sin more than those who don't know Christ.
2007-11-23 16:44:21 · answer #7 · answered by grayure 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amount of money given has no bearing on a person going to heaven.
2007-11-23 15:28:50 · answer #8 · answered by drg5609 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not according to the book of Acts.
When Simon tried to buy a blessing (or rather, the ability to bless), Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of god with money."
May be it's not relevant, but certainly I consider giving money to the church as "bribery" for salvation is blasphemy.
2007-11-23 16:12:04 · answer #9 · answered by Maitreya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are going nowhere when they die dear. The church however probably used their money to pay the skyrocketing legal fees of all the pedophile priests victims law suits....
2007-11-23 15:29:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
it is meant to be 7.5% of your anual wage i think.
And the amount they donate does not make them a good person it depends on how they live their life and their belief.
It is easier to get a camel through a needles eye than it is to get a rich man into heaven.
2007-11-23 16:35:15 · answer #11 · answered by nonoodles74 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋