That's great. Can I ask how you developed the rule or method you pay your tithing by?cyclOps wrote: ↑August 2nd, 2017, 12:30 pmI'm not confused on what tithing standard I should follow. I've had the windows of heaven opened upon my family many times by paying tithing so I feel like I'm doing what is expected by God.MMbelieve wrote: ↑August 2nd, 2017, 10:26 amThe church leaves it up to the member to decide himself. Like the temple recommend interview, it is up to the member to decide if he is worthy to attend after a series of questions (the standard). There is no series of questions when asked if you paid a full tithe. People just want a standard and it isint given as clearly as we would like. That doesn't mean we need to be governed in all things, it means we want to know the standard so we can be sure to meet it.cyclOps wrote: ↑August 2nd, 2017, 10:15 amMan should govern himself, but there has to be a standard to which he governs. Whether it's his own or God's, or something else, there is a standard. The problem is trying to govern according to God's standard and not our own or someone else's.ajax wrote: ↑August 2nd, 2017, 9:00 am Heaven forbid people govern themselves.
We need rules [Insert Obrien's favorite curse word here]!
We MUST be commanded in all things. Uniformity. Compliancy. That way, we don't have to deal with the annoyance of others doing things differently than ourselves.
"Please, please, tell me what this word means" (hot, interest, etc)
But based on how things are done, it doesn't seem that important. But I always thought it was. If its.considered fire insurrance and the windows.of heaven will open to you, it would be nice to know if one is meeting that sufficiently without pouring the funds into the church as insurrance just in case.
I'm not contesting as I have also been blessed to have a testimony of tithing from a very young age.