Is it finally happening? Is Christianity finally going to start being based?
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I'm sorry but why would God tax people at all?
He doesn't, but throughout the bible it's encouraged to give 10%. The number comes from Abraham giving 10% of his wealth to Melchizedek (supposedly Christ in the OT). The idea is to support the function and growth of the church, but it's not mandatory.
It comes from earlier than that. God wanted "first fruits" of things in Deuteronomy and Leviticus (earlier if you include some events in Exodus), where God was telling the Israelites how to obey God and be a righteous people, after He led them out of Egypt. But, God doesn't need any of our sacrifices, money, or things. The sacrifices were forward pointing to Jesus, and to feed the Levite priests who weren't portioned any land (to grow crops or cattle, leaving them at the mercy of the other tribes for food) in the newly conquered land of Israel, and the first fruits were meant to help other people (i.e. the church), as most Christians understand it today, which is what tithing is. Through the parable of the talents that Jesus taught, it's understood that God blesses us (with wealth, things, or even personal talent) so we can also help others, and not just use it to enrich ourselves.
Did you really say that exodus, Deuteronomy and Levitics came before Abraham.
You might be retarded son.
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Oh, Genesis 14:20. Yes. Abram tithed to Melchizedek. Apologies for not remembering all of it. The OT is really dense, and God repeats Himself a lot.
If only Eve tithed that first fruit...
In this time, donating to the church was just a way of doing business. Say you are a merchant and 90%+ of your clients are devout christians... maybe it's in your best interest for the priest to like you, all I'm saying...
We can see how that turned out.
Yeah, it built medieval Europe to the point that it could, and did, resist and repulse the imperial Persians and Mongols.
I've got plenty of issues with the Catholic Church, but you'd be blind if you couldn't see how much White excellence it's channelled over the centuries.
You mean how Anatolia was subjugated by Muslims for 800 years and allowed the Ottoman Empire to subjugate the Balkans and reach the gates of Vienna multiple times? How it fractured Europe, called for crusades against Europeans to violently convert them (and one of them killed the Byzantine Empire too), caused multiple religious wars, amongst them the 30 Years War that killed a third of Germany's population at the time?
White excellence only really began AFTER the European nobility curbed the power of the Church. The only thing that the Church channeled is European wealth into its own pockets just as democracy only channeled European wealth into the pockets of a select few individuals while destroying European heritage all over the world.
Really well in fact.
10% for the Big Guy
Because any church is a scam built to extract wealth and exercise control using overt and implicit threats and social pressure (and, once the religion is big enough, martial pressure).
Even the bible cautions against those who preach and proselytize on street corners and in churches and synagogues, and insists that a man's true relationship with and faith in god is done in private (though it also, in other parts, commands you to vigorously spread the word and influence of god, sometimes at swordpoint, so take it for what it is: a collection of human experiences and lessons written by different people at different times dressed up in religious magic trappings for the implied legitimacy).
The christian/catholic god wants your subservience and submission, and when you die, he wants your soul scrubbed clean and added to the eternal chorus to sing his praises. He certainly doesn't want your money - that's just the church.
Projection
Are you implying I'm projecting because I'm a church, or the christian/catholic god?
Because I don't really understand what you thought you meant here.
I don't care what you think about anything. My reply was for everyone else reading
You're a handshake account, try to avoid antagonizing people here
My understanding was God was talking about human taxes. Not money going to to him. So, God was telling humanity that 10% is required to fund government.
give 10% to the church for charity maybe?