Catholic, Protestant, Baptist and other Christians, does your Priest or Pastor tell you the tithe is 10% of your income per year as God requires?

I once joined a Catholic Church, nice congregation nice Priest we all got along and I asked the Priest one day what I as a parishioner should give to the Church and he said 10% of annual income. I thought wow that seems like a big chunk since the government, federal, state and local take about 35% plus God's 10% leaves me with very little after rent, insurance, food and fuel.

I used to beat myself up for being a cheap bastard when it came time to put my contribution in the basket or envelopes as was the case, I thought I was a crappy follower of Catholicism if it bothers me so much. I lived like this for years and years. I brought it up to the Priest and he stated it was part of the burden of being a Christian, do the best you can. That line, “do the best you can” caught me by surprise, is this man so humble or is he just being kind or is there some other reason?

Years after that I read the Old Testament of the Bible. Then I came to Deuteronomy and The God of All Creations opened my eyes, I cried when I read it and was astonished by what I read. The 10% or “tithe” many preachers, priests and pastors like to bandy about is 10% of your income but spread out over a 3 year cycle.

The First Year of the Cycle, you give the Lord your 10%, the Lord says take it back and take it with your parish and have a party. If not with your parish take your family for a party on the Lord's 10%, THAT IS CALLED VACATION ON 10% OF YOUR INCOME.

The Second Year of the Cycle, you give the Lord your 10%, the Lord says take it back and take it with your parish and have a party. If not with your parish take your family for a party on the Lord's 10%, THAT IS CALLED VACATION ON 10% OF YOUR INCOME.

The Third Year of the Cycle, you give your 10% to the pastors, priests and preachers plus the poor, widows and orphans.

The following is the passage about the tithe in Deuteronomy;

The Tithe
"You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year. And before the LORD your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, when the LORD your God blesses you, because the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God chooses, to set his name there, then you shall turn it into money and bind up the money in your hand and go to the place that the LORD your God chooses and spend the money for whatever you desire—oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And you shall eat there before the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.

And you shall not neglect the Levite (priests, pastors, preachers) who is within your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you. "At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns. And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.
(Deuteronomy 14:22-29)

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Last Edited by Victor Vectors on 12/23/2018 09:03 AM