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re: True or False: Religious topic

Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:33 am to
Posted by Duke
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:33 am to
The Catholic Church obviously has government parallels. I do think religion acts more in cultural identity than government does.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:33 am to
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Come on, you don't see a parallel between religion and government? Are you sure you're agnostic? You don't seem to be able to look at religion objectively.






Do I have a choice to tithe? Indeed I do.


Do I have a choice to pay taxes? I indubitably do not.
Posted by RedPants
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:35 am to
Oh look! Another thread on religion that stirs a debate had time and time again on this board! Yay!
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:38 am to
You mean your church doesn't make you turn in your income documents at the end of the year? I gotta get a new church.
Posted by StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:40 am to
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You mean your church doesn't make you turn in your income documents at the end of the year? I gotta get a new church.


I actually do know some churches like this down in the south that ask to see your paystub in order to help you pay your tithe.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:41 am to
And if you don't pay it, you go to jail, right?
Posted by Wtodd
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:43 am to
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I actually do know some churches like this down in the south that ask to see your paystub in order to help you pay your tithe.

The notion that churches want to see paystubs is just ludicrous (I'm what the Bible calls a cheerful giver so it wouldn't affect me).
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:48 am to
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And if you don't pay it, you go to jail, right?



Not only that, they can force them to attend and worship, and throw them in prison if they disobey.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:49 am to
Damn evangelicals and their force of law.
Posted by Stonehog
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:59 am to
Don't pay your taxes - go to jail

Don't tithe - go to hell

Seems like a pretty easy parallel to draw
Posted by Person of interest
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 11:05 am to
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I actually do know some churches like this down in the south that ask to see your paystub in order to help you pay your tithe


Our local mega-church seats according to donations like football.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 11:06 am to
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Don't tithe - go to hell


You don't know much.
But I know I love you.
And that may be all I need to know.
This post was edited on 2/20/15 at 11:08 am
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 11:07 am to
What church is that? Does the pastor's name end with "Dollar"?
Posted by Person of interest
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 11:13 am to
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Does the pastor's name end with "Dollar"?


It should. Gotta pay for his helicopter somehow.
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 11:19 am to
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Our local mega-church seats according to donations like football.


That is one of the funniest things I've ever heard. I wonder if placement in that church's version of heaven is similar.
Posted by BlackPawnMartyr
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 11:35 am to
Smells like tax fraud.
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 11:41 am to
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Our local mega-church seats according to donations like football.




on that church.
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
19351 posts
Posted on 2/20/15 at 11:47 am to
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Smells like tax fraud.


Tax fraud. Tithe fraud. Both government and churches know there's more money that can be coaxed out of the turnips. They just have to get bigger and bigger.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 11:49 am to
Can I be incarcerated for not tithing at a church I don't attend?
This post was edited on 2/20/15 at 11:50 am
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 12:02 pm to
Don't bother. They're not interested in an actual argument. Just poo slinging at establishments of the morality that sticks in their craw.
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