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Mormons dad and son win Amazing Race

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MVP

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Good for them, really well deserved. So now tell me do they give away 100k to the church?
 
AKMVP said:
Good for them, really well deserved. So now tell me do they give away 100k to the church?
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I think they'll choose pay on net. So 50 K after the government steals half of their winnings.That's cool though. I didn't even know they were Mormon. I only watched that last episode yesterday of this race. It was a good leg to watch.
 
They are supposed to but wether they do or not is up to them.
 
AKMVP said:
Good for them, really well deserved. So now tell me do they give away 100k to the church?
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David was the oldest to ever win and the first parent/child combo to win. When you consider he blew his achilles the first time he played pretty amazing they won.
 
AKMVP said:
Good for them, really well deserved. So now tell me do they give away 100k to the church?
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I'm a fan of the show and have been cheering for them all season! They seem like nice guys, and always treated the other teams with respect.

As to whether they pay tithing, that's a personal decision for them. But since all indications were that they are active Mormons, I suspect they probably will. As Duck mentioned, though, they might decide to pay on the post-tax winnings rather than the pre-tax winnings.
 
I agree, it was hard not to cheer for them. And my daughter even developed crush on Connor, lol.
 
Archie Moses said:
Hence the word earned.
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When a family in the early church had baby chickens and they paid tithing with a chicken, did they "earn" those chickens?

Also, in the amazing race, how can you say that it wasn't "earned"? They performed a task and are now getting paid for it. Sounds like earning to me.

Besides, I always understood tithing to be paid on one's "increase" regardless of source. That said, do people mostly pay on gross earnings or on take-home?
 
Archie Moses said:
Hence the word earned.
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Thanks for a bit of clarification on earned. Based on the short sentence to me it sounded like earnings from a job. Tough to tell all it included from one sentence.

The more I think about it the more I think it pertains to all increase. If I grow a garden and that is an increase to my household then I try to pay on that, or in Log's example of the chickens as well. That's just me personally. Employment, company ownership, investments, gardens, whatever I see as an increase.

On the net vs gross topic, some pay on net, others pay on gross. I don't think it matters, with this caveat. If we pay on net are we in effect paying the government before we pay the Lord, and if so are we short changing the Lord? Also if we pay on net, then get a tax refund that is basically getting some of your gross earnings back from the government, are you paying tithing on that refund as well? When I do the math, I would rather make an error in the Lords favor so to speak. Just my opinion, not saying someone who does it differently is wrong.
 
I think the "earned" word is in there to cover things like gambling winnings. The church has specifically said that it doesn't want members gambling, nor (if I recall correctly) paying tithing on money gained that way. For that matter the word probably also covers inheritances as well.
 
colton said:
I think the "earned" word is in there to cover things like gambling winnings. The church has specifically said that it doesn't want members gambling, nor (if I recall correctly) paying tithing on money gained that way. For that matter the word probably also covers inheritances as well.
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Or game show winnings. :D
 
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