Archie Moses
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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?
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.
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yes I know, time flies. We are not getting any younger. She is 17 now.
I've got a 17 year old daughter, too. Hard to believe!
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It's left up to the individual and you could argue it either way. If I earn $10/hr, but the fed and state government takes $2, I could certainly say my increase is just $8. In all my years of paying tithing, I've not once had a bishop ask me about gross or net pay. It's always been a simple, do you pay full, part or no tithing. And since the net/gross issue is personal, I won't reveal what method I use.
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Wonder if Marriott had to pay tithing on the money he earned from porno rentals in his hotels. Maybe he just put that towards buying naming rights for the BYU school of business.
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This season on TAR was a pretty weak season. Didn't like this final leg at all, outside of the light bulb task, didn't really involve a lot of hard work. They typically end with an extremely hard memory task, but just decided to do the stupid skydiving thing.
Was just glad to see Brenchel go down in flames - what an annoying bitch.
Was just glad to see Brenchel go down in flames - what an annoying bitch.
Archie Moses
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I still don't get why people get so butt-hurt over this. There's a saying that I really like. You can live IN the world, but it doesn't mean you have to be a part of it. In other words, you don't have to bubble yourself from all things.
When I was on my mission, there was a stake president. Guess what he did for a living? He sold cigars. Good for him too. It put a roof over his head, and food in his family.