tithing

Giving out of your surplus does not make you generous, it makes your selfishness more tolerable! Giving while you are lacking is what pleases the Lord.

When I finally applied logic to Religion that was when I quit paying after life insurance and quit going

Blessed are you who sow. Every seed you so plant, will grow into bountiful crops for great harvest.

Malachi 3: 8-9 is probably the most misrepresented scripture tithing advocates quote in the Bible. They contend that anyone that does not pay tithe is robbing God and will be cursed. However, Malachi was not speaking to the Jewish nation he was speaking to the priests. The priests were the ones criticized for robbing God and received the curse for failing to follow God__ ordinances. They were withholding the best meats for themselves and offering God __lemished_ sacrifices.Pastors that knowingly deceive others by preaching a false tithing doctrine are the real thieves and are no different than the priests that Malachi rebuked. They are blind guides that lead God__ people astray. They have cherry picked certain principles from God__ tithing system and turned it into something that looks nothing like Moses_ design. It is an inequitable system that does not provide for the poor and allow prosperity preachers and false teachers to profit far beyond the members of their congregation.