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> I am not against giving, I just think it should be responsible, I have
> heard people say you should forget your car payment, after all, what did you
> love more? Your car, or the Lord,
> I have always wondered about the 10% thing anyway, wasn't that from the Old
> Testament and a part of the law. If Christ came that we might be free from
> the law, why this figure? Wouldn't it be better to simply ask God, and give
> what you feel He says? I have a friend, she and her husband are soo certain
> that they must give at least 10% they will give it, even when that means
> they only have $25 for food for a week. Is that what God wants? Their
> thing is if they are doing what they feel God wants He will take care of
> them. But my question to them, (and mind you, it makes them sort of angry)
> is who said you should always give 10% no mater what? Was it God or your
> pastor? It's almost as though they are paying God off, sort of like one
> would pay off the mophia for protection? Is that the kind of God we serve?
> So now that I've stired up a lot of brouble, I'll go!!!
> Rhonda