[CptnObvious]

Your right about tithing. It is another secret to being wealthy and giving.

[arthurus]

Just practically speaking, when you give 10% off the top from every paycheck, especially when those paychecks are small, regardless of what you need the money for right now, you start paying a lot more attention to how are spending money and those reflexive purchases that imperceptibly dribble your money away start looking like ball-and-chain type things and you quit buying cokes and coffee and maybe even cigarrettes. Then you start looking at something you really want and your mind asks, but do you need that? Then it occurs to you that you can pay something off this month and you find that your whole approach has changed. Being actively Christian changes your values and helps to eliminate expensive habits, too.

[Safetgiver]

Your right about tithing. It is another secret to being wealthy and giving....Being Very serious, To whom do you tithe?..To a Church that pays themselves (for the building fund?) To the poor that make as much as you on UI, WIC, etc? Whom should I tithe to? How about tithing to myself for purely selfish reasons? I started putting $5.00 a week away in 1988 into a deferred comp fund with no employer back up. I upped it every time I got a raise. I gave money to UWay every year (which I quit, they are crooked as a Clinton or Al Sharpton) and ended up with $300,00 from Def Comp. when I retired. As well as my pension. As well as my SS. TO WHOM DO I TITHE?