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Generosity or exploitation? Why some Australians give 10 per cent of their income to a church

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xenoview 8 June 19
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Well, that seems liek a world wide thing. It's not just Australia. However, I do think it is exploitation.

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Neither, I'd say it's stupidity. You can't cure stupid anywhere in the world.

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I was very surprised when I came across it here in Australia. I have lived in Sweden and Poland and never experienced it, but maybe they do it now.

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It's called buying a stairway to heaven. By the willfully stupid. 🙄

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Firstly, it is NOT just an Australian Phenomenon this 'tithing' business.
It happens EVERYWHERE there is Religion, especially Organised Christianity.
Mormons, for 1 example, are EXPECTED to 'tithe' and often get 'friendly reminders' if they haven't.
Percentage-wise per Head of Population, the U.S.A. stands head and shoulders ABOVE most of the Westernised Nations of the world.

Huge here in America as well and I suspect Canada and Mexico as well.
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Tithing has been and always will be extortion against the weak minded

redhog Level 7 June 19, 2021
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