LizzieMaine
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Just curious LizzieMaine, do you attend church regularly, and if so, what kind? I can't imagine any church that would not expect tithing, under Mosaic Law or not.
I don't tithe either, but then I don't go to church. If I did, I'd probably be compelled to put something in the plate when it was passed.
I'm a Methodist, and have never been told I had to contribute any particular amount. I'll put something in the plate when it comes around, but the amount is between me and God and nobody else. A literal ten-percent assessment of the congregation isn't anything we teach or require. Some interesting thoughts on the Methodist view of tithing can be found here.
The modern emphasis on a literal ten-percent tithe as taught by many contemporary Evangelistic denominations goes back to an early-twentieth-century Anglican clergyman named Henry Lansdell, who wrote a lengthy treatise encouraging the practice, and it caught on in many denominations as a way of ensuring a steady revenue stream.