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Originally posted by hottytoddy
Yeah, I'm not sure tithing counts. If I were to guess I'd say it's based on who claimed charitable donations on their taxes.
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Uncle Sam counts it!
As for donations, I have a car full of boxes of winter clothing that I'm dropping off on the way home tonight - much of it never or gently used. I have a Christmas tree looking for a good home, as well as having donated a
lot of stuff (tools, food, & general things) to various charities. EASILY, the net worth would be 10% of my income, on top of the tithing. I'm not even going into the number of things I've donated to either my sorority or the Panhellenic, or the time spent reading to older people who can't see to read that well.
I really, really don't want to come off as holier than thou, because I'm not. I just think that it would be a much better world if everyone gave 10% - in money, in tithes, in time, whatever.
As Albert Schweitzer said, "Service to others is the rent you pay for the space you occupy on earth."
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