Posted by:
Just Once
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Date: June 06, 2012 12:56PM
I'm confused. I've been on this board only a short time and I've heard a number of opinions as to what, an honest tithe means. I'm not looking for opinions, I'm looking for an official church statement that says something to the effect that an honest tithe is.......
Not a general auhority, who in general conference, etc,, gives his opinion on what an honest tithe is because we know how unreliable that can be. GA's views have been deleted from the Ensign or even changed by the next general conference.
Does it mean 10% of a person's gross income?
Does it mean 10% of a person's surplus after expenses?
Is it left to each member to decide what an honest tithe means?
Is the bishop only supposed to ask, "Have you paid an honest tithe? and leave it at that?
Are bishops, according to church policy, allowed to require a member to prove with their pay receipts, etc. whether they've actually paid an honest tithe? or is this some authority they take upon themselves if it suits them?
Or is this another of TSCC's doctrines, policies, teachings they leave purposely vague?