Talk:Tithe

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Jacob's vow to tithe[edit]

There's another reference to Old Testament tithing that would be good to cite:

Gen. 28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Gen. 28:21 So that I come again to my father’s house in peace--then shall the LORD be my God,

Gen. 28:22 And this rock, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house; and of all that you shall give me, I will surely give the tenth to you.

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Tithe vs. Taxes[edit]

I should point out, tithes were not taxes but rather they were tax-like. In certain crucial respects they do not qualify as taxes - mainly, from being too arms length from governments. Even so, they still affected payers the same way, so correcting this technical point needs to respect the spirit as well as the letter. I'll leave it a while. PML.

Tithes in European countries?[edit]

At least here in Finland Evangelical-lutheran church collects (governmental tax office does this) one percent (not ten percent) from income of members of the church. Here is also other christian churches... So it would be interesting to know about tithes in other European countries, is it really collected somewhere?

I'm going to move the paragraph on France down with the other paragraphs about official state collection of "tithes." I think we should also structure these entries as subentries to a section on government collection of religious offerings. billlund 12:56, May 22, 2005 (UTC)

Intro: "There are still European countries today that allow some churches to assess a mandatory tithe which is enforced by law.". Mandatory? Which countries? By the discriptions of individual countries, that's not the idea I get.

LDS Tithing[edit]

Members of the LDS Church (or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) are required to pay tithing. Could somebody please put some reference to this on the page on tithes?

Members of the LDS Church are not "required" to pay a tithing, but it is a commandment from God and an expectation of the church. Paying a tithe is also a requirement to participate in the LDS temple, specifically, to receive a temple recommend so that the member can participate in the ordinances of the temple. (There are copious Wikipedia entries on all of this.)
Personally, I don't think that an entry regarding this for the LDS Church is appropriate in this article since no other denomination is specifically mentioned. I also think that bringing in specific practices of denominations would make the article contentious and unwieldy. Let's not do that. billlund 12:52, May 22, 2005 (UTC)

NPOV and Cleanup[edit]

This article is currently quite POV in certain sections and reads like a college essay on tithing instead of an unbiased encyclopedia article. I don't have time to elaborate further or point out specific instances right now, but a brief readthrough of the article should be enough to convince nearly anyone that work needs to be done here. - Jersyko talk 03:54, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

OK, I went through the article and cut out everything that smelled of POV or original research. I'm certain that this article could be expanded significantly, and I might have cut some information that could be reworded and re-inserted as well as failed to cut some info that shouldn't be in the article. I, however, learned more about tithing from reading this article than I've ever known, so I'm certainly not the person to do any more work on it. - Jersyko talk 03:38, July 23, 2005 (UTC)

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United Kingdom of Israel or Kingdom of Judea[edit]

The section titled "United Kingdom of Israel" does not talk about the United Kingdom of Israel, but instead talks about the Kingdom of Judea (Hezekiah, LMLK seals). Is there something I am missing or is it a case of a misleading title? --Crazyketchupguy (talk) 01:32, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I came here to find out who paid tithes in medieval England[edit]

Instead I find a huge excerpt from a primary source which frankly is useless. Doug Weller talk 18:40, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

After the separation of church and state, church tax linked to the tax system are instead used in many countries to support their national church.[edit]

Something's wrong with the grammar of the above. Could some knowledgeable person rewrite so it reads properly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.15.39.58 (talk) 09:54, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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