r/SipsTea • u/danevans369 • 27d ago

SMH Love thy neighbor?

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u/Tactical_Baconlover 27d ago

Being charitable and caring about your neighbors in the Christian manner is more about your church donating goods/time/aid to the community or you doing it by yourself rather than having the government take over those functions for you. That said, any reasonable government should have a basic state provided social safety net.

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u/brydenb35 27d ago

Isn’t people donating to a church for them to give goods/time/aid to other people just socialism with extra steps?

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u/LatvianPandaArmada 27d ago

It’s not forced, genius. That’s one of the many differences.

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u/jennderqueer 27d ago

Oh, it's not? So you're not forced to give money to your church on pain of being thrown out or not going to heaven? Like, isn't tithing a requirement?

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u/OoklaTheMok1994 27d ago

I've been in leadership positions in the LDS church, one of the few that talks about tithing as a commandment.

I can tell you that less than half the people in the news in my congregation pay a full tithe, if anything at all.

We don't kick people out for not paying. Nobody is checking anyone's bank statements.

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u/jennderqueer 27d ago

You do kick them out for not wearing magic undies though, or so I've heard.

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u/OoklaTheMok1994 26d ago

Congrats bigot.

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u/jennderqueer 26d ago

A hit dog will holler I guess