Tithing: Protestant compared to Catholic

[TxGodfollower]

Reading back over this post, I see primarily “protestant” against “christian”. I think anything a Catholic (True Church) “Christian” says is probably going to be overlooked, ignored, and on you go, protestant against protestant on a Catholic forum?

Most of the people commenting in this thread have been Catholic; if you want to add to the Catholic side of the debate, feel free.

 

[Darryl_B]

Most of the people commenting in this thread have been Catholic; if you want to add to the Catholic side of the debate, feel free.

Whose image and superscription? Render to Caesar the things that are Caesars, render to God the things that are God’s, who’s image are we? What does God want?

I hear two arguments, 1, Protestants pointing at Catholics for supposedly not handing around money using weighted stats, 2, Protestants pointing at Catholics for supposedly the Church being too wealthy.

What would be interesting to see, but will never be, is when the pointing is self-reflective.

 

[TxGodfollower]

Whose image and superscription? Render to Caesar the things that are Caesars, render to God the things that are God’s, who’s image are we? What does God want?

I hear two arguments, 1, Protestants pointing at Catholics for supposedly not handing around money using weighted stats, 2, Protestants pointing at Catholics for supposedly the Church being too wealthy.

What would be interesting to see, but will never be, is when the pointing is self-reflective.

Why do you believe the statistics are weighted? The research was done on an average person in % of income.

 

[Kliska]

Whose image and superscription? Render to Caesar the things that are Caesars, render to God the things that are God’s, who’s image are we? What does God want?

I hear two arguments, 1, Protestants pointing at Catholics for supposedly not handing around money using weighted stats, 2, Protestants pointing at Catholics for supposedly the Church being too wealthy.

The question wasn’t for “pointing at Catholics” I don’t believe, maybe it was, but I don’t see any type of vitriol or accusing toward Catholics in the thread.

The whole question of who give is interesting to me, as I personally thought part of giving was doing it in secret, which always prompts me to wonder if statistics are accurate at all in the area of giving.

 

[Darryl_B]

Why do you believe the statistics are weighted? The research was done on an average person in % of income.

The article states that it is concerned primarily with the giving of money only to the local church that people attend. The percentages are contributions only to the local church. It excludes all other charity. I have stated before on this thread that Catholic Churches seem to be cheaper to run, it therefore allows for contributing to other charities as seen fit. More importantly the question should be asked “What percentage of operating costs met?”. A church that is cheaper to operate requires less per capita. A church that is expensive to operate requires more per capita. Some denominations require 10% given specifically to the local church, and anything you have left after that can be given to other charities. Therefore they might well lead a (quote) parade (unquote).

 

[Darryl_B]

The question wasn’t for “pointing at Catholics” I don’t believe, maybe it was, but I don’t see any type of vitriol or accusing toward Catholics in the thread.

The whole question of who give is interesting to me, as I personally thought part of giving was doing it in secret, which always prompts me to wonder if statistics are accurate at all in the area of giving.

The article compares many protestant denominations as well as Catholic. This thread lumps all those protestant denominations into one group and compares it to Catholic.

Nobody said anything about “vitriol”, I suspect you miss my points (not pointing).