I was going through some boxes in my garage and found some of my old church stuff including a tithing slip for 29.50. It made me stop and think for some reason, I sat down and thought about it for about for a while and 3 questions kept returning to my mind. How many times did I give the church money? How much money have I given the church in my life? What did I get in return for my investment?
By the time I was done thinking I came to one thought, I WANT MY MONEY BACK! I not only feel like the church owes me money, but that they owe me for the time I spent in church, the time I spent doing fast offerings, the time I spent in young mens, and the time I spent doing church callings. Add up about 8 hours a week, X 52 weeks a year at $10 an hour for 18 years (how long I went) and you will see that the church owes me $79,040. now add in the mystery amount of tithing, and I would guess about $3,000 in my church going life so the total comes to $82,040 but we'll round down to 82G's even just to be nice.
No wonder the church is so rich, they don't pay anyone for anything! I'd be rich to if I could do that!
Yeah, and they want their bread and water back
ReplyDeleteNo, they got that for free from other members. That reminds me, they owe me a couple loafs of bread!
ReplyDeleteFortunately I didn't make enough money during my time in the church to have lost a lot to tithing, but the time I put into it still irritates me. What a huge waste of time. Maybe if I could write it off as good character development it wouldn't be so bad, but I don't think it was. At least we got out while we were/are still young!
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