Moderator: Community Team
2dimes wrote:Fun. As bad as it sounds though. If it helps keep value in the remaining money so you don't lose 100% it might be a blessing in disguise.
Night Strike wrote:Governments will always work to take money away from the people in order to line their own pockets.
AAFitz wrote:Night Strike wrote:Governments will always work to take money away from the people in order to line their own pockets.
Unlike Individuals, churches and corporations.
Metsfanmax wrote:AAFitz wrote:Night Strike wrote:Governments will always work to take money away from the people in order to line their own pockets.
Unlike Individuals, churches and corporations.
Indeed. Isn't taking 10% of your income a core tenet of the theology that the Christian churches preach? I suppose God needs to line his pockets just as much as the next guy.
aage wrote: Maybe you're right, but since we receive no handlebars from the mod I think we should get some ourselves.
rishaed wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:AAFitz wrote:Night Strike wrote:Governments will always work to take money away from the people in order to line their own pockets.
Unlike Individuals, churches and corporations.
Indeed. Isn't taking 10% of your income a core tenet of the theology that the Christian churches preach? I suppose God needs to line his pockets just as much as the next guy.
It is NOT mandatory. That why its called a freewill offering. Go take your misconstrusion elsewhere.
Leviticus 27:30 wrote:Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.
And if anything your example is corrupt anyways because the so called tithes are the only thing that support a church. The government here takes a third of your income and doesn't give you jack squat for it.
Metsfanmax wrote:AAFitz wrote:Night Strike wrote:Governments will always work to take money away from the people in order to line their own pockets.
Unlike Individuals, churches and corporations.
Indeed. Isn't taking 10% of your income a core tenet of the theology that the Christian churches preach? I suppose God needs to line his pockets just as much as the next guy.
The government here takes a third of your income and doesn't give you jack squat for it.
saxitoxin wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:AAFitz wrote:Night Strike wrote:Governments will always work to take money away from the people in order to line their own pockets.
Unlike Individuals, churches and corporations.
Indeed. Isn't taking 10% of your income a core tenet of the theology that the Christian churches preach? I suppose God needs to line his pockets just as much as the next guy.
I think this is more the idea that this is not a tax but a levy. There has always been a perception banks are a safe place to store the fruits of your labor, ergo the home economics courses in government owned schools that tell you not to bury your money in the backyard but to store it in a bank. In this case, everyone woke up one morning to find their accounts withdrawn by 10% with no warning and no discussion, while people who kept their money under their mattresses did fine (until house to house searches begin anyway).
Metsfanmax wrote:Leviticus 27:30 wrote:Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.
Is this one of those parts of the Bible that we can safely ignore in modern times? Maybe God didn't get hit by the recession as badly as everyone else.
Metsfanmax wrote:saxitoxin wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:AAFitz wrote:Night Strike wrote:Governments will always work to take money away from the people in order to line their own pockets.
Unlike Individuals, churches and corporations.
Indeed. Isn't taking 10% of your income a core tenet of the theology that the Christian churches preach? I suppose God needs to line his pockets just as much as the next guy.
I think this is more the idea that this is not a tax but a levy. There has always been a perception banks are a safe place to store the fruits of your labor, ergo the home economics courses in government owned schools that tell you not to bury your money in the backyard but to store it in a bank. In this case, everyone woke up one morning to find their accounts withdrawn by 10% with no warning and no discussion, while people who kept their money under their mattresses did fine (until house to house searches begin anyway).
Well, assuming these people aren't just about to depart from their country en masse
2dimes wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:Leviticus 27:30 wrote:Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.
Is this one of those parts of the Bible that we can safely ignore in modern times? Maybe God didn't get hit by the recession as badly as everyone else.
Well you could, but it's more fun to pretend it's seperate from the rest of Leviticus.
Leviticus 11:10 wrote:But whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you.
Leviticus 19:27 wrote:You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.
Numbers 15:32-26 wrote:While the Israelites were in the desert, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.” So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Metsfanmax wrote:2dimes wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:Leviticus 27:30 wrote:Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.
Is this one of those parts of the Bible that we can safely ignore in modern times? Maybe God didn't get hit by the recession as badly as everyone else.
Well you could, but it's more fun to pretend it's seperate from the rest of Leviticus.
Well, with such choice fragments as a ban on eating shellfishLeviticus 11:10 wrote:But whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you.
and on having a rounded haircutLeviticus 19:27 wrote:You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.
maybe we should just skip that whole thing and go straight from Exodus to Numbers? Oh, wait...Numbers 15:32-26 wrote:While the Israelites were in the desert, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.” So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD commanded Moses.
I guess the tithe isn't looking so bad anymore.
Metsfanmax wrote:rishaed wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:AAFitz wrote:Night Strike wrote:Governments will always work to take money away from the people in order to line their own pockets.
Unlike Individuals, churches and corporations.
Indeed. Isn't taking 10% of your income a core tenet of the theology that the Christian churches preach? I suppose God needs to line his pockets just as much as the next guy.
It is NOT mandatory. That why its called a freewill offering. Go take your misconstrusion elsewhere.Leviticus 27:30 wrote:Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.
Is this one of those parts of the Bible that we can safely ignore in modern times? Maybe God didn't get hit by the recession as badly as everyone else.And if anything your example is corrupt anyways because the so called tithes are the only thing that support a church. The government here takes a third of your income and doesn't give you jack squat for it.
Incomplete list of things the government gives you for your tax contribution:Military protection. It also provides for Wars Conflicts overseas, part of the result in that we usually Meddle in quite a few different countries trying to bring to them our type of government. So its somewhat justified here.
Police department. I wonder how much is state and local, not the Big boy feds.
Fire department- How many volunteer fire departments do I have in my area, alot.
Court system. Can't really argue all that much with this one though its already part of teh Government..
Prisons-Sure the inmates get educated (nothing wrong with that) housing,food and clothes.
Social security benefits- The Politicians in Congress already spent it all. Thats why Social Security is suppossed to have run out. Well News for you, it already has.
Clean running water. Provided by the town to which we pay for, (water heating all that)
Waste disposal and recycling. Also provided by your local town not the big boy up there.
Public libraries and schools. I am fortunate enough to have a Carnegie library. But these aren't supported by the feds either, mostly State.
Snow removal and storm cleanup. THis also is town.
Maintenance of public roads. State and County taxes. . . As for any toll road I bet its owned by a foreign country for ex. China.
Basic scientific research. Hmm. . . I don't know all that much about this one.
National and state parks. Sure I can agree with you on this one?
Government inspection of food products. As if the E-Coli issues weren't enough, we get GMO'd products and other issues.
Weather prediction. Thank you NOAA, i can live well enough without it as much as with it.
Public transportation. This is funny! America has the worst public transportation system I have ever scene. Travel to Europe, you'll get disillusioned real quick. As they say without a Car you ain't goin nowhere here.
Copyright and patent protection. And just how many people abuse this to patent "future technologies"
aage wrote: Maybe you're right, but since we receive no handlebars from the mod I think we should get some ourselves.
saxitoxin wrote:Since there seems to be some confusion about the topic of this thread, this is a thread about Cyprus, a British retirement home in the Mediterranean.
Night Strike wrote:Governments will always work to take money away from the people in order to line their own pockets.
Chariot of Fire wrote:As for GreecePwns.....yeah, what? A massive debt. Get a job you slacker.
Viceroy wrote:[The Biblical creation story] was written in a time when there was no way to confirm this fact and is in fact a statement of the facts.
Return to Practical Explanation about Next Life,
Users browsing this forum: No registered users