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Originally Posted by PairTheBoard
What bothered Jesus was the way people were ripped off by the money changers at the Temple. That system was designed to enrich the religious authorities in charge of the Temple and amounted to a tax on the people who were trying to discharge their religious duty. The money in circulation was considered unclean and had to be converted to Temple money at ripoff rates for what they needed to do with it wrt the Temple. I think they bought birds or something for sacrifice.
No surprise the religious authorities were pissed off when Jesus disrupted that system the day he overturned the money changers' tables.
I'd say the analogy for today would be the way rich TV ministries manipulate people into making contributions. imo, it amounts to a religious tax.
PairTheBoard
These rich mInsters are salesman selling products. Yeah they promote the tithe too. Bible says something about they will make merchaise of you. In other words sell you stuff. That's what it appears they want from you. Gods money for their products. Sell you a book that says if give 10% you will be more well off financially. This information doesn't need to be sold and isn't totally correct but hey they gotta be financially well off and live in luxury right? Well that's what they do and promote for everyone. These minsters are meant to be in that position for a reason if I'm correct? Maybe I'm wrong.
I've heard other salesman self help gurus use the lines that they purchase other self help gurus materials and pay through the nose for it. Is that true I dunno? I do know people have said that these self help gurus are laughing and cant believe people buy their products. Is that true. I dunno either.
Last edited by 7onriver; 10-19-2019 at 12:45 PM.