I'm not gonna really get into much, but a really close friend of mine could use any and all prayers. I don't really ask much of people, but if you guys could keep him in your hearts and minds, I'd appreciate it.
Perhaps this is an opportunity for you and your friend to pray as well, and heed His advice. As the saying goes, God works in mysterious ways.
Not really the place for your ignorance. But with the subject of tithing, as a life-long Catholic, I've never been asked, or read anything about, a tithe requirement to the Catholic Church. There is a 10% requirement in the Torah, when the Church supplied defense, sanitation, and water along with the purely spiritual needs. Since we have a guv'mint that now does this (and does so at around 50%), it would be ridiculous to think that the Church requires the same amount that they did 5000 years ago. I'm curious, is this the source of your animosity towards God? The thickness of your wallet? What a price to pay for tossing your soul into the fires of hell.
Where then where, prey tell, will my ignorance ever find a home? I like god, god is cool. You're funny. I've never seen the subject of tithing stir up so much poo!
