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Tithing, then and now… a more Holy perspective:

As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have all been hit with the question of whether or not we are “full tithe payers.” I guess, if you are like me, you might have asked yourself what that even means anyways. There is the primary answer of it being 10% of our increase. Noone however seems to want to discuss what that means, and since I have been a member of the church, I have heard a variety of opinions on the topic ranging from, “gross income,” and “net income,” to “Tithe how you want to be blessed brother, if you want more blessing tithe more money.” While these answers seem to appease many members they are far from sufficient to satisfy my voracious attitude towards learning and my desire to follow the spirit of the laws that the Savior and our Father have given us to help us. For, “All things unto me are spiritual, and not at any time have I given unto you a law which was temporal; neither any man, nor the children of men; neither Adam, your father, whom...