If a Mormon is on welfare, does he pay tithing on what he gets from the state?
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Anonymous
2008-09-07 23:39:04
I have been labled 'disabled' by the state/government (not that I mind as I am a little slower in thought and action then an average person, plus I've a hearing loss) so you might say that I am living on a welfare program.
I can answer you straight that I do pay tithing.
I see tithing as a chance to pay back in a very small degree our Father and God for the things he has already given us. So if I get anything from a job or from 'welfare' I give back. To me they are all simply gifts from God, and if he would like 10% back from the blessings he's already given me, for his kingdom to grow, it was his to begin with it is his again.
Webmaster: Thanks for your answer, Anonymous. I should say that permanent disability and temporary welfare are very different things, but I think your reasoning is sound just the same.
Ronnie
2008-09-15 07:12:10
State welfare payments are calculated on the actual sum per month that the state determines a person needs to maintain life without luxuries. Therefore, strictly speaking, it is illegal to pay tithing, and where this is known to be the law such members are not required to pay tithing.
If a member is recieving welfare assistance through the welfare programme of the church, then the same rule applies, although it is not a legal requirement. However, those who do pay tithing are honouring Father in Heaven by keeping his commandment to tithe our annual increase, and we will be blessed accordingly.
The church welfare programme operated under the judgement and care of ward bishops is intended to cater for the basic needs of the worthy poor in the household of faith.
Where possible, the person in receipt of such aid should be found some suitable work to do so that the relief obtained is not a dole, but recompense for labour. Where the person's circumstances dictate that he or she cannot work for social or legal reasons, then that requirement may be waived at the discretion of the bishop.
Church welfare is the Lord's way of taking care of the poor, and is possible through the selfless sacrifices of honest and worthy members.
God bless us all to prosper sufficiently so that we can eat, be housed and clothed, but make sure our calling and election.
Ronnie bray
Webmaster de AllAboutMormons.com
2008-09-01 07:49:04
This is a very interesting question. My gut instinct is that the Mormon would not pay tithing, because the money is not his...it's the government's. I'm very uncertain, though. I'll be interested in what others think. If you are Mormon, I suggest talking with your bishop.
Part of the reason I don't have a good answer is because there are not many Mormons on government welfare. The LDS Church has its own welfare program, and most members in need turn to the Chruch for temporary financial help, rather than the government.
James
2008-09-15 07:05:52
D+C 119:3-4 reads
3 And this shall be the beginning of the tithing of my people.
4 And after that, those who have thus been tithed shall pay one-tenth of all their interest annually; and this shall be a standing law unto them forever, for my holy priesthood, saith the Lord.
Bishops are only allowed to say this when it comes to tithing, usually "one-tenth of all their increase", because this is all that has been revealed on the law of tithing. I believe that this is like gifts, etc. It is up to the individual.
Members are not asked to pay tithing on the wellfare money from the church of Jesus Christ of LDS.
I can answer you straight that I do pay tithing.
I see tithing as a chance to pay back in a very small degree our Father and God for the things he has already given us. So if I get anything from a job or from 'welfare' I give back. To me they are all simply gifts from God, and if he would like 10% back from the blessings he's already given me, for his kingdom to grow, it was his to begin with it is his again.
Webmaster: Thanks for your answer, Anonymous. I should say that permanent disability and temporary welfare are very different things, but I think your reasoning is sound just the same.
If a member is recieving welfare assistance through the welfare programme of the church, then the same rule applies, although it is not a legal requirement. However, those who do pay tithing are honouring Father in Heaven by keeping his commandment to tithe our annual increase, and we will be blessed accordingly.
The church welfare programme operated under the judgement and care of ward bishops is intended to cater for the basic needs of the worthy poor in the household of faith.
Where possible, the person in receipt of such aid should be found some suitable work to do so that the relief obtained is not a dole, but recompense for labour. Where the person's circumstances dictate that he or she cannot work for social or legal reasons, then that requirement may be waived at the discretion of the bishop.
Church welfare is the Lord's way of taking care of the poor, and is possible through the selfless sacrifices of honest and worthy members.
God bless us all to prosper sufficiently so that we can eat, be housed and clothed, but make sure our calling and election.
Ronnie bray
Part of the reason I don't have a good answer is because there are not many Mormons on government welfare. The LDS Church has its own welfare program, and most members in need turn to the Chruch for temporary financial help, rather than the government.
3 And this shall be the beginning of the tithing of my people.
4 And after that, those who have thus been tithed shall pay one-tenth of all their interest annually; and this shall be a standing law unto them forever, for my holy priesthood, saith the Lord.
Bishops are only allowed to say this when it comes to tithing, usually "one-tenth of all their increase", because this is all that has been revealed on the law of tithing. I believe that this is like gifts, etc. It is up to the individual.
Members are not asked to pay tithing on the wellfare money from the church of Jesus Christ of LDS.