The Contrarian Mormon

April 30, 2009

Tithing – on Gross, Net, or Surplus?

Filed under: Money — mahonri @ 3:03 pm

What do we pay our tithing on?  The links below represent various different Latter-day Saint views (and some Christian ones) that seek to answer that question -

Four part series on Tithing from LDS Anarchist -
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Tithing on Gross or Net?
Thoughts from the Great and Spacious Building

Tithing and the Poor
Commentary from By Common Consent

Also some Questions on Tithing they covered

Tithing, Barter & Consumption
From the Splendid Sun blog

A Modern Look at Tithable Income (Sunstone)
HTML version | PDF version

Quinn’s overview of Tithing history in Mormon Hierarchy – volume 2

Tithing and Residual Income thoughts

A renegade Mormon shares his views

An ex-Mormon perspective on Surplus

Some general Christian views -
http://cnview.com/on_line_resources/truth_about_tithing.htm
http://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/tithe-in-bible/table-of-contents.html
http://www.bordeglobal.com/foruminv/index.php?showtopic=6578&st=0

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