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Gotta agree with Rubix here, Phynx's situation is not at all the same as everyone else's, and what works for him is not necessarily going to work for others. There are plenty of people out there who are willing to work hard but can't get a livable job for various reasons (transportation, disability, taking care of someone, language issues, education, race/gender, age, bad luck, etc), and there are plenty of people who live in areas with a far higher cost-of-living than Phynx's area appears to have. Clearly he's doing well, and good for him, but it's just not so simple for everyone.

Originally Posted by korny

the whole purpose of [tithing] is to show god that you're willing to give 10% of everything you have to him

Hang on, doesn't God know everything? He'd know you were willing to give 10% of your income to him without you actually having to do it (cf. the Binding of Isaac). To be honest it sounds like that church has just found a really clever way of extorting money out of its followers.