Tithing: Difference between revisions

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    This is wrong for a number of reasons:
    This is wrong for a number of reasons:


    #Abraham was '''not under obligation''' to pay tithes, he paid them freely;
    #Abraham was '''not under obligation''' to pay tithes, he paid them freely.  There is no evidence in scripture that Abraham was required to pay a tithe.
    #Abraham only '''paid tithes once in his life''', not every year;
    #Abraham only '''paid tithes once in his life''', not every year.
    #Abraham '''didn't tithe on his income''' but just on his plunder from war; and
    #Abraham '''didn't tithe on his income''' but just on his plunder from war.
    #Abraham also was '''required to be circumcised''' as part of the covenant, does that mean that circumcision is also required today?
    #Abraham also was '''required to be circumcised''' as part of the covenant, does that mean that circumcision is also required today?