(Im a christian by the way) Mormons do believe that you must give money in order to be able to get into the temple. God does want you to give 10% to him, but I dont think you should be forced to pay. God wants you to give because you want to not because you have to. If you feel the need to give money to God there are alot of ways to do that! You can send money to organiztions that help people around the world in poor countrys! There are alot of people starving out there so why not give money directly to Gods people instead of the temple?!

I too am a Christian and it is a commandment to tithe, read your Bible. As for doing good I was astonished to learn the amount of humanitarian aid work done by the Mrmon church (see lds.org) but what's so nice about it is that they do it quietly with absolutely no publicity nor boasting. For example they have planes loaded and ready to fly at a moments notice in the event of a natural disaster (or unnatural disaster for that matter) and 9 out of 10 times they pass it to the aid agencies in the areas to distribute, eg various catholic aid agencies, the Ilamic relief etc as long as the stuff gets to the people who need it they do not need nor want attention for it. They have followed God's commandments and live pure religion as described in the book of James. Sometimes I think we could all learn something from these people.

Christians from 33 C.E. are part of a new spiritual priesthood that was not supported by tithes- Ro 6:14;Heb 7:12; 1Pe 2:9 Christians today give from the heart not having to give grudgingly or by compulsion, because God loves the cheerful giver.. So there has been no Minimum percentage on Christians since 33 C.E.

In the Old Testament, Malachi Chapter 3 asks "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings." A ten percent offering of tithes made to the Lord is a willing offering to receive all the blessings of the temple-and many other blessings, but mostly it is a commandment. Some ask the question of how the Lord could let 10% keep them from receiving a temple recomment, thereby denying entrance into the temple. The Lord asks how the members would let so little as 10% keep them out. As we submit our will to the will of the Father and keep ALL His commandments we become purified even as the sons of Levi mentioned in Malachi and our offering is made in righteousness. The real question is whether this 10% (which already belongs to God) is worth denying ourselves the richest of God's blessings. If the tithes are given grudgingly, that will be between the giver and God. To find out happens to tithes in the LDS church click this link. http://www.mormon.org/learn/0,8672,1095-1,00.html

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A temple worthiness interview with a bishop, required to get a temple recommend includes a question on tithing. If you answer it in the negative (you don't pay) then you get no recommend. That is a simple truth. I've been through several the 10 years I was a very active mormon. However you view that, it is a fact. Plain and simple. Give 10 percent or no golden ticket.

Not only can you not enter the temple, according to their beliefs, but you also can't attain the highest degree of salvation if you haven't paid in full. Also you will be burned by Jesus if you haven't paid tithing.

Want the Truth??? Enjoy! John DOCTRINE OF GIVING A. Definition. 1. Giving is an expression of worship to commemorate the grace policy of God. 2. Giving in the Church Age is the legitimate function of the believer's royal priesthood in worship, both inside and outside the local church, e.g., in hospitality. Giving is one of the four categories of Christian service. a. Christian service related to your spiritual gift. b. Christian service related to your royal priesthood, which includes prayer, giving, and the execution of the protocol plan of God through learning, thinking and solving. c. Christian service related to your royal ambassadorship, which includes evangelism, witnessing, administration in the local church, function on the mission field, function in a Christian service organization. d. Christian service related to the laws of divine establishment, which includes military service, law enforcement, government, but never activism. 3. Giving is the presentation of money or other valuable commodities which may be used in sustaining the ministry of doctrinal communication. These gifts do not pertain to things like building funds. 4. Christian giving may be extended to organizations other than the local church, e.g., missionary organizations, Bible schools, radio, tape ministries. Giving is designed to support communication gifts. 5. Giving is the means of inculcating teamwork and coordination into the body of Christ. B. The Motivation in Giving. 1. Motivation is the major issue in giving, not the amount given. 2. 2 Cor 9:7, "Each person, to the degree he has determined by means of his right lobe, so give. Not from distress of mind or compulsion of emotions; for God loves a grace-oriented giver." a. You give based on the metabolized doctrine in your soul, not on the basis of your emotions. b. God provides and enjoys the mental attitude which accompanies giving. God loves grace-oriented giving. Don't give emotionally or impulsively. Determine for yourself what to give. 3. 2 Cor 9:8, "And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;" a. God graciously provides extra finances for grace givers to give. b. The only legitimate system of giving is a grace giver giving to a grace cause. 4. 2 Cor 9:9 [Ps 112:9], "Just as it stands written, `He scatters abroad, He gave it to the poor, His righteousness abides forever.'" a. "He scatters abroad" means that God gives money to certain people both rich and poor. b. God's grace righteousness meets at the point of grace giving. 5. 2 Cor 9:10, "Now He who supplies seed to the sower [capital] and bread for food, He will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness." God supplies and gives extra money to grace givers. As a result there is an increase in the harvest of your Christian service. 6. 2 Cor 9:11-12, "you will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God." 7. Giving is a mental attitude based upon the problem solving device called grace-orientation. Grace-orientation is the basis for grace giving. C. The Doctrinal Principles of Giving. 1. Giving is an expression of the royal family honor code. a. Rom 16:26, "For Macedonia and Achaia have decided with pleasure to make a special offering to the poor believers who are in Jerusalem." b. Gal 2:10, "They only asked us to remember the poor; the very thing I was also eager to do." c. Charity is from God; socialism and welfare are from man. 2. Giving is an expression of free will, without gimmicks, without coercion. 2 Cor 8:3, "I testify on the basis of their ability and beyond their ability they gave willingly." Their giving was a sign of their spiritual growth. 3. Giving is an expression of mental attitude in every circumstance of life. 2 Cor 8:2, "That in the midst of severe testing and great pressure, the superabundance of their happiness and their deep poverty overflowed in rich generosity." Even though under adversity, they shared the happiness of God. And having that mental attitude, they gave even while in deep poverty. 4. Giving must express an attitude toward the Lord before it can express an attitude toward others. 2 Cor 8:5, "And not even as we anticipated, but they gave first of themselves to the Lord, then they gave to us by the will of God." They were occupied with Christ and had personal love for God the Father which motivated their giving. 5. Giving depends on the consistent post-salvation epistemological rehabilitation. 2 Cor 8:7, "But just as you excel in everything in faith- rest and in doctrine and in knowledge and in all diligence and in love from you to us, you also excel in this grace giving." Giving is associated with impersonal love, not with personal love! That is grace giving. 6. Precedence for giving is derived from the dispensation of the hypostatic union and is predicated on grace. 2 Cor 8:9, "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich [eternal God], yet for your sake He became poor [true humanity], so that you through His poverty [being judged for our sins] might become rich." 7. Giving is a mental attitude related to an overt act. 2 Cor 8:12, "For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable on the basis of what one has, not on the basis of what one does not have." Willingness counts for giving, if you have nothing to give. 8. Giving is related to motivation from metabolized doctrine in the right lobe of the soul. 2 Cor 9:7, "Each one, as he has determined in his right lobe, so give, not from distress of mind or under compulsion or pressure of emotions; for God loves a gracious giver." 9. God in His matchless grace provides both the spiritual motivation and monetary capital for grace giving. 2 Cor 9:8, "And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that in always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have abundance for every good deed." 10. God in His matchless grace provides both the monetary capital for grace giving and makes it part of your Christian service. 2 Cor 9:10, "Now He who supplies seed for the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness." 11. Generosity of mental attitude results in generosity of giving. 2 Cor 9:11, "You will be made rich in every way, so that you can be generous on every occasion; and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God." Giving is never a strain. 12. Giving is a result of Christian service. 2 Cor 9:12, "For this service which you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgivings to God." D. The principle of giving is related to two spiritual gifts: pastor- teacher and evangelism. 1. The pastor must make an issue out of two things as a recipient of support from believers: the gospel, and what is the Christian way of life after salvation. If your are making an issue out of the gospel and Bible doctrine, then you cannot make an issue out of money. 2. The pastor must never make an issue out of money. 3. 2 Cor 11:7-9, "..., because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge? I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to serve you; and when I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for when the brethren came from Macedonia, they fully supplied my need in everything, and I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will continue to do so." a. Paul was supported by other churches such as the Ephesians and Philippians while he was in Corinth. In this way he could make an issue out of the Gospel and doctrine. b. The function of the board of deacons is to make issues clear that pertain to the economic survival of a local church. c. The Corinthians were very wealthy; and yet Paul could not make an issue out of money with them. 4. The pastor-teacher exchanges spiritual blessing to the congregation for material blessing from the congregation, fulfilling the principle of mutual blessing by association, Phil 1:3, 5, "I am giving thanks to God for every memory of you, ...because of your contribution from the first day until now for the purpose of spreading the gospel." 5. Giving reflects the mental attitude of the congregation toward their pastor-teacher. Phil 4:10, "I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you have been concerned, but you lacked opportunity to give." 6. Giving establishes a partnership between the pastor and the congregation. The congregation provides the financial contribution as they are spiritually blessed by the pastor's teaching. Phil 14:14, "However, when you shared [by giving] and became partners with me in my adversity, you functioned honorably." 7. Giving is the application of Bible doctrine on the part of the congregation. Phil 4:15-16, "And you yourselves also recognize, that in the beginning of my ministry with reference to the gospel, when I had departed from Macedonia, not one church contributed to me in the application of doctrine of giving and receiving except you Philippians only; because even in Thessalonica you had sent an offering more than once for my needs." 8. Giving is a grace production in Christian service. Phil 4:17, "Not because I seek the gift, but I seek after the grace production of divine good which accumulates to your account." 9. Giving to one's right pastor is maximum blessing to the pastor and pleasing to God. Phil 4:18, "Moreover, I have received in total all of your gifts, and I have an abundance; I have been filled with blessing, having received from Epaphroditus the things [money] from you, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God." 10. The responsibility for support of the pastor is the responsibility of the local church. The number one priority is support of the pastor, not the building. E. The Grace Concept of Giving. 1. In the Old Testament, Prov 11:24-25, "There is the one who gives generously, yet he becomes more prosperous. There is also the one who [is stingy] holds back what is fitting, and he becomes impoverished. The generous person will be prosperous. He who gives water will also himself be caused to have water." Those who hang on to their money impoverish themselves. Giving never impoverishes. In supergrace, no matter what you give you never lose. 2. In the New Testament, 1 Cor 16:2. "On the first day of the week let each one of you put aside and save on the basis of his prosperity, that no collections be taken when I come." You determine how much you can give from your prosperity. You don't give if you are broke or if giving would place a hardship on your family. F. The True Meaning of Tithing. 1. Tithing is not spiritual giving in the Old Testament. Tithing promotes arrogance. It was never spiritual giving in Israel. 2. Tithing was a 10% income tax under the laws of establishment delineated in the Mosaic Law for the citizens of Israel only. Believers and unbelievers alike were be charged the same amount of tax. As a tax it was not spiritual giving. 3. There was also a 10% tithe for all Jewish citizens, both believers and unbelievers, for the maintenance of the Levites for their presentation of doctrine, Num 18:21, 24. This is not pertinent today. 4. There was also a 10% tithe for all Jewish citizens, both believers and unbelievers, to support the cost of the Lord's sacrifices, Deut 14:22-24. This is also not pertinent today. 5. Every third year Israel required the payment of a charity tithe of 10% for those who legitimately needed help, Deut 14:28-29. This was a 10% income tax paid by all the people. This was charity and not socialism. This is the only tax pertinent today. We should pay income tax for the support of the military, and should pay a 10% charity tax every third year. 6. Spiritual giving in the Old Testament is presented under the word "offerings." Offerings were given by believers only. 7. In the time of apostasy in Israel, both believers and unbelievers failed to pay their taxes; and believers were not fulfilling their spiritual obligations in giving as well. Mal 3:8-10 talks about income tax. "Will a person defraud God, yet you have been robbing Me. Yet you say, `How have we robbed You?' `In tithes [income taxes], and offerings [spiritual giving]. To the entire nation you are cursed with a curse, for you are defrauding Me. Bring your entire tithe [taxes] to the treasury, so that there may be food in My house,' says the Lord of the Armies. `See if I will not open for you the windows of heaven [prosperity] and pour out blessings for you until there is not room enough.'" 

...see my previous post

Posted by ex-Mormon They say that were it not for my subconscious desire to commit sin, I would feel the spirit and know that the church is true, despite all of the anti-mormon propaganda (I mean "FACTS") I find this funny... I left the church unnoficially about a year ago. I had my name removed a couple of months ago. However, I still have yet to try alcohol... go to strip clubs... play golf on Sunday... or any other major sin other than not go to church or pay my tithing. So I guess I am different than TBMs because I don't like to go to church or pay my tithing... Otherwise, I would be able to ignore the lopsided evidence that my lifelong beliefs are based on the fraud of the century. My brother seems to have the same general disposition as I do, but it doesn't seem that he has caught on yet. I mean, he must not have a strong enough desire to commit sin. It's an interesting question...

http://www.ariel.org/qa.htm First of all, the actual Mosaic tithe was not 10 percent but 22-23 percent. That is because there were two annual tithes of 10 percent each and a third tithe every third year. The total averages out to 22-23 percent. Second, the tithing itself was aimed strictly at the farming community, which most Jews were a member of at that time. They had to tithe from what was grown and what was raised such as flocks. Anyone else outside the field of farming would simply pay the annual half shekel at Passover. Third, tithing was part of the Mosaic Law and therefore was only in force as long as the Mosaic Law was in force. The Mosaic Law came to an end when Messiah died on the cross. Fourth, the biblical principle for today's giving is not based upon tithing but based upon giving as the Lord has prospered. From week to week the percentile might be different depending on the obligations we might have. Fifth, the Bible nowhere says we are to give our entire offering (not tithe) to the local church. On the contrary, we are told that we should lay it in private deposit and strictly distribute our giving as necessary. The certain things we are required to support would include the local church, but that does not mean they get the entire amount of our offering. There are other ministries we are obligated to support such as whom we learn the Word from (Galatians 6), Jewish ministries (Romans 15:25-27), and others we give to as we are led to give. There is no need to feel guilty if somebody tries to get on your case for not tithing specifically to the church. The verses they use are verses that deal with the Mosaic Law. The storehouse was in the Temple Compound where the food was stored and not the church treasury.

LdS are commanded to pay 10% of their increase annually as "tithing". Every year, members are supposed to go to "tithing settlement" where they may make any last-minute donations, then declare their tithing status (full, part, non, or exempt). If a member is not a full tithe payer, the bishop tries to find out why, and has the member commit to do better the following year. During the temple recommend interview, the bishop asks (among other things) if the member pays a full tithe. My temple recommend expires in a lean month, so I honestly reply that I will be before the year's end. It is not an issue of the Lord (or even the Church) needing the money, but rather one of obedience. The bishop does not look for technicalities to keep the member out of the temple, but rather how to make him worthy.

You are suppose to tithe 10% of your income, but if you dont have money I think its acceptable to tithe in other ways, such as donating your time or other things that will help others.

Many people do not fully realize that the 10% figure applies to today. Reference 1: Leviticus 27 verse 30+: “And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s: it is holy unto the LORD.” The Biblical first fruits are what tithes are, the 1st portions that we take out of our income & offer in gratitude to God. All commands that are written in the Bible both in Old and new testament must be obeyed by the Christians, so this includes all the Biblical in the Old as well as the New testament (and the Old testament commands are not just the "10 commandments" but on a variety of issues such as sexual immorality, marriage, respect for parents & elders etc). (Jesus also said “If you love me, you will do as I command”). Jesus himself also said the "Heaven & Earth shall pass away but my word shall not pass away”, therefore time cannot erase the letters written in the laws both in the Old and New Testament and just because we are no longer under the law/condemnation is no excuse not to obey it. THEREFORE this would certainly include the command of giving 10 percent. Reference 2: 1 Corinthians 16 verse 2-3: “…..Each one of you should set aside a sum of money in proportion with his income” The Apostle Paul made it crystal clear that the tithe to the church should be in proportion with each individual’s income because there were people then just like today each earning very different amounts. The 10% would not be proportional to give £5 a week whilst earning £400 a week. He clearly wanted each earner, to give the right proportional amount. It would not be proportional to the salary of the week/month by giving less than ten percent. Of course it would not be wrong to give more than 10% which again is why he iterated the word “proportion” rather than “amount” or “offering”. Reference 3: Malachi 3: verse 6: “I the Lord God do not change …. “Will a man Rob God, Yes you Rob Me; in tithes and offerings, you are under a curse…Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse. Test me in this and see that I pour out so much blessings…”. This scripture is crystal clear when using the two important words “whole tithe”. God does not waste his words nor does God say anything in the Bible just to fill up the pages. He is saying that by not giving the full tithe which is clearly 10 percent you are robbing him and again he cannot bless you unless you give the full amount. Note: Here God does not give any special treatment to anyone whether they are priests, Jews, Kings, or Gentiles so he certainly would not overlook the case with us gentiles/or Jews. ---------------------------------------------------- The next several scriptures are for relating specifically to the importance of giving and giving to your church. Reference 1: 1 Corinthians 16 verse 1-2 "On that day of every week each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income.." Again, the apostle was speaking to the new age church so this applies to us. The apostle either did or didn't speak by the power of the Holy Spirit. Am I not right in saying that he did. So, the apostle must have been inspired by God to say this just as he said everything else under the anointing of God. The scripture here is clearly saying that we should set aside something before everything else as in today's modern age with much spending we should allow ourselves to give something each week according to the word of God. Reference 2: 1 Timothy 5 verse 17-19 "The elders who direct the affairs of the church are worthy of double honour, especially those whose work is preaching & teaching, you shall not muzzle the Ox while he is threshing. The labourer is worth his wages". This passage explains the fact that those working in ministry are deserving of being supported financially and it is the ministers (whether part time or full time) entitlement to the money of the congregation whether given weekly or equivalent. The words "muzzling the ox" is an analogy to explain the reality of not giving to your church regularly, in other words “fiddling around with the money that they deserve” just as Jesus used parables as an analogy to explain other things. This reference also points out that it would be wrong to give to other churches before giving to yours first (not that this is done by many people) and also giving to organizations outside of church (which is fine). Before laying aside some for your church is also wrong as this would be robbing your church & ministers according to Timothy (and Timothy was talking to the new church of the New Testament). God cannot bless you at all financially unless you give financially: Reference 3: Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you, A good measure, pressed down, shaken together will overflow..For the measure you give will be given to you"(NIV). Reference 4: Psalm 25: "Blessed are those that heed the commands of God" This includes all instructions given both from the past in exodus & Deuteronomy and those said in the new Testament where the apostle instructs us to set aside an amount to give weekly as he uses the word "should" as the indication of an instruction/command. I will conclude by saying that the Bible says "those who teach what is right will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven, and those who teach what is not right will be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven".

To go to the Temple, a Latter-day Saint must get a "Temple Recommend" from his/her Bishop. One of the questions is whether the person is a full tithe payer. Being a full tithe payer is required to go to the Temple. We are to give 10% of our income, it's the same for every member.

Yes, you can still enter the Temple, because the Law of Tithing has been repealed. It's all explained in this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjLYY_C40tQ

You have to tithe, or you won't be prosperous.