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It's because atheists remain ignorant about Christianity.
The truth is, many atheists were once devout Christians. Many atheists and agnostics are pretty well-versed in The Bible.
I've seen many debates where nonbelievers have a much greater knowledge of The Bible and its history than believers. (Of course this is not a truism, but I have seen it happen.)
I realize that here you will probably just say "They only thought they had a relationship with God but they were mistaken" or "Their faith was too weak and they fell to worldy things" or "They never had the eyes of faith to interpret The Bible correctly" or some other such nonsense. But of course, those things are baseless nonsense.
So if tithing is part of the old part of the Christian sacred book, are the churchs going to give back all that money that they took ?.....
Tithing isn't part of the New Testament. We are not to tell our peeps they need to give 10%. They should give what they want to give with a joyful heart. For some, that's much more than 10%...others it may be 1%. But it's not my business to tell them what to give.
Having said that, it is sad that, as the OP's cartoon illustrated, many Christians don't realize that, and most non Christians don't understand the concept of context, context, context.
The truth is, many atheists were once devout Christians. Many atheists and agnostics are pretty well-versed in The Bible.
I've seen many debates where nonbelievers have a much greater knowledge of The Bible and its history than believers. (Of course this is not a truism, but I have seen it happen.)
I realize that here you will probably just say "They only thought they had a relationship with God but they were mistaken" or "Their faith was too weak and they fell to worldy things" or "They never had the eyes of faith to interpret The Bible correctly" or some other such nonsense. But of course, those things are baseless nonsense.
You can preach this until you're blue in the face and many Christians will STILL pretend they don't notice this.
I wasn't saying you did, Vizio. My response was to Griffis, in agreement with what he/she said.
I'm sorry...I took exception to the "many Christians"statement.
Believe it or not, some Christians do understand the Biblical teaching on tithing.
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