What moral issues arise from demanding religious rituals that cost money to those practising them?

Question

For example, in a Jewish family, the costs of sending four children to a Jewish day school roughly equals the yearly wage of the average Canadian worker. Additionally, there is the cost of religious articles, not to mention the extra cost of keeping kosher. With the importance of these, people who want to follow their religion will be prepared to pay any price for all of these things. So the question is, what moral issues arise from any type of religion asking for religious rituals that cost so much?

Answer 1

One section of the society lives in others earnings.

All other communities pay for the mistakes done by them.

Answer 2

I think it's immoral if it means that family members would be going hungry, lacking clothes that fit and were appropriate to the weather (e.g. where I live, you would be in serious trouble if you couldn't afford warm clothes in the winter), skipping medical care to cover religious costs, etc. However, I'm pretty sure most religions would make exceptions for people who would be in such situations.  

Answer 3

Judaism has always required a certain outlay to be a good Jew.  Even in the Old Testament, people were required to provide certain things to be sacrificed, and if you didn't happen to be in a class that had them already, you had to buy them.  The Christian religion required people to set aside 10% of their income every Sunday for the church.  

It's kind of the psychology of a religion that true commitment is shown by how much of your life you dedicate to it, and money is a big part of life.  If you believe in religion, this is not at all immoral.    

Answer 4

If you met someone who asked you for money you would think beggar.

Do you think God has need of anything of course no.

If someone is doing God's bidding then God provides abundantly without anyone having to beg.  imo

Those with spare resources supplied by God support spiritual practises freely.

I have never felt I lost anything by giving responsibly.

Answer 5

There are no moral issues.

Answer 6

Nothing done willingly is a moral problem

Everything is  a moral ISSUE.

Answer 7

No one should have to pay any money whatsoever to be part of any religion. You cannot buy your way into heaven. To worship in any faith all you need is your commitment to your God and your ability to communicate with Him. Money and goods are man made and have nothing to do with God. He does not care if we wear certain garments, have beads, candlesticks, fancy pointy hats. He does care what is in our hearts and mind, what our deeds are and how we respond to each others needs. What is the point of making churches rich whilst there are starving poor in the world. I am sure God would prefer us to spend what we can on helping the poor and sick of the world rather than have palaces for so called religious leaders. A lot of the poorest people in the world are devoted Catholics that would starve themselves just to give to their church, can this be right? Segregated schools are a disgrace. Our children need to mix with each other and learn how to respect the beliefs of different peoples and be friends. I attended a school in Scotland that educated children of all creeds. We all got on very well together because we understood each other so we therefore had nothing to fear.

Answer 8

the only issue is "do they trust their God enough to provide?"