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Why does god need offerings?

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why must he take peoples minds, hearts and wallets too!!!???

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God doesn't exist.People want your wallet.People who beLIEve,have no mind.
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He's insecure, greedy, and a control freak. Plus - he has built his whole palace out of gold. How do you think he pays for additions and maintenance!
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cause hes fake and people are stupid enough to believe that he is real!!
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he is poor.

oh and LAZY

he makes all of us do the work around here....
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God????? who's that
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He doesn't. A lot of Church's need money to keep the church going. God will love you even if you have no money at all!!
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That is an excellent question. I think it answers itself.

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because god is a scam.

Just think about it, god is supposed to be ALL mighty, created everything. So why would such a being need us to grovel for his approval? look at it this way god is supposed to be everywhere, so lets say a human is god and humans are bacteria that you created, would you give a d**n if they praised you? praised by bacteria? If he does exist then he truly is a petty god.

the only rational response to your question is that it's all made up. religion is a tool to control the masses, to keep them ignorant and submissive.

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Because there is no GOD

religion is a SCAM
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He doesn't.

Now a days it is a way the church keeps running really.

Though in olden days sacrifice's were made in fear the gods would not be as kind and would use their wrath upon them.

For example if they didn't sacrifice to the rain god they would very likely never get that rain they needed. If they did there was a better chance of receiving the gift.

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You should hear Dr. Jeff Meyers sermon on tithes & offerings, &actually you are talking about tithes, tithes are what God requires us to give, the 10%, offerings are above & beyond that. Tithes are not required because he needs the money, in fact, it really has nothing to do with money, and everything to do with obedience, btw tithing to a church is a tax write-off. The tithe is so the church can keep running, & help those who need it. Dr. Jeff Meyers is the senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Conyers. I'll give you the website, from there you can e-mail him and he can go into greater detail. http://www.firstbaptistconyers.org/ click on the link for church staff, he is the senior pastor, & the first one on the list, it provides his e-mail.
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actually it is not God, if u read the bible people used to offer animals, i think that the money was an idea from the man and not from god. however it symbolize that u r willing to give everything to god. today the churches use this money to repair the temple, pay bills, buy stuff for sunday school and other activities and for gas for church bus. so don't get confuse with what God wants and what man made up to still ur money. i'm a christian but i also think that some people use the church as an excuse to get money from people.
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Well bro....

we are his hands and feet.

Look at the hospitals, schools, care homes, etc that the money supports.

Do you want to pay 25% in more taxes? Sure... get rid of believers and start volunteering.

I have volunteered over 5,000 hours in the last 11 years. (And I'm not talking about time spent here).

So you want to take my place? Very nice of you!

God love you!
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he is the one who is providing for us. the least we could do is pay him back. he also asks for our obedience in the bible.
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He doesnt need them... the church does. Unless you mean non traditional gods like those on islands in the middle of nowhere that offer virgins to the volcano gods or offer Jessica Lange to King Kong... because those gods need the offerings as food.... duh
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According to the word of God, we are to give ten percent of our income, when we do this we are blessed by God. He doesn't need the money, most of the time it goes for feeding the homeless, purchasing Bibles to give out, things like that. It does your heart good to help. Offerings are different, it's what you give out of the goodness of your heart, my church every year provides Christmas presents to children who's parents are in prison, that's what the money is used for.
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to give glory and praises he deserves
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church is the biggest cult next to scientology. dont beleive in a religion that expects money from you.
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Giving tithes and offerings is a sign of obedience to His word. He doesnt NEED anything-
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God doesn`t need your $5...

Or your $0.02...
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Worship offerings (poor treasure) is money that the church keeps for emergencies, or for anyone who is in dire need of help. The Public offerings goes to the pastor. And tithes belong to the Lord. You are supposed to give 10% of you earnings, and if you do you will receive it back in blessings. When you don't give your tithes and offerings you are stealing from God, you must give what you can, but you MUST pay your tithes in full.

Malachi 3:8-10 says, "Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me! But you say, In what way have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try ME now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven, and pour out so much blessing, that you will not be room enough to for it."
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All he needs is our love, the others are the wants of men

tGod bless
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I HAD TROUBLE WITH THIS ALSO BUT IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE TO GIVE GOD 10% OF INCOME AND HE WILL POOR BLESSINGS ON YOU
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Who doesn't want free stuff?
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Well, Gandhi said that worship without sacrifice is a deadly social sin.

I think you need to be willing to make a sacrifice for what's important.  That doesn't necessarily mean money.  If a church did, say, an outreach program for homeless people, wouldn't that be worth a sacrifice of time, labor, or materials?  If God can be defined as the spirit of caring or optimism or altruism or something like that, then wouldn't that spirit require sacrifice?  How could you have abundance and not share it if you were motivated by a spirit of generosity and charity?

Your idea of God and offerings is a little narrow.  Some people don't believe in the supernatural, but most people around the world do.  Most people believe in a spirit of some kind (in the world, in the sky, in people's hearts...the location varies), literal or in our collective consciousness, that leads people to do good things.

That spirit demands sacrifice.  It's just how it works.  Whether you believe in a literal God spirit or some facet of humanity that spurs people to be good, you still have to make sacrifices in order to inject meaning and goodwill into the world.  You can't sit around on your riches (literal or metaphorical)--you have to share them to make the world a better place.

Hence, offerings.
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He doesn't need offerings, it is all His, but it takes faith to give it. How does the light bill for the church get paid? Offerings How does the church give to families in need ? Offerings See you gotta have the faith that He's going to give it back to you, plus some.And He has. You can't out give God. The more you give the more you'll receive. God is Good!
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God doesnt need your money or your worship.

Believe me, worship is a fulfilling act once you become really god conscience.

it is you who needs this.
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It has few meaning. One important one is that. We are willing to give up are lively hood for his sake ,forgiveness, mercy ... Also so we can just be with him .But God is merciful, he will always pay's back.
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HE doesn't, the preachers, priests and so on do.
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It's traditional to offer sacrifices to deities. The less probable the deity, and the more faith required to believe in it, the more virtuous you are.
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Because god is'nt real.   Every religion requires MONEY.   Humanity started out on this earth DUMB AND STUPID and today most of the population is still DUMB AND STUPID.

Scientilogy was created by a science fiction author.  This guy loved his stories and one day he came up with the BRILLIANT idea to create a religion called Scientology.

He made up EVERYTHING in his mind and actually got people to believe it.   Not only did he get people to believe it but they actually PAY money to have some college kid in a suite tell them their life sucks and that they need to pay money to make it better?

This just proves to you that there is still millions of dumb people on the earth who just look for some religion to try correct their life problems because they can't do themself.

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