What are Your Feelings on Tithes

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justbyfaith

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Thank you for your unexpert and unhelpful advice.
It takes time and effort for a person to gain the insight and knowledge to be able to deal with autistic people according to their disability...and not everyone wants to put forth that time and effort; and neither should they be required to.

I consider that the Holy Spirit is better able to deal with you as an individual and that, since I have never put forth the time and effort to learn how to deal with autistics, that I am currently unqualified to deal with you. That may change in the future. In the meantime, I believe that the Holy Spirit is able to bridge the gap and that I ought not to be lambasted over the fact that I have not come across this problem before and that therefore I don't have training in how to deal with autistic people.

I don't feel that I need training...for when it comes to ministering the word of the Lord, the Holy Spirit is the One who is hopefully doing the ministering in any given situation. But I do not feel inclined to argue with someone who may or may not understand my points. You may be highly intelligent and able to grasp every point that I might present to you in a conversation...but the possibility that your disability might prevent you from being able to fully grasp what I am trying to say makes me less than willing to put forth the effort.
 

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It takes time and effort for a person to gain the insight and knowledge to be able to deal with autistic people according to their disability...and not everyone wants to put forth that time and effort; and neither should they be required to.

I consider that the Holy Spirit is better able to deal with you as an individual and that, since I have never put forth the time and effort to learn how to deal with autistics, that I am currently unqualified to deal with you. That may change in the future. In the meantime, I believe that the Holy Spirit is able to bridge the gap and that I ought not to be lambasted over the fact that I have not come across this problem before and that therefore I don't have training in how to deal with autistic people.

I don't feel that I need training...for when it comes to ministering the word of the Lord, the Holy Spirit is the One who is hopefully doing the ministering in any given situation. But I do not feel inclined to argue with someone who may or may not understand my points. You may be highly intelligent and able to grasp every point that I might present to you in a conversation...but the possibility that your disability might prevent you from being able to fully grasp what I am trying to say makes me less than willing to put forth the effort.

Am I my brother's keeper or as the monkey asked in the zoo when he read the bible. "Am I my keeper's brother?
 

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Am I my brother's keeper or as the monkey asked in the zoo when he read the bible. "Am I my keeper's brother?
Hey...you are certainly welcome to read any and all of my posts that contain teaching of the word of God.

I believe and know that if there is any kind of barrier to your understanding that might be based on your disability, that the Holy Spirit is able to overcome that most easily.
 

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Hey...you are certainly welcome to read any and all of my posts that contain teaching of the word of God.

I believe and know that if there is any kind of barrier to your understanding that might be based on your disability, that the Holy Spirit is able to overcome that most easily.

Oh, he does that very well. That is why I don't rely on my own understanding. I rely on his.
 
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You implied that as an autistic person you can never be wrong because you study everything out before you comment on any issue.
Autistic people do not imply. They let their yes be yes and no be no. They do not read between the lines and they do write between the lines.
 

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No, it is not what I think. it is in all the manuals about autism that I have read.
Then maybe you are not autistic to the fullest extent. Because you definitely implied something by what you were saying; whether you meant to or not.
 

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Then maybe you are not autistic to the fullest extent. Because you definitely implied something by what you were saying; whether you meant to or not.
This conversation is going nowhere so I think the best thing to do is move on.
 

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This conversation is going nowhere so I think the best thing to do is move on.

Pro 16:18, Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

I think that you pride yourself on the positive aspects of your disability.

Just an observation.
 

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My church of the past really wanted your tithes.

How about yours?
Personally, I believe we should tithe, minimum 10%, but, we must be sure that the church/ministry is from The Lord. Otherwise we could be funding false teaching (which we have done in the past, Lord have mercy) when you find one let me know :)