Taxes and greed  To the Times of Ti:  Dan Alexander’s column
(Feb. 16) gives one insight into the thinking of what a flat tax
might do for our country! The remarks of Dr. Benjamin Carson of
John Hopkins with regard to the Bible and the fairness of
tithing makes sense if one has the ability to afford it! Dr.
Carson uses the analogy of what is fair for both the rich man
and the poor man if they both give 10 percent! Unfortunately we
have many who can’t afford to tithe even 5 percent because they
have children to feed and jobs that pay below the poverty level!
These people are God’s children and would give if they could.
The difference between those who have billions and those who
have little is greed, not how much they tithe! Jesus talks of
this to his apostles about the woman and her two mites! “Truly I
say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all for all
these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but
she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.”
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