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Originally posted by Russ D
Right, I don't have the reference to hand but I was reading it the other day: it does not refer to 10% of your thoughts or anything like that - back in 'those days' most people who earn any money were people who produced things, such as potters, candlemakers, farmers etc and the Bible states they are to give the first 10% of their harvest.
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And this was written in a book by people who were only human and could in themselves have written that in as a way to give themselves an income at the expense of others.
An omnipotent omniscient being would have no use for such goods. However a human would.
As you said Russ, there is no person who is without sin, that is a fact of humanity, and when we are dealing with books which are written by humans there is nothing to say that the intent or meaning in the books have not been corrupted over time, no matter how pure the original intent.