Not to get all religous but was not Jesus pissed for people making money in churches? Didn't he flip tables and everything? Then how do churches nowadays explain the collection plate?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

Not to get all religous but was not Jesus pissed for people making money in churches? Didn't he flip tables and everything? Then how do churches nowadays explain the collection plate?

How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

No he did not invent tithing. Sorry if it seems that’s what I suggested. There are a few things the church does in the Old Testament that Christians specifically do NOT do so imo it’s important to point out where in Jesus’s teachings these practices are reaffirmed.

woop_woop@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

I got that impression from this part of your comment

that’s where the collection plate likely originates from.

The idea of donating in church or donating to a spiritual leader is waaaaaaaay older and recorded