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UTEN REASONS
WHY 1TITHE"
How
are
we able to give you The PLAIN TRUTH
-
without subscription price
or
advertising reve–
nue? Because many people hove voluntarily be–
come
co-workers, GIVING of their financia/ means
so that we
may
G/VE to YOU! Many of these
volunteer co-workers tithe their income. They flnd
that it pays! We give you here
an
explanation
of why they tithe.
by
David Jon Hi ll
W :
ALL
esrablish a sense of
posscssion very early in
life.
Afy
roys are very dis–
tincr from
yo11r
roys. So are my
clorhes, my bcd, my room, my house,
my mommy and my daddy. We all
begin wirh se/fconsciousness and
work ourward. Yet as we grow older.
we begin ro realize rhar, even rhough
we call ir my school, my cicy and my
counrry, we do nor have che samc
claim ro rhcsc things as we do ro my
roys,
m~
clorhes or my bed.
1 realized my tO}'S were mine be–
cause mr farher, aune, sisrer, morher
or friend had given rhem ro me.
Larer, l lcarncd a more direct sense of
PLAIN TRUTH July 1972
ownership because I workcd ro earn
money which 1 spenr ro make rhings
mine. Then my sensc of possession
was more marure. The rhing which
was mine was mine by choice - nor
jusr somerhing someone elsc mighr
rhink 1 would like - and by righr of
paymenc. 1 began ro rhink more con–
sciously about che day when l would
buy a house and a car like Dad. But
whar seemed simple ar ftrsr became
more complex. 1 realized skills were
necessary for a job ro earn money in
order ro purchase che rhings 1 needed
and wanred. Therefore, l had ro look
forward ro a grear deal more school–
ing before I would be as compcrenr as
my farher. in ordcr ro possess and
own more rhings.
Early Disappoincment
1 muse admir ir was a lictle disap–
poinring when
T
learned rhar Dad
and Mom didn'r really own our house
and properry. Larer 1 leamed abour
banks and morrgagcs. Swifdy on che
heels of rhis knowledge carne rhe real–
izarion rhat, even if banks and credi–
rors were nor involved, we would srill
have to pay for rhe privilege of call–
ing rhe housc we lived in "ours" in
rhe form of rax paymenrs! Srare.
counry and even city governmenrs all
hcld prior claim and a righr ro de–
mand paymenr for our righr ro
sar
''This ·is our house!" Then, of course.
carne che shock rhar rhe income our
of which 1 could purchase all these
rhings and righrs also had a tax on ir.
a prior claim. City, county, state and
especially federal governmenrs all in–
sisted on a lawful demand and prior
right to my money'
A furcher shock carne ar the begin–
ning of \X/orld \X/ar 11. AU of our
Japanese neighbors - outstanding
examples of hard-working, tax-pay–
ing, law-abiding cirizens - had all
rheir property confiscared by rhe
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S.
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