Cenk Uygur
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PHONY Christian Ted Cruz Doesn’t Follow Important Biblical Rule
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January 31, 2016
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Jan 31, 20166:29Now PlayingTed Cruz often touts his religious cred on the campaign trail, but a new report indicates that he doesn’t follow a key part of his Christian faith. According to the Bible you are supposed to tithe 10% of your income to the church to benefit the poor. Cruz donates much less than that. Cenk Uygur host of The Young Turks breaks it down.
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“If you’re not much of a church-goer, then the word “tithing” probably sounds like a cockney guy with a lisp getting ready to taze you, but in the evangelical circles where Ted Cruz hopes to find his advantage in Iowa, it is an Old Testament guideline that sets the level of an individual’s charitable giving at ten percent of their income. That custom has now become part of the Republican presidential campaign.
I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian church, so I can attest to the fact that tithing is really important to some pastors, but most Christians wouldn’t judge someone on this standard because even the churchiest among us gives the side-eye to this convenient bit of New Testament-ignoring self-service, and are more inclined to heed the two Corinthians on this: “Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
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