In Reply to: Let My People Go! posted by Freeatlast! on November 18, 2003 at 15:06:45:
This passage from the newest GN scares me:
"The Family officially no longer uses the Bible as a solid doctrinal base: (Dad speaking: Like I told you when I was there, way back at the beginning of the Family, we’re not looking backward at the Old Testament, or even the New Testament, other than as a possible blueprint for how we can operate now, today, in this day and age and in this Time of the End…..the giving of the tithe is simply an offering to the Lord that the Lord says belongs to Him, and that he uses to take care of His priests and Levites, His ministers, and those who serve you. I’m not about to be dictated to by the examples of the past. I refused to let anyone pour God into a mold when I was there, and I refuse to let anyone do so now! We’ll look back at the Old Testament and at the New Testament and the way they did it simply as a pattern for what worked, and we’ll take from that pattern and ask the Lord about His plan for today, using and patching it into the final church in a way that fits and works today, now, as He leads us.
(Jesus speaking: You in the Family tithe because I asked it of you today, not because I asked it of someone in the past. I have included these examples for your benefit, to show you that it has worked before. But you’re not bound to do it just because they did it – you’re being asked by Me to do it today! – Pars 62 –63, 11)"