Tithes are good. charging interest is not bad.

[Thinktank]

Can someone tell me why Christians believe

we must give tithes,

but we don't believe charging interest is a sin?

( in the bible it says interest is a sin)

[cutter7]

Can someone tell me why Christians believe

we must give tithes,

but we don't believe charging interest is a sin?

( in the bible it says interest is a sin)

Just guessing off the top of my head here. tithes make sense as churches all need upkeep and everyone paying their fair share makes sense.

The interest part I believe is in regards to loaning money to family or friends.

[fluffy]

The Book of Deurtymoney I believe, those guys got all the angles covered.

[Glacier]

The Bible says:

35 ' If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
36 'Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.
37 'You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit. (Leviticus 25:35-37)

25 " If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.
26 "If you ever take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.
27 "For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious. (Exodus 22:25-27)

19 " You shall not charge interest to your brother -- interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest.
20 "To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all to which you set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess. (Deuteronomy 23:19,20)

But also people say the following:

It is important to note that most of the Scriptures are from the Mosaic Covenant, a specific Covenant Yahweh made with a specific people (Israel) in a specific land for a designated time which ended when the New Covenant was established. The Mosaic Law was symbolic of higher truths and it is that which we must seek when looking at the Mosaic Law. If we are not to return to slaughtering animals and stoning our rebellious children, we must be careful about applying rules for living in Israel under the Old Covenant in an agricultural kingdom. We live in much different times. Read Galatians, especially chapters 3, 4, and 5 to see that we are NOT to mix the two lest we fall from grace and get under condemnation.

[Piecemaker]

Interesting...guess I was "right" not to get into the loan-sharking business with family and friends.

The concept of paying tithe is good. Instead of paying it to a church, one could choose a charity. One could also just practice generosity to others. Generosity is its own reward. Within reason, the more you give the more you have...or feel that you have. Or maybe become grateful for what you have.
I have, in the far past, paid a tithe to an organized religion. In recent times I "tithe" informally through charitable donations or when I am able to assist another in need. During one time period of my life I benefitted from the generosity of others and I have never forgotten what a positive difference it made on both practical and emotional levels.

[Thinktank]

But something is not quite kosher about telling Christians
it's not okay to charge interest to your 'brother' but it is
okay to charge interest to some 'slob' from another country
who believes a different religion. It's not right. It's not how
Jesus said to do things.

But Christians all over the country go to banks and take out loans
and pay interest to those banks. The bible says charging interest is a sin,
except if you charge interest to some non-believer. So it looks like
paying interest should also be a sin ESPECIALLY to pay interest to filthy
unbelieving banks. Yet Christians do it all the time, without any remorse.

So it looks like something is wrong. Christians do one thing, obediently, without even
fully understanding why they do it, (like giving tithes) and then they don't even stop to think
why no one in the church ever advised them that interest is a sin.