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When inherited religious giving traditions conflict with personal beliefs

My dad always gave 10% of everything to the church and now that I'm financially stable I feel guilty not doing the same but I don't believe what he believed and I don't know where that obligation should go.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The weight of familial moral expectations persists even when the underlying belief system no longer provides meaning or direction.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Charitable giving across traditions?”

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