Giving until it hurts? You should never do that for a religion. That is a good way to do a poverty working on yourself. Even with regular charities, you should give within your means, not beyond it.
And especially with this religion. I got negative value out of the a$$emblies, not to mention having my energy harvested for the reptilians (who are now using it to put Noahide Law into effect on earth, and take away the whole Internet so we cannot hope to communicate, except to use it to hold us as slaves). Why should I donate money for that? At those "suggested" donation levels, one day's donations equals about 4 silver quarters (more or less, as the price of silver fluctuates), or one book of German stories to help me with that, or a dozen legal song downloads from Amazon. For a whole Grand Boasting Session's worth, I can get a video game for Nintendo 3DS, or 2 Australian Kookaburras (which are a bit on the high premium side).
Even with silver, I buy only within my means. It should not hurt worse than a bee sting--unlike giving to joke-hova, which hurts way worse. This is a reminder that the dollar may not buy anything tomorrow, and insurance so that I will have purchasing power if we lose the dollar (much like saving for retirement). But, I am not getting my energy drained for joke-hova to use on removing the whole Internet and imposing Noahide Law on the whole world by buying silver. Fact is, I never got that a$$embly headache making a purchase of silver.