The vast but little-known fund of the Mormon Church

Re:The vast but little-known fund of the Mormon Church by swsieber on Sunday February 09, 2020 @12:25AM (#22280534)

And Jesus praised the widow for casting in all she had. And Elijah took the last of the flour of that one family. The church is hardly unique in Christian theology in asking for sacrifices that requires faith.

Also church policy has changed over time too - the word of wisdom is a prime example of this.

If you want to find reasons to hate the church, you can. I guarantee it. If you believe God doesn't reward tithing, then yeah, it's scummy.

Personally, I believe and don't think it's scummy.

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Re:The vast but little-known fund of the Mormon Church by darksaints on Sunday February 09, 2020 @11:13AM (#22282757)

If everybody is paying tithing truly out of faith and it's truly not scummy, there should be no material consequence to financial transparency. If people can look and acknowledge that the Mormon church is a multibillion dollar corporation, and still believe that god wants them to continue donating 10% of their daily pittance in order to build up god's kingdom, then more power to them.

Personally, given what the church claims that they do with the money, I think it's a very simple and pure case of fraud, and I would like my money back.

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