The difference is that Mormon tithing buys you things, like becoming a God, but to get those benefits, you are required to give 10%, required.
Oh well, we can always donate to TBN to help Paul Crouch get a new gold chair or Jan Crouch more make-up and wigs.
Yes, the tithe gets you, among other things, a temple recommend.
Before 1978 -- and continuing thru today, even white single Mormons could get Mormon temple access thru a bishop-signed temple recommend. Mitt Romney interrogated many Mormons and signed off on these for Mormons in his ward when he was a Mormon bishop.
Temple recommends are BIG things for Mormons. Why?
Per this article on Mormon LDS Temple Bishop Recommends:
“The ‘temple recommend’ is a cherished slip of PAPER that gives its holder the right to enter the LDS temple and participate in its ceremonies. Mormons ‘pass stringent demands of dietary laws, tithing, sexual orthodoxy and others requirements for a ‘temple recommend’. These recommends are printed forms which, when filled out by the bishop, provides a copy for the Mormon church headquarters files, one copy for the ward’s records, and a third for the holder to present at entrance of a temple for admission.” “Since the church believes that one must be ‘temple worthy’ in order to attain the Celestial Kingdom, having the power to grant or withhold recommends gives the local bishops immense power. Furthermore, in predominantly Mormon areas the lack of a recommend can often mean the loss of a job or being shunned by one’s neighbors. These slips of PAPER are most valuable.” 1 ... Having a temple recommend also serves as a status symbol, as those without it cannot marry or attend marriage ceremonies in the temple, nor can they be sealed for eternity with their father so that they may eternally be together with their family in Mormon Heaven.
Therefore, a piece of PAPER signed off by a Mormon lay bishop -- a position held at one time by Mitt Romney -- can determine not only if...
...a man gets to be sealed with his family forever in heaven...OR
...you can see your son or daughter get married (or other relatives and friends, for that matter)...
...but also (c) and (d) of what Mormons were attempting to block appropriation of their doctrines re: blacks:
...(c) whether a person will be living with Heavenly Father forever -- or not...
...and (d) whether you'll become a "god" or not...
No temple rec, no celestial kingdom.
No celestial kingdom, no reconciliation with heavenly father -- and therefore no heavenly father for you...forever!!!
No temple rec, no "world" for you to govern as "god."
So Mormons were essentially applying their DOCTRINE of exclusion to blacks -- saying they weren't "fit" to live with Heavenly Father forever...[except, some said, as "servants" and "slaves" in that celestial white Mormon ghetto]
Reflective Questions:
* Could you imagine Mitt Romney having that kind of above power over you were you in Mitt's ward back when he was a lay bishop?
* Or knowing that Mitt himself believed he once held that kind of power? (That he had the power to grant the road to eternal godhood, your own world as a god, a forever family???? Now do you realize the power trip Mitt Romney is still on? The power trip that courses thru his veins???]
* Now do you see why the author of the linked article above called this a "Mormon conspiracy"? (It takes quite a plot to have a piece of PAPER carry that much weight in a person's life)
* Now do you see why Lds lay bishops carry so much fearful power in the Mormon church? (A bishop says "jump" -- and the Mormon asks, "How high?")