LOL...that's hilarious.
Why do you don these tee shirts advertising your presence at a disaster?
And why does the PR machine immediately issue press releases boasting of mormon presence in every disaster?
Posted on 06/30/2011 12:33:48 PM PDT by Colofornian
...The church's assets are thought to be worth more than $30 billion.
...The church reportedly receives more than $5 billion in tithes every year.
The church also has substantial real estate and for-profit business investments, managed by Deseret Management Corp. The company is one of the largest owners of farm and ranch land in the U.S. It owns the country's largest nut producer, AgReserves, Inc., the 14th largest radio chain, Bonneville International Corp...
Economic entrepreneurialism is...part of Mormon doctrine — 88 of...112 revelations received by... founder Joseph Smith deal with fiscal matters.
SNIP
The Twilight saga is actually about the Mormon belief in eternal marriage.
The Twilight series, by Mormon author Stephanie Meyers, is an allegory for the Mormon concept of "celestial marriage" - the belief that a couple that is "sealed" in a Mormon temple will stay bound together forever...
Edward and Bella's bond is sealed when Edward bites Bella. As with a Mormon marriage, there's no turning back for Bella, who is transformed into a vampire for eternity.
SNIP
The Mormon church thinks polygamy might be okay in the afterlife.
...(the official Mormon church)...still believes...the divine principle of plural marriage may apply in heaven. In the case of death or divorce, Mormon men can be sealed to another wife and all of their celestial marriages will be honored in eternity.
The LDS...tried to distance itself from...40,000 fundamentalist Mormons who still practice polygamy...
SNIP
Mormons wear special undergarments called a "temple garment"...designed to give "protection against temptation and evil."
Many Mormons believe the underwear provides spiritual protection.
SNIP
Mormons believe that when Jesus returns, he's coming to the U.S.
Mormons believe...all the...Christian churches fell into apostasy...
...Jesus will personally return to reign over a paradisaical Kingdom on earth. His headquarters will be at the...temple in Jackson County, Missouri...
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
“I am a Mormon, a full tithe paying Mormon”
Why do mormons always brag about paying tithes?
“and I had no idea how bad it is!”
Not uncommon.
“Thanks for enlightening me on how bad my religion is!!! I would have never known!”
Once you’re in, you have to agree with it all, or you are not supporting your leadership.
Flee while you can.
“U funny”
So your now your ham chuck ?
That you did not answer says volumes.
Other???
Mormonism is not a Christian organization.
No, you didn't. It's just what Mormons believe
Seems to me, there is only ONE Jesus Christ
I agree, that's why the Jesus the Mormons preach is not Jesus Christ
Excellent....Joseph Smith like!!
We need to know this now why?
Wow....you apparently know what is in the heart's of men!!! Unbelievable!!
One of three things is going on here...you are channeling Resty, you are both channeling Joseph Smith...or you both are horribly deceived. Which is it?
May the scales on your eyes melt away........
A much funnier thing is....you are employed by LDS, Inc..... but you don't get paid, you pay them.
It has nothing to do with Christianity.....
Calling ben!!
Where are you, ben!?!?!
LOL...that's hilarious.
Why do you don these tee shirts advertising your presence at a disaster?
And why does the PR machine immediately issue press releases boasting of mormon presence in every disaster?
Surprising Mormon Placemarker
Jesus didn't have a MBA, unlike the mormon apostles. He wouldn't make the cut today.
“the mormon church wasn’t in existance in the 1770’s?”
Heh.
Facts are stubborn things.
OK. I did some double-checking on my facts.
If your reference applied only to Lds bishops today as well Lds bishops of old, I'd say we both were wrong and we both were right.
The reason I'm partially wrong is that I made a reference to a potential $60,000 stipend paid in today's funds...and that isn't so...so I recant that claim as outdated. Stipends for Lds bishops at one time was so; not any more.
BUT...
But...
Since your statement focuses mainly on the 1980s and 1990s, I'm going to request that you apologize for calling me a liar about the way the Lds church previously ran its finances & stipends for bishops.
My understanding is that Lds bishops were still being paid a 10% "stipend" from tithing funds as of at least 1993.
Source: "Changes in stipends for bishops and general authorities. (Bishops once received a 10% stipend from tithing funds, but are now purely volunteer.)" [See History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]
I made the following claim on an Oct. 23, 2008 FR thread -- and I stick to it: LDS Bishops are indeed lay folks who receive no salary. But as of 15 years ago, I knew of a bishop who received $40,000 (in 1993 $) as a "stipend" for expenses. Now don't get me wrong, bishops indeed incur expenses for which they need to be reimbursed. But I would betcha, were you to have surveyed Protestant pastors and Roman Catholic priests in 1993, if they were incurring personally reimbursed expenses at a rate of $40,000 per year, and you would find the bulk of them were not. Steep stipends = a partial salary.
Since bishops at one time could take a 10% stipend from tithing funds, it would not have been unheard of for $400,000 to have come in for that year.
Since I apologize for using the potential $60,000 figure based upon outdated information, I expect a return courtesy for you calling me a liar when it's documented that Lds at one time paid bishop stipends.
Not only are you mistaken with how funds were once dispersed, but calling somebody a "liar" assumes bad or malicious intent. You are engaging in mind reading.
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