Man! It’s even way worse than that!!!
I am a Mormon, a full tithe paying Mormon and I had no idea how bad it is! Thanks for enlightening me on how bad my religion is!!! I would have never known!
Colofornian and his minions will hunt you down. :-)
“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.
Do you realize, ben, that while some Mormon leaders appeal to tithing as an ancient practice, that one of your "prophets" said
-- at the 1900 General Conference of all places --
that the reason why the Lord imposed "The Law of Tithing" on the Mormon people was...
...because they were imperfect at fulfilling a greater law -- "The Law of Consecration."
[This was enfolded under the United Order "revelations" of Joseph Smith...yet because the Utah Mormons failed this order by the late 1880s into the 1890s, "The Law of Tithing" has since become the #1 emphasized law @ Lds.org!]
If you don't want to take my word for it, just read the following:
1949: Doctrine and Covenants Studies, by Bryant S. Hinckley
Chapter 42: THE LAW OF TITHING (Section 119)
Why Instituted
We know of no better statement as to why the Lord revealed the law of tithing than that made by President Joseph F. Smith at the general conference of the Church in April, 1900. “Why the Law of Tithing Was Instituted – The Lord revealed to his people in the incipiency of his work a law which was more perfect than the law of tithing. It comprehended larger things, greater power, and a more speedy accomplishment of the purposes of the Lord. But the people were unprepared to live by it, and the Lord, out of mercy to the people, suspended the more perfect law [the law of consecration and stewardship], and gave the law of tithing, in order that there might be means in the storehouse of the Lord for the carrying out of the purposes he had in view...; (GD, p. 282.)
Secondary Sources: Bryant S. Hinckley, 1949, citing Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, p. 282. Doctrine and Covenants Studies
Therefore, of all the laws a Mormon might boast about as fulfilling, this one -- although emphasized the most by Lds, Inc. on its Web site -- is actually the least to be proud of!
Why? Because your "prophet," Joseph F. Smith said in 1900 that this was a sort of "second-best" law that the Lord gave in relenting to the reality that Mormons just couldn't quite get that 100% consecrated socialism-communism law down pat...that law called, "The Law of Consecration" -- otherwise known as the United Order!
The Law of Tithing itself, by your own "prophet's" concession, was geared toward realizing how IMperfect Mormons were in following Joseph Smith's revelations!!!
But, hey, since at one time almost 80% of Smith's revelations were fiscally related, I'm sure the Mormon people got tired of hearing Smith preach and preach about his fave topic -- $!