Yesterday it was announced that the church had received a $35 million Book of Mormon. It was stated that generous donors had paid for the book and then donated it to the church.
Here is my issue. Despite the fact that non profit organizations are required to have open books so people know where money is going the Church doesn't. The are exempt just like every other church. Although several churches have open books and notify both their members and the public where the money they receive goes. The LDS church has decided not to.
The LDS church also claims that they have non paid clergy which isn't totally true. The 15 top leaders of the church are all paid stipends in addition to Mission Presidents having extremely generous benefit packages. So were these the generous donors??? The stipend for one of the members of the twelve is more then Lee and I make to support a family of six. I would consider it more then enough.
We will probably never know where the money came from and maybe it doesn't matter. But I was discussing with somebody and she was telling me how generous the church is. Truth is we have no idea what percentage of money is spent on humanitarian services and what is spent on other things.
As a friend pointed out ....this isn't about the church being true it is about using the widow's mite respectfully and as a good steward should.
Here is my issue. Despite the fact that non profit organizations are required to have open books so people know where money is going the Church doesn't. The are exempt just like every other church. Although several churches have open books and notify both their members and the public where the money they receive goes. The LDS church has decided not to.
The LDS church also claims that they have non paid clergy which isn't totally true. The 15 top leaders of the church are all paid stipends in addition to Mission Presidents having extremely generous benefit packages. So were these the generous donors??? The stipend for one of the members of the twelve is more then Lee and I make to support a family of six. I would consider it more then enough.
We will probably never know where the money came from and maybe it doesn't matter. But I was discussing with somebody and she was telling me how generous the church is. Truth is we have no idea what percentage of money is spent on humanitarian services and what is spent on other things.
As a friend pointed out ....this isn't about the church being true it is about using the widow's mite respectfully and as a good steward should.
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