SUAS wrote:I would think the creator or whoever would want everyone to have roof over their heads and food in their belly, instead of lavish temples built for them, when they never visit anyway.
If God wanted everyone to have food, why doesn't He stop sending famines, earthquakes, tsunamis, and the like?
I guess if He wanted a house, He could always zap that into place too.
Strange God, that God is.
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SUAS wrote:The LDS church takes in well over 14 million dollars PER DAY in tithing, which amounts to OVER 5 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR (these were estimates from nearly ten years ago, so they are likely higher now).
The Church spends about 1%of its annual income, or, to look at it another way, LESS THAN $5 PER MEMBER PER YEAR, on charity.
Bill Gates, by contrast (and whose net worth is probably in the same neighborhood as the church's), has a charitable foundation that gives away over ONE BILLION DOLLARS each year to charity, or ABOUT TWENTY TIMES AS MUCH AS THE LDS CHURCH, even taking a conservative estimate for tithing intake and a liberal estimate for the church's charitable givings. Bill And Melinda Gates Foundatation TBMs, your tithing money would do more good for the world if you were to instead give it to BILL GATES. Alarm bells should be going off in any reasonable person's head right about now.
And Bill Gates operates within the tax system and the Church outside of the tax system.
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As foolish as I think it is to "spare no expense" (since one can always find ways to increase expense), I'm also not so sure why it's the church's responsibility to feed the poor. Isn't that the responsibility of the individual members instead of the organization as a whole?
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asbestosman wrote:As foolish as I think it is to "spare no expense" (since one can always find ways to increase expense), I'm also not so sure why it's the church's responsibility to feed the poor. Isn't that the responsibility of the individual members instead of the organization as a whole?
You have a point but why is it okay to spend a billion dollars on a mall and not feed the poor?
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asbestosman wrote:As foolish as I think it is to "spare no expense" (since one can always find ways to increase expense), I'm also not so sure why it's the church's responsibility to feed the poor. Isn't that the responsibility of the individual members instead of the organization as a whole?
If the Church belongs to the Lord what would He desire the Church to do? If the Church is to glorify God then how better way to praise God than through helping his other children?
Does the LDS Church not do charitable works? My understanding was that the LDS Church was well known for helping their fellow man. That would, appear to me, something that was done to live the gospel of Christ.
SUAS wrote:You have a point but why is it okay to spend a billion dollars on a mall and not feed the poor?
I think it's inappropriate to say the church "spent" a billion on a mall. I think the proper word is "invested". I think the money can be recovered just as money spent on other buildings is often recoverable.
Why is it okay? While it may not have been the best thing to do, it should help keep the downtown area nicer where the church has a lot of other buildings if I'm not mistaken.
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