Recent Tithing Letter from First Presidency

[_ajax18]

Or is it like the US senate where their cost of living allowance automatically increases unless they vote (receive a revelation) to not increase it?

When you consider the pay of Senators, CEOs, and men of equal stature to the Brethren in the corporate world, the stipend they receive is very modest.

[_Buffalo]

Or is it like the US senate where their cost of living allowance automatically increases unless they vote (receive a revelation) to not increase it?

When you consider the pay of Senators, CEOs, and men of equal stature to the Brethren in the corporate world, the stipend they receive is very modest.

Indeed. Their stipend is also modest in comparison to that given to certain members of royal families throughout the world.

[_Willy Law]

I don't think that there is another church in the world that helps its poor like the LDS church does.

Really hard to take you seriously when you say things like that. Unless you mean by sending testimony gloves.

[Guest]

Something about this didn't sit well with me.
--Consiglieri

I don't think that there is another church in the world that helps its poor like the LDS church does. Does that sit well with you? And as you know, the LDS church is also there for you if you and your family are in need. Now isn't that nice?

How many churches in the world do you know of that bought a low-rent motel and evicted the poor people who were living there shortly before Christmas so the motel could be demolished while awaiting a decision about what commercial use could be put to the land? http://www.standard.net/topics/lds-chur ... oses-doors

How many churches in the world do you know of that, by their own public statements, spend approximately three times as much money on building a mall as they do over the course of two decades on humanitarian aid?

[_Darth J]

When you consider the pay of Senators, CEOs, and men of equal stature to the Brethren in the corporate world, the stipend they receive is very modest.

Indeed. Their stipend is also modest in comparison to that given to certain members of royal families throughout the world.

And what the Bretheren provide in return for that stipend is also comparatively modest.

[_Buffalo]

And what the Bretheren provide in return for that stipend is also comparatively modest.

I think hearing Elder Eyring sniff back snot over the podium twice a year is well worth half a mill + per year.

[_Melchett]

How many churches in the world do you know of that, by their own public statements, spend approximately three times as much money on building a mall as they do over the course of two decades on humanitarian aid?

A mall is an important place. Where else are the poor going to be able to beg for handouts?

[_Equality]

Or is it like the US senate where their cost of living allowance automatically increases unless they vote (receive a revelation) to not increase it?

When you consider the pay of Senators, CEOs, and men of equal stature to the Brethren in the corporate world, the stipend they receive is very modest.

And how do they compare to Jesus and his original 12 apostles?

[Guest]

Here you go---in Spanish!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgVegnSe ... re=related

Following the wonderful portrayal of Lorenzo Snow having a stroke at the pulpit, this movie does show quite a bit of time passing between people starting to get with the program on tithing and rain actually coming. It even shows a couple members of the Church on their farm being quite concerned that they are paying tithing but it still is not raining. Even Lorenzo Snow is depicted being worried about this. (by the way, did anyone else notice that they filmed part of this in the Beehive House?)

Also, I hereby prophesy that if people will continue to post messages on Mormon Discussions, eventually it will rain.

Thanks. I really couldn't remember. It's been years since I saw that movie. I did like the message, though: if you pay tithing, it will rain in St. George.

[Guest]

I also hereby prophesy that if you say "prophecy" as a verb instead of "prophesy," someone will quote you before you can go back and correct it.

ETA: Somehow, it has been fixed where Equality quoted me. It's a miracle!