Putting the Church’s “Rainy Day Fund” In Perspective

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Re: Putting the Church’s “Rainy Day Fund” In Perspective

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MG 2.0 wrote:
Fri Aug 29, 2025 9:13 pm
Marcus wrote:
Fri Aug 29, 2025 9:11 pm
And to avoid the question based on the OP topic, our trolling gymnast switches to ad hominem attacks. So typical. Back to the topic:
At this point it doesn’t matter. Course corrections have been made. The work rolls on. It only matters to those who have an interest in seeing the church crumble or disappear. It won’t.

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It has to be relevant before it crumbles. With less than 1/10 of 1% of the Earth's population credited as being Mormon (much lower probably) it is barely a fly speck on the windshield of humanity.
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Rivendale wrote:
Fri Aug 29, 2025 9:30 pm
MG 2.0 wrote:
Fri Aug 29, 2025 9:13 pm
At this point it doesn’t matter. Course corrections have been made. The work rolls on. It only matters to those who have an interest in seeing the church crumble or disappear. It won’t.

Regards,
MG
It has to be relevant before it crumbles. With less than 1/10 of 1% of the Earth's population credited as being Mormon (much lower probably) it is barely a fly speck on the windshield of humanity.
That being said, the church, for its size, has had significant influence in humanitarian efforts, social and moral stances, and economic influence. More so, granted, in some areas of the world compared to others.

What I’m actually referring to, however, is the church itself. When different sorts of roadblocks and issues come along and exploited by those that would desire to tear the church down, the church rebounds and keeps on going.

No unhallowed hand can stop the work from moving forward.

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Re: Putting the Church’s “Rainy Day Fund” In Perspective

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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Fri Aug 29, 2025 9:22 pm
Jesus [finds] the Mormon church so absurd…
I think you’re lying again. I tell ya’, it’s chronic condition with you. Moral relativism, ain’t it great?

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MG 2.0 wrote:
Sat Aug 30, 2025 12:05 am
Rivendale wrote:
Fri Aug 29, 2025 9:30 pm
It has to be relevant before it crumbles. With less than 1/10 of 1% of the Earth's population credited as being Mormon (much lower probably) it is barely a fly speck on the windshield of humanity.
That being said, the church, for its size, has had significant influence in humanitarian efforts, social and moral stances, and economic influence. More so, granted, in some areas of the world compared to others.

What I’m actually referring to, however, is the church itself. When different sorts of roadblocks and issues come along and exploited by those that would desire to tear the church down, the church rebounds and keeps on going.

No unhallowed hand can stop the work from moving forward.

Regards,
MG
That is what the Romans thought also. That is what Genghis Khan thought. That is what Dave Koresh thought. Sometimes people don't learn from the patterns. Are you one of them?
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Re: Putting the Church’s “Rainy Day Fund” In Perspective

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Rivendale wrote:
Sat Aug 30, 2025 12:35 am
MG 2.0 wrote:
Sat Aug 30, 2025 12:05 am
That being said, the church, for its size, has had significant influence in humanitarian efforts, social and moral stances, and economic influence. More so, granted, in some areas of the world compared to others.

What I’m actually referring to, however, is the church itself. When different sorts of roadblocks and issues come along and exploited by those that would desire to tear the church down, the church rebounds and keeps on going.

No unhallowed hand can stop the work from moving forward.

Regards,
MG
That is what the Romans thought also. That is what Genghis Khan thought. That is what Dave Koresh thought. Sometimes people don't learn from the patterns. Are you one of them?
I suppose time will tell.

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MG
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Re: Putting the Church’s “Rainy Day Fund” In Perspective

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Morley wrote:
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Physics Guy wrote:
Fri Aug 22, 2025 7:47 am
Perhaps build the starship Nauvoo?
Though I rarely comment on them, I always appreciate your literary references. Nice work.
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Re: Putting the Church’s “Rainy Day Fund” In Perspective

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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Fri Aug 29, 2025 9:22 pm
Marcus wrote:
Fri Aug 29, 2025 9:11 pm
And to avoid the question based on the OP topic, our trolling gymnast switches to ad hominem attacks. So typical. Back to the topic:
When it comes to the church, it's usually a combination of both incompetence and deceit.

Jesus, a man who literally went out of his way to feed thousands of people, would probably look at the church's finances and would tell the church leaders, "You know, the whole 'render unto Caesar' thing was about paying your taxes, not about out-earning him and then burying the treasure like a obsessive compulsive squirrel with a serious hoarding problem."

Jesus would likely find the Mormon church so absurd that he'd give a new parable on the spot, perhaps titled "The Hypocrites and the Hedge Funds." It would be a parable about a man who built colossal, opulent temples while many people outside starved.
I suppose the question for me is…is a decades-long, systemic, fraudulent shell company and false reporting scheme the hallmark of God’s one true Church? You have to answer Yes to that question to maintain belief that it is.
Premise 1. Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.
Premise 2. The best evidence for the Book of Mormon is eyewitness testimony.
Conclusion. Therefore, the best evidence for the Book of Mormon is notoriously unreliable.
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