• paprika@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    Gee, I wonder how the Mormon church would feel if it’s members starting hiding their wealth to avoid paying the 10% they demand from them to get into heaven?

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      1 year ago

      They can just lie. They don’t need to prove anything. Thing is, they’re brainwashed to think God will bless them more if they sacrifice 10%, so they go to the ends of the earth to pay, to their own massive detriment.

      • CptOblivius@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I have heard of some Mormons having to provide the church with their tax paper work to show they tithed properly. This is done through the threat of excommunication. Not sure how prevalent it is.

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          Yeah, that’s my understanding as well. I had a friend in the 90s who was a proud ex-communicant of the Mormon church, and according to him that was the practice then as well. You gave them whatever they asked for (pay stubs, bank statements, tax returns, etc) and they calculated your tithe for you.