What purpose do all the "acquired" riches of the church serve? Why buy multi-million dollar buildings when the funds would be better served in teaching the hungry how to raise crops. Providing shelters for refugees around the world.randyps wrote: ↑May 30th, 2023, 1:43 amYour complaining about where the tiths are spent is based on rumors and not fact. You really dont know where your literal tithing money went to.LDS Physician wrote: ↑May 29th, 2023, 5:51 pmRubicon wrote: ↑May 29th, 2023, 5:00 pm You're currently in a stake presidency, right? Does the rest of your presidency know how you feel about the Church?
If not, have you thought about being transparent with them?
And/or with members of your stake? Do they know that you criticize the Brethren and the Church online?I am and they do. We’re quite open with our opinions. We don’t think it’s an error to disagree with church leadership. We also think it’s cult-like to expect everyone to keep their mouths shut when leaders err.Rubicon wrote: ↑May 29th, 2023, 5:00 pm You're currently in a stake presidency, right? Does the rest of your presidency know how you feel about the Church?
If not, have you thought about being transparent with them?
And/or with members of your stake? Do they know that you criticize the Brethren and the Church online?
If I make a mistake as a leader, I’d expect those who I lead to point it out to me so that I can improve and REPENT. It is, after all, a main tenet of the gospel.
So when I see my tithing money (which is equivalent to a portion of my very life) is spent on a mall, or a fat check to the NAACP, or on a Hawaiian resort … it is not only my right to protest it, it’s my duty.
Lets say your stake as a whole paid $100,000 in tithes this month. 20,000 went to bishops store house, 20,000 went to facilities, 60,000 went to SLC.
If you paid $1,000 in tithes how do you know if your 1000 went to support the storehouse, facilities or SLC?
At the end of the day only beta males complain and comply at the same time.
People argue that there will never be enough money to feed all the starving people.... yet the church is buying and building massive buildings for more profit.
You can debate the schematics, but this does nothing to lessen the hunger. How do they explain this if they are called before the Lord?
"but, but... we were making more money for the church!"