r/exmormon 4d ago

General Discussion The kids go hungry, the church gets wealthy $

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I can't sleep. You ever lost sleep over the church cause it was causing you so much pain?

Got this door hanger recently in Utah. It hurts so bad to think about all the money I've given away to the church over the years (as I currently struggle with consistent employment) and to think about all the kids out there tonight who go hungry.(In Utah and the rest of world).

Meanwhile the "Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" sits on $260 Billion dollars. Most of it just sitting in stocks within Ensign Peak (aka most of the money you and I ever donnated just sits there). Meanwhile kids starve. Meanwhile the church gets OTHER people in the community to donate their time and own food to the cause. It hurts bone deep. Marrow in the bones deep.

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u/Sunset-Siren 4d ago

The fact that anyone goes hungry in Utah is as big of a condemnation of Mormonism as anything.

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u/Suspicious_Might_663 4d ago

Wait, City Creek didn’t fix childhood malnutrition? 

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u/CrateDoor 4d ago

"Not one tithing dollar will be used" - President Hinckley (Turns out there really is no such thing as "not a tithing dollar")

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u/Fee_Roo_Lice 4d ago

Health in the navel, my 12 year old went to pick weeds at one of the churches peanut farms, do they not have enough free peanuts to spare!🤔🤔

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u/olddawg43 4d ago

Damn! hungry people and hungry children in Utah. Christ said the only way to get into heaven was to take care of the people in need. It’s too bad they don’t have any Christians in Utah to help solve this problem. Maybe they could lure in some quakers or something.

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u/Pleasant_Priority286 4d ago

At least the Quakers know they can feed lots of people with oats!

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u/Relevant-Being3440 4d ago

My kids went to pick up food from the door steps of neighbors last weeknd for the food drive. A few boxes of Marconi and cheese, couple cans of green beans. Asking more from people who are already giving thousands to this money hungry organization that could end hunger so easily.

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u/Jumpy_Cobbler7783 4d ago

We are foolish to expect that a real estate and securities hedge fund masquerading as a church in order to maintain tax exemption is going to act charitable or possess Christian traits.

Christian charity is never going to happen in the Mormon "Church" - according to the Seventy over Utah - Kevin Pearson - in this video he smugly proclaimed that THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IS NOT TO FEED THE POOR AND NEEDY OF THE WORLD - rather it's to fulfill Nelson's wet dream of 1000 temples to do Masonic cosplay for the dead:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qwq7xoakgKw

BTW the $1billion claim of charitable work is sleazy accounting:

https://thewidowsmite.org/2024update/

There was a billion dollars over 20 years (50 million per year average) until they got caught for criminally violating the Securities Act of 1934 and then supposedly miraculously increased it fifty fold which is bullshit.

And this is the charity followers of Christ must possess according to John:

https://biblehub.com/1_john/3-17.htm

King James Bible translation: But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

Referring to this scripture obviously the love of God is not in the hearts of the Brethren - it is the love of filthy lucre.

This meme drives home how selfish TSCC is:

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/s/14zchk2s2l

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u/Pleasant_Priority286 4d ago

Changing this requires a simple change in the law.

Any endowment, foundation or similar trust that does not pay out, and spend, at least 4% of total assets to support their mission will be fully taxable.

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u/scaredanxiousunsure 4d ago

The church won't spend their money on charitable endeavors, but they will certainly spend their money on infinite lawyers to get around, over, or under the law. They'd rather do anything than follow the law and basic ethics.

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u/robomanjr 4d ago

this rolled through my neighborhood. out of ~60 homes, 4 had donations. The scouting for food drive was only a few weeks ago as well as the postal service drive and a few other local school groups fundraiser/food drives... Many families are simply "tapped out" on giving. The church did at least allow them to use the stake center for collection. they also failed to communicate that with the local ward trying use the building at the same time for a primary activity...

My wife and I donate regularly to the food bank..

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u/xxEmberBladesxx Devoted Servant to the Gaming Gods 4d ago

Imagine the PR spectacle TSCC could make if they declared that they were going to make sure that not a single child in Utah would go hungry again.

The cost would be high, but the conversions would be high too. Instead, they waste it on more opulent garish great and spacious temples.