Reactions rippled across the Internet after stories broke about a whistleblower complaint filed alleged a non-profit supporting organization used member tithes to amass more than $100 billion in a set of investment funds.
taught by the Savior in the Parable of the Talents and lived by the Church and its members. All Church funds exist for no other reason than to support the Church's divinely appointed mission," the statement said."Claims being currently circulated are based on a narrow perspective and limited information. The Church complies with all applicable law governing our donations, investments, taxes, and reserves.
Apostasy, former member Sam Young explains,"is the worst possible sin you can commit. Apostasy is considered worse than murder." Young, the most high-profile LDS whistleblower prior to the EPA revelations, was excommunicated from the LDS Church in September 2018 after he collected and released hundreds ofand other sexually inappropriate behaviors by members of the church's all-volunteer clergy.
Young, who himself served as an LDS bishop prior to his excommunication, doesn't believe the EPA whistleblowers will be subject to excommunication unless they continue to agitate. It was the length of his advocacy—and the publicity that it attracted—that ultimately raised the ire of the regional authorities who removed him from the church.
"I am comforted by it. It's nice to know that the church is apparently practicing what it preaches, living within your means, saving what you can, investing wisely, and stockpiling supplies for a metaphorical rainy day," said Logan Kearsley, an active member in Utah who indicated he tithes and attends the LDS temple.
News of the church's fortune and spending habits, she said, would"add tension to family gatherings during the holidays, especially in big families like mine where some of us have left and some of us haven't." Yet even some who view tithing as a sacrifice dedicated to God, rather than humanitarian giving, said reports of the church's wealth did change the way they felt about making donations to it.
At the municipal level, the LDS Church used both its clout and its wealth to purchase chunks of Salt Lake City's Main Street—including the actual street itself—construct a plaza to facilitate foot traffic between church-owned properties near Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City.
Although she personally left the church four years ago, Hayes said she has tried to sound the alarm among members of her family who continue to practice within the faith. Some of her family, she said, refuses to even talk about it.Cheryl Nunn, a financial advisor by trade and current candidate for state legislative office said she suspected, based on her analysis, that the LDS Church was contributing as little as 1.75 percent of its revenue to humanitarian causes.
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