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Utah is second only to Wyoming in charitable giving.

When 56% of its population is told:
(1) "You won't receive temple access unless you tithe
-- which we check by a periodic 'temple recommend' interview with the bishop";
(2) "...and unless you are a temple Mormon, you won't go to the highest realm of glory -- the celestial glory";
(3) "...and if you don't go to celestial glory, you're putting in jeopardy living forever in the proximity of your immediate family to whom we seal you in our temples"...
...then, of course...charitable giving to the Lds church seems to flow quite readily!!!

Now what if those Christian churches in those 11 Southern states mentioned in this article said: "You won't go to heaven unless you tithe." (Then it'd be way up there, too)

Just a thought. Mormon’s are a Christian church too. Granted a church that contains many ideals that are heretical and have long been heretical but they still are a Christian church.

I am not a huge fan of Mormonism and I can’t say I’d be comfortable with having one in the White House but you have to be careful with how far you take that. A good number of our Republican primary voters did not like McCain last year. Those who opted not for him had a remarkable characteristic.

Catholics, Episcopalians and Mainline Protestants and Jews (Catholics especially) opted for Romney over Huckabee and as a result this became one of the only two high vote counties in the state where Romney outran Huckabee.

Their reasoning was simple. Huckabee was a Southern Baptist preacher and they believed his campaign had used Romney’s non-Evangelical religion to attack him and down here, we’re sensitive to that. So I understand where you Evangelicals are coming from, but I also have the experience of a Southern Catholic in a Catholic dominated town in a Southern Baptist dominated state. Be careful because there’s always a backlash that can be provoked.

Now what if those Christian churches in those 11 Southern states mentioned in this article said: "You won't go to heaven unless you tithe." (Then it'd be way up there, too)

Not really, because most of those folks are not brainwashed robots. They have the authority of God's Word, the Holy Bible, in their hands and hearts and they know what is true.

Now what if those Christian churches in those 11 Southern states mentioned in this article said: "You won't go to heaven unless you tithe." (Then it'd be way up there, too)

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

The Bible already teaches that you are cursed if you don't pay up.

Now what if those Christian churches in those 11 Southern states mentioned in this article said: "You won't go to heaven unless you tithe." (Then it'd be way up there, too)

I don't know ? Fine by me . Maybe they should if they want to beat Wyoming . I am surprised you could scare Utahns and Wyomingers with threats of hell . They are already in Utah and Wyoming . I don't care what anybody tells anybody . Don't all superstitious nuts have some kind of Holy Book that lays out the rules of who goes to heaven and hell ? If I wrote one i would have that rule up front . Pay 10% or go to hell , your choice . First though I would probably make it clear that this way was the only way , or you guessed it , you go to hell with the tithe deadbeats .