[sevenbak]

Just because it didn't happen in your town or involve your church doesn't mean it didn't happen elsewhere. Just like all those alledged Sunday services pouting anti Mormon rhetoric, that I personally haven't heard.

One of the things that make this assertion so hard to believe is that unlike the thousands of different Christian sects that teach different things, the LDS Church is very structured. In fact, some of these threads that have been turned into Anti Mormon banging posts have condemned us for it.

The structure is such that the same thing is taught all over the world, be it in Anaheim or Algiers. On a given Sunday, for example, if one congregation in California is learning of specifics about the atonement of Christ, that same lesson is being taught that dame day in a remote village meetinghouse in Africa.

The structure is there to protect the doctrines and practices of the church from being changed. Tithing receipts and practices are also highly structured, and are the exact same from ward to ward. Doing something outside of official sanctioned practices, especially in matters of sacred tithing stewardship's, can be grounds for excommunication.

So, here's a test whither or not I'm right about consistency... Today in Gospel Doctrine (Sunday School) the lesson was on Christ healing the blind man on the Sabbath, John 9. As this year we are studying the New Testament by course, I am asking if any of the other LDS posters out there had the same lesson, or one within a week or 2 of it?

[DelphiUser]

I am asking if any of the other LDS posters out there had the same lesson, or one within a week or 2 of it?

We had the same lesson, my brother had it last week, next week, we have stake conference, then we will be in sync with his ward again.

[DelphiUser]

One more thing, my dad was a bishop most of the time I was growing up (which explains one source I had for the General handbook of instructions) five years after he was released, he put on a suit he had not worn in five years and discovers three tithing envelopes in it. (Lots of people hand their tithing to the bishop, or his councilors between meetings or in the halls). My father called his stake president immediately (after checking all his suits for more envelopes) and confessed. They had to hold a church Court; he was tried on misappropriation of tithing funds and was acquitted (turning himself in helped a lot). The total amount in the tithing envelopes was less than fifteen dollars.

The Church takes tithing, and the systems by which it is handled very seriously.

Netizen, you should probaly also see my post #967

[tantiboh]

We’re a week or two behind because of the blizzard in January; we spoke chiefly about the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant.