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To: Logophile

The Morg said he tithed...

The Morg counted him as a tither...

The Morg published so much tithe money for such and such year...

Either he’s a tither...$14.2 million...

Or the Morg are liars...

Gosh...I wonder which ???


16 posted on 09/14/2009 9:12:28 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana
The Morg said he tithed... The Morg counted him as a tither... The Morg published so much tithe money for such and such year...

Morg? I assume you mean The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the LDS Church or the Mormons).

Either he’s a tither...$14.2 million...Or the Morg are liars...

You have not thought this thing through. Southwick might well have claimed that the money he paid was a full tithe, i.e., a full 10% of his income. After all, he bilked people out of tens of millions of dollars—lying to the Church would not have caused him to lose sleep.

In any case, the LDS Church would have no way of knowing whether Southwick was a full tithe-payer or not. Contrary to what you may think, the Church does not require documentation of income to prove that one is paying a full 10%. (In all my years in the Church, no bishop has ever asked me to divulge my income.) The Church knows only what it receives, not how much was made (or how).


17 posted on 09/14/2009 9:48:40 PM PDT by Logophile
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