Re: Temple recommend questions.
I am aware of the questions, my wife is a regular at the temple. I have never heard those questions asked of her, in fact they are asked in secret and answered in secret with only my wife and her bishop present. I don’t see how these questions have anything to do with the discussion.
If you thought I was criticizing the collection of money from member of a church you have woefully misunderstood me. The Catholic is perhaps the richest organization in the world outside of a few countries. They collect money and mostly do that in private although there are opportunities for public shows of donation in Catholicism there are even more in many Protestant churches with the passing of offering plates.
Churches are run with money there is no escaping that, in the earliest Christian church Ananias and Sapphira died because they lied about their offerings to Peter when he asked them if they had donated all. They could have said “we kept a little for our own personal use but have given all the rest to The Church”, but instead they lied. The lie was between Ananias and Sapphira and Peter.
Catholics have a Pope who speaks for God on earth, Mormons have a Prophet who speaks for God on earth. I guess if you hate one you hate the other, in my opinion they have both at various times said stupid stuff that in the day they said them did not sound so stupid, even the current Pope with his cadre of advisers comes out with some strange quotes.
I think if more churches had a tithing settlement or something like it they could get rid of a lot of dissension in their ranks.
It's called CONTROL.
Who will call her from the tomb if YOU ain't a MORMON?
Which one is INFALLABLE?
It's called CONTROL.
The Book that Mormons claim to venerate, KJV, (even though it is flawed) says...
2 Corinthians 9:7
Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
The Mormon 'doctrine' of a yearend settling up is NOT found even in the CATHOLIC religion.
I guess Rome MISSED something when compiling the bible.
But that's ok; for Joseph and his successors managed to incorporate it in the D&C's.
Somewhere.
Perhaps iwondr,williamrobert,teppe,stormprepper can show us where it is located.
If not there; then SURELY it'll be found in the JST: the KJV that Joseph so dutifully CORRECTED under the Direct Command of GOD.