Category: Tithing

A Stingy God 0

A Stingy God

by Johnny Townsend On the surface, Mormons are generous. They give a full ten percent of their income to their church. They donate countless hours every week to various “callings,” as Sunday School teachers,...

Tithing vs. Taxes: Winner – Taxes! 6

Tithing vs. Taxes: Winner – Taxes!

Caught this interesting article in Forbes about a Mormon who hasn’t been paying his taxes.  He’s currently trying to negotiate with the IRS the rate at which he will pay his back taxes.  He...

add a $9 million shopping center to the total 0

add a $9 million shopping center to the total

Inspired by a new news article about land development by the LDS Church in Hawaii, I did a little more property searching. Unfortunately, Honolulu County doesn’t allow searching by name, so finding all the...

LDS Inc. owns .7% of Florida 259

LDS Inc. owns .7% of Florida

My brother-in-law came to visit last weekend. As science geeks, we tried to see a shuttle launch while he was here (the launch was canceled 11 minutes before liftoff because of weather – ugh!)....

Utah bankruptcy isn’t about Mormons? 8

Utah bankruptcy isn’t about Mormons?

I caught this article while reading my science news this morning: Bankruptcy Rates Reflect Policy, Not People. Basically what the article says is that the different rates of bankruptcy filings by state are not...

Your Sunday School Lesson: The First Vision 7

Your Sunday School Lesson: The First Vision

According to the philosopher Mircea Eliade, of whose work I learned at BYU, every community, tribe, or nation requires an origin myth. The account of a community’s or practice’s origin has far reaching consequences...