what about the morg!??

I was frankly shocked when someone here mentioned that D.M. Quinn estimated 2014's tithing income at, if I recall correctly, $34 billion dollars.

If you posit 5 million tithe payers, that $6,800 per tithe payer. But there can't be 5 million tithe payers.

Anyway, it's a lot of money but not much of a religion.

elderolddog Wrote:
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> I was frankly shocked when someone here mentioned
> that D.M. Quinn estimated 2014's tithing income
> at, if I recall correctly, $34 billion dollars.
>
> If you posit 5 million tithe payers, that $6,800
> per tithe payer. But there can't be 5 million
> tithe payers.
>
> Anyway, it's a lot of money but not much of a
> religion.


I agree with Dog. The numbers just don't add up. And I was a professional accountant for 40 years and could manipulate spreadsheets with the best of them.

but did you wear a green visor ?

Dave the Atheist Wrote:
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> but did you wear a green visor ?


Nope. And no pocket protector either! I was a complete individual, if that is possible in the beancounter world. :)

Fred Karger and his group at Mormontips.com is gathering information to file a tax-fraud complaint with the IRS in order to get TCOJCOLDS to lose its tax-exempt status.

He appreciates any email reporting stories of elderly folks getting hoodwinked, knowledge of crooked contracts, etc.

Our own Anagrammy relayed the story of elderly folks who donated property for a church parking lot. They noticed an apartment building going up on that site, looked into ownership, and found that the property had been gifted to a GA's son. She forwarded that story to tips@mormontips.com.


https://www.mormontips.com

Scientology is a good start, now the rest of the religions need to lose their tax status...

I am very sad to announce that, for the first time in my life, I agree about something with Donald Trump...

Don't worry. It'll pass. . .

I was thinking the same thing.

I believe more and more people are coming to see that President Trump is NOT the boogey man that the Left predicted.

I concur with Mr. Trump and other comments above for him to expand exemptiness to all religions and cults. He loves $ and is looking for places to squeeze the juice out of any orange he can find. Glad to hear action is being taken on contacting the IRS with a tax fraud claim against the cult. It's a good beginning.

from the article:

According to an excerpt from the IRS website, “The IRS may begin a church tax inquiry only if an appropriate high-level Treasury official reasonably believes, on the basis of facts and circumstances recorded in writing, that an organization claiming to be a church or convention or association of churches may not qualify for exemption.”

I predict the following will be their primary criterion: does the organization claim authentication from the Christian Bible?

slskipper Wrote:
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> I predict the following will be their primary
> criterion: does the organization claim
> authentication from the Christian Bible?

Just on its face, I don't see how a requirement for "authentication from the Christian Bible" could pass the constitutional requirements...

...and, in addition, such a qualification would mean that non-Christian groups (aside from Judaism, most probably), such as Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Hindu, Taoist, Zoroastrian, and at least some Native American groups (etc.), would not qualify.

This would clearly be in direct conflict with the legal requirements which descend from the US Constitution.

How are they going to value the gold harvested out of South Americans' teeth for a new temple?