but not for the rich folks.

And the rich folks are the ones at the top making all those rules. There are no rules for the upper leadership.

Thank you.

The church mirrors life. Truer now than ever. It's all Alpha Beta soup.

Rules for thee, not for me!

Dammit ! I was going to say that ! *LOL*

Church leaders are not rich. They are just more Mormony. The pay is low compared to other CEOs.

The members accept the authoritarian nature of the church, which gives rise to a North-Korea-like ruling class.

Who needs money when you are "dear leader"?



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Maybe in the past. But more and more, the top tiers are being filled by those whose principal qualification seems to be wealth.

And while their actual "salary" may be reduced, they are rewarded with every comfort a creature could ever imagine.

Their positions within the church may not pay very well, but they open up a lot of opportunities for the higher-ups. For instance, they routinely are offered high-paying gigs sitting on boards for various companies and organizations. Even former CES teachers and administrators have multiple homes.

GAs were prohibited from serving on corporate boards around the early 1990s iirc. There are still plenty of opportunities for what amounts to insider trading.

There was a recent thread here that listed the estimated net worth of the Q15. Most were in the 1 to 10 million $ range except 1 apostle who made a bundle in a company he owned/was principal shareholder in. For a successful professional in business who is on the board of a multi-hundred billion dollar company (LDS Inc), and is age 70 or above, even $10 million is pretty modest.

When it comes to money, they have sufficient for their needs, to borrow a line from the temple endowment. They're not in it for the money. Glory, power, adulation.

The General Authority himself may be restricted, but their family members are not.

Plus you get free ghost writers to write your books!

> When it comes to money, they have sufficient for
> their needs, to borrow a line from the temple
> endowment.

$10 million would be sufficient for my needs.

Yeah, but you don't have to buy those stupid white suits. They are expensive, and they make the GAs look like Colonel Sanders or a Cuban cigar dealer. They need recompense for pain and suffering. :)

Having been a Mormon for decades, I need recompense for my pain and suffering too. $10 million would be a good start.

And I liked David O. McKay as Colonel Sanders.

The second anointing or election made sure is what some of the leaders have so they can sin.

We often hear them say people leave the church so they can sin.
Good job turning the tables so they see how that works. :-D

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> The second anointing or election made sure is what
> some of the leaders have so they can sin.

How many people have done it?

I always heard you could tell by whoever went into the temple on a Sunday.

He who has the gold, makes the rules.

Remember Oaks said some commandments are temporary.

Now apply this thinking outside the church.