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Posted by: foundoubt ( )
Date: March 23, 2012 02:05PM

Then 90%of them should hold TRs, but they don't.

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Posted by: sam ( )
Date: March 23, 2012 02:06PM

There is absolutely no way that is correct

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Posted by: chimes ( )
Date: March 23, 2012 02:21PM

NO. The study is flawed because ACTIVE Mormons were questioned. Perhaps close to 85 or 90 percent of them tithe. However, since less than half of Mormons are active, the real percentage of LDS people who tithe is, I would guess, about 40.

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Posted by: anonymous ( )
Date: March 23, 2012 02:27PM

I ran across the list of tithe payers when my husband was bishop and not even close to 90% were paying tithing (I couldn't help myself, I was no longer a believer and extremely curious). I would say around 30-40 families claimed to be full tithe payers in the entire ward. A few very active members were not paying tithing. Even at that a lot of tithing money was collected, over $300,000.

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Posted by: Mia ( )
Date: March 23, 2012 03:05PM

What did they do? Sit out in the temple parking lot to take this survey? If so, 90% might be about right.

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Posted by: silhouette ( )
Date: March 23, 2012 05:37PM

I can tell you for a fact that in my old ward and stake the numbers were close to 15% full tithe payers, and 25% max of the stake paid some sort of tithe. They skew the numbers to make you feel like the minority so you want to fit in and pay tithe.

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