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History repeats itself again …. 2026 spin: pay your tithing and qualify for a temple recommend to help your ancestors
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History repeats itself again …. 2026 spin: pay your tithing and qualify for a temple recommend to help your ancestors

“As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs" is a famous slogan attributed to Johann Tetzel, a 16th-century German Dominican friar who sold papal indulgences to finance the construction of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

With ~$300B in assets, feels like the LDS Church could drop money from being a requirement for temple entry.

u/Existing_Distance358 — 19 days ago
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How did high-control religion squash opportunities in your life?

I was just reviewing ex-JW and saw a grown woman celebrate her birthday for the first time. Unbelievable.

Made me think about the LDS culture and wonder what opportunities were replaced by high-control religion.

I find the milestones of Mormonism to be so controlling. Our lives are planned start to finish and reinforced with a patriarchal blessing to ensure that we stick to the script. Forget lazy learner, we are conditioned to turn on cruise control mentally and become lazy lifestyles. What could have been had we not known since childhood that we must do ____ and then do ____ and then do ____ and then …..

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u/Existing_Distance358 — 21 days ago
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Does each LDS convert in 2026 create a net loss for the Church?

✅ ✅ Person is befriended by LDS members

✅ ✅ Person decides to be baptized/ convert

✅ ✅ Convert shares new-found faith with friends/ family

🤯 ✅ Friends/ family share with convert what the LDS Church / members did not disclose

❌ ✅ Convert feels deceived, steps away from church

❌ ✅ LDS members try to resolve the convert’s concerns

❌ ❌ LDS members develop their own concerns and step away

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u/Existing_Distance358 — 22 days ago