Agent641@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agothe LDS church controls $8.3 trillion in wealth. They could afford to flood Ukraine with biblically accurate fighter jets. These would cover more ground than bicycleslemmy.worldimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down111
arrow-up1206arrow-down1imagethe LDS church controls $8.3 trillion in wealth. They could afford to flood Ukraine with biblically accurate fighter jets. These would cover more ground than bicycleslemmy.worldAgent641@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareUmmdustry@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoSounds like bullshit ngl number of mormons (17 million) times the average american net worth (1 million) = 17 trillion. Does the temple literally own half the wealth of their congregation?
minus-squarenBodyProblem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThey collect a tithe of 10% of members’ income from the entire congregation. Most people accumulate less than 10% of their income as net worth annually So yes, quite possibly they do.
Sounds like bullshit ngl number of mormons (17 million) times the average american net worth (1 million) = 17 trillion.
Does the temple literally own half the wealth of their congregation?
They collect a tithe of 10% of members’ income from the entire congregation. Most people accumulate less than 10% of their income as net worth annually
So yes, quite possibly they do.