While I'm sure some of that does occur some places in the region, my experience in the Utah/Idaho region is very much the opposite. Friendly and very merit oriented work environments.
Tithing is common in most christian denominations, and is legally mandated (and automated) in several European countries via a "church tax" if you're officially registered as a member.
Even the 10% number is derived from the Bible (LEV. 27:30–34). There's nothing particularly nefarious about the Mormons here.
I don't have the moral fortitude to defend Mormonism as a religion, but based on the model of organized religion as a theocratic social insurance program (which it has been since, at least, Leviticus), your complaints don't seem entirely unreasonable:
> membership costs 10% of all you earn
10% is less than I currently pay into my state's social safety net programs.
> If you are in dire straights as a member and require assistance, the program is geared to get you off their assistance ASAP.
Shouldn't "returning people to self-sufficiency" be the goal of any social safety net? As far as I can tell, when you build classes of people whose lives are exclusively and indefinitely supported by welfare, things don't go well (especially when the people who fund the social welfare system get a bit strapped for cash).
metadat|3 years ago
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zdragnar|3 years ago
Even the 10% number is derived from the Bible (LEV. 27:30–34). There's nothing particularly nefarious about the Mormons here.
InitialLastName|3 years ago
> membership costs 10% of all you earn
10% is less than I currently pay into my state's social safety net programs.
> If you are in dire straights as a member and require assistance, the program is geared to get you off their assistance ASAP.
Shouldn't "returning people to self-sufficiency" be the goal of any social safety net? As far as I can tell, when you build classes of people whose lives are exclusively and indefinitely supported by welfare, things don't go well (especially when the people who fund the social welfare system get a bit strapped for cash).
throwawaylinux|3 years ago