Tuesday, October 30, 2018

461: WHAT IS MORE OFFENSIVE TO GOD?


I don't claim to know everything that offends God but we do know some of things that offends Him from reading the scriptures.

In addition to those things, President Nelson has recently added one more thing that is apparently offensive to the Lord:


While I understand that taking out the name of the Lord would be offensive to Him. I also believe adding things to the name of His Church might even be MORE offensive. Instead of trying to get everyone to stop using the name Mormon or LDS.. maybe we should start by changing the actual legal name of the Church which is:









OR THIS FOR SHORT ( a nickname) 




If you look at any check that you might receive from the Church or who the Ward Finance Clerk will deposit the tithing donations to.. It is the Corporation of the President. Is that much better than Mormon? or LDS Church? If this is the Lord's Church that we give our money to.. why then does it not even have His name. 


See below examples:
Below is a reimbursement check from The Church for items that were purchased for our ward. I assume this money comes from the Church's general tithing fund that is then distributed to each ward for their yearly budget. On the check is Corporation of the President. 




Also here are the directions from the Church on how you should send in money to the Church that you don't pay directly to your local ward or branch.
Donations by check
To send in a check for a donation make the check payable to:
Corporation of the President.

Mail all donations to:
Corporation of the President
50 E North Temple, Room 1521
Salt Lake City, UT 84150
If you have further questions, please call 801-240-2554 or 1-800-453-3860 ext 2-2554 or email donations@ldschurch.org

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Sidenote:

If I was a Catholic and was asked to give my tithing money by filling out my check to the following:
I think I would be asking some questions on where my money was really going. 


1 comment:

Karen said...

Once again, a brilliant observation. Thanks for pointing out so many contradictions worthy of contemplation.

A serious seeker of truth ought not brush these things aside. To me, such things as you have pointed out in this post, play into why Moroni laments that we have "polluted the holy church of God." (Mormon 8) There really is significance in a name---not only does this "official legal" name identify the TRUE head and owner of this church (the president)---but a "cooperation" denotes anything but what is "holy" or a "church."

I'm beginning to have even more appreciation for how precise Moroni was in describing what the Lord showed him about our day and what we have done with what He gave us---a church that was once deemed true and living traded for a Babylonian corporate pollution (a bowl of pottage, indeed).