PlanetFrnd
Head Coach
Deety - I apologize if it seemed like I was picking on LDS in particular, which I am not. I started this thread because I was wondering, out loud in this case, if giving to your own church (or, I guess, any church?) constitutes a work of charity. That's really the only question I have, not really to question the operational (or lack thereof) minutiae of any particular church.
To your post specifically, I would ask if giving money to build new temples and/or LDS infrastructure really constitutes a work of charity, but I have this same question of tithes paid to the Catholic church which go to building more churches, or a Buddhist community to build more temples (if that's an accurate analog) or any other denomination or religion, etc.
Or, for that matter, if giving to spread a specific relgious message is in any way charitable in the way we might think of charity.
Anyways, again, not picking on LDS or any particular group, just the broader question of if giving to relgious establishments equals charity.
To your post specifically, I would ask if giving money to build new temples and/or LDS infrastructure really constitutes a work of charity, but I have this same question of tithes paid to the Catholic church which go to building more churches, or a Buddhist community to build more temples (if that's an accurate analog) or any other denomination or religion, etc.
Or, for that matter, if giving to spread a specific relgious message is in any way charitable in the way we might think of charity.
Anyways, again, not picking on LDS or any particular group, just the broader question of if giving to relgious establishments equals charity.
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