One might ask why the God of the Universe would be involved in the day-to-day, month-to-month operations of an institutional church in regard to its finances.
It the Church in its new essay that is making that claim.
From the quote in the OP
All financial matters in the Church are ultimately subject to the Lord’s direction through His chosen leaders.
So that’s “All financial matters”. Which includes the decades long scheme to commit securities fraud. You might want to ask your leaders the questions you seem to think the critics are obligated to answer, as it is they that are making the assertion you disagree with.
Premise 1. Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.
Premise 2. The best evidence for the Book of Mormon is eyewitness testimony.
Conclusion. Therefore, the best evidence for the Book of Mormon is notoriously unreliable.
The basic facts of the matter is that the Church leadership directed Ensign Peak to commit securities fraud. For decades. All while preaching honesty.
And despite being caught red handed, they are now trying to portray to the membership that they can trust the leadership to do the right thing with donated funds because The Lord is behind ALL financial decisions.
And get this, nobody was sacked over it, nobody was removed from their calling over it, and nobody had the integrity or moral fibre to resign over it.
Premise 1. Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.
Premise 2. The best evidence for the Book of Mormon is eyewitness testimony.
Conclusion. Therefore, the best evidence for the Book of Mormon is notoriously unreliable.
The basic facts of the matter is that the Church leadership directed Ensign Peak to commit securities fraud. For decades. All while preaching honesty.
And despite being caught red handed, they are now trying to portray to the membership that they can trust the leadership to do the right thing with donated funds because The Lord is behind ALL financial decisions.
And get this, nobody was sacked over it, nobody was removed from their calling over it, and nobody had the integrity or moral fibre to resign over it.
Having the second anointing means never having to say you’re sorry I guess!
The basic facts of the matter is that the Church leadership directed Ensign Peak to commit securities fraud. For decades. All while preaching honesty.
And despite being caught red handed, they are now trying to portray to the membership that they can trust the leadership to do the right thing with donated funds because The Lord is behind ALL financial decisions.
And get this, nobody was sacked over it, nobody was removed from their calling over it, and nobody had the integrity or moral fibre to resign over it.
I think two people in Ensign Peak who were managing the fake clone companies did resign or asked to be replaced when the figured out what was going on. I am not sure if they quit or are still working some other role. My guess is they were sent packing. The church doesn't tolerate disobedience.
And despite being caught red handed, they are now trying to portray to the membership that they can trust the leadership to do the right thing with donated funds because The Lord is behind ALL financial decisions.
And get this, nobody was sacked over it, nobody was removed from their calling over it, and nobody had the integrity or moral fibre to resign over it.
Having the second anointing means never having to say you’re sorry I guess!
like the Preppy reference. My turn. Mormonism means never thinking for yourself.
"The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie." – Mark Twain
“We are not a wealthy people but we are good people, and we share what we have." Elder Anderson to VP Mohadi in Zimbabwe after Mohadi asked for help with developing clean water wells, while Ensign Peak's hoard was about $32 billion within its 13 fraudulent shell companies. About a year later, with all that "sharing," EP's holdings were purportedly nearly tripled.
“We are not a wealthy people but we are good people, and we share what we have." Elder Anderson to VP Mohadi in Zimbabwe after Mohadi asked for help with developing clean water wells, while Ensign Peak's hoard was about $32 billion within its 13 fraudulent shell companies. About a year later, with all that "sharing," EP's holdings were purportedly nearly tripled.
All kidding aside, what they did was federal document perjury, which is fraud. It’s endlessly frustrating to see the extreme intellectual dishonesty at FAIR, trying to justify or minimize the fact that Ensign Peak committed deliberate fraud, hundreds of times for many many years, and only stopped once they were caught and threatened with proceedings (litigation).
