• @Pyro
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    7724 days ago

    $8.3 trlllion in wealth

    That is like 10 times the US yearly military budget. Where are you getting these numbers from?

      • @[email protected]
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        2924 days ago

        Nobody knows the exact number as they hide their wealth using all sorts of shady methods. We do know they had more than 100 billion in just one investment account. They also own over 1 million acres of agricultural land, and large amounts of commercial real estate. Tracking all the business entities they own around the world is also difficult as they commonly use shell companies and other methods to hide their ownership.

        Any estimate you find is just a guess.

    • @[email protected]
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      1824 days ago

      I think they messed up their decimal point. I just made a modest donation, so they should have around $83 Trillion

    • @[email protected]
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      624 days ago

      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?

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        1024 days ago

        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.

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          Plus, they have been around fore more than 190 years. With smart investments and only 5% growth per year, your wealth doubles over 15 years. They also own land, so with land value going up they made a lot of profit if they just rent it out.

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          224 days ago

          And when those 10% get invested you get good returns… then when you have a large pool of money you can join use the TBTF cheat squads to earn a very high return with minimal risk.

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        And that’s assuming that all 17 million mormons the LDS church claims to have actually exist. It’s kind of annoying to get deleted from their rolls, so a lot of people who leave don’t bother. Also, many of those 17 million live in much poorer nations than the US.

      • @[email protected]
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        524 days ago

        That 17 million is a vast overestimation of their worldwide attendance. Real numbers, based off of cellphone data, are closer to 4 million.

  • @[email protected]
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    4824 days ago

    Okay, so I’m not a big fan of the LDS church, but can we talk about how unironically hard that Hornet regalia goes?

    • @[email protected]
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      1024 days ago

      A good Mornon would say “Fudge you.” You ain’t gonna get a recommend from your Stake President if you use language like that.

      Don’t forget to pay your tithing and fast offerings!

    • @[email protected]OP
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      1824 days ago

      ChatGPT4o made it, and we all know that ChatGPT is not capable of being wrong.

      I also asked for a biblically accurate stealth bomber and got this:

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        724 days ago

        Looks like the new wish.com-lookin’ “stealth” bomber the Russians say they’re making, but almost certainly won’t actually produce

  • @[email protected]
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    1124 days ago

    These would cover more ground than bicycles

    You shut your whore mouth; bicycles are awesome!

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      Its also factually incorrect, jet fighters fly in the air, they don’t go on the ground

      • @[email protected]
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        224 days ago

        Um, they have tires. They can obviously be driven on streets. Can’t use HOV lanes though.

        • @[email protected]
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          424 days ago

          Well there are special provisions for vehicles where all the seats are full, so they probably can

          • @[email protected]
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            323 days ago

            Yup, motorcycles are allowed in HOV lanes, and I assume trikes are as well. A fighter jet is just a trike with wings and a lot of weaponry.

  • @[email protected]
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    1123 days ago

    That is a completely made up number.

    The corporation of the Mormon church does have absurd wealth and resources, tons of real estate, investments, etc, but estimates say it is worth between 100-300 billion in worth.

    That’s a lot, but definitely not trillions lol

  • Biezelbob
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    123 days ago

    Or fund medics and veteran rehabilitation and move the surplus to weapons, for a guilt-free donation