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[–] Pyro 77 points 2 months ago (5 children)

$8.3 trlllion in wealth

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

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

No clue. I'm seeing closer to 300 billion sited.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months 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] 18 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

This is non-credible defense, I think you know where those numbers come from.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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] 5 points 2 months 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] 4 points 2 months ago

I was counting in Hryvnias

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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] 6 points 2 months ago

AI jet, hornet inspired but not hornet in actuality.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right, just change the church specific stuff to random shit and I'm 100% sold.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would have thought the jet in the picture was a Mexican Cartel jet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It’s missing the chrome wire wheels tho

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They need to save that for their spaceship

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

trusting the OPA to build you a spaceship

What did they expect?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It spinned though

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't biblically accurate fighter jets have 6 wings or something like that?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months 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] 12 points 2 months ago

No this is a King James version fighter jet.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

I mean, it looks pretty cool tho...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Religion + Weapons = Bad Idea

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Recite with me the sacred texts

GIMME FUEL
GIMME FIRE
GIMME THAT WHICH I DESIRE

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

WEEEE WILL FIGHT THE HEATHENS! WEEEE WILL FIGHT THE HEATHENS!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months 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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

These would cover more ground than bicycles

You shut your whore mouth; bicycles are awesome!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months 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] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] ICastFist 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Voices in OP's head, I'd wager

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Good for meme

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Am i supposed to know every weird sect on the world?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Biblically accurate helicopter in action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hQ7bWtYJXo

[–] deuleb_biezelbob 1 points 2 months ago

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