In the alleged GA Mickleson sex abuse thread, it was stated by the accuser Ron Karren that Mickleson was pulling down $160,000 per year as a GA-Seventy with quite some prestige by being connected to the Apostle Richard Scott as a son in law. The implication of course is that Mickleson had many years as a GA during which time if he had any worldly skills ,his age and the diminishing of his secular skill set would surely put him out in the cold if he ever denied the church or tried to slip out of its grasp. Surely the church had him by the gonads via the purse strings. EVERYTHING he had to sustain his family, lifestyle and personal ego is tied to the stipend. We know some GA's like a Huntman type does not need church $$ but think about it- I believe many depend on the stipend and the credit card for travel, conferences etc in doing work for the church.
What a brilliant idea- pay the GA's a goodly stipend and have them depend on the church for EVERYTHING- not many men will walk away even if Jesus came down and told them personally that the Morg is a total scam. It hurts when someone is squeezing you in the balls!
What do you think?
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Church has GA's by the purse strings and maybe more!
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I would put social and family pressures above for most of these guys. Money probably keeps them willfully ignorant.
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kairos wrote:It hurts when someone is squeezing you in the balls!
Squeezing you in the balls, or squeezing you in the wallet?
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Dr. Shades wrote:kairos wrote:It hurts when someone is squeezing you in the balls!
Squeezing you in the balls, or squeezing you in the wallet?
Either way, makes your eyes water...
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Re: Church has GA's by the purse strings and maybe more!
Bump because someone out there has a clear and insightful thought about how much the apostles and GA's are beholden to the church because of the stipend, quite lucrative I believe- how can apostles without scrip or purse live in very nice upper class homes.
Above the thought of family and pride may be the paramont reason these guys stay and don't blow a whistle on the Mormon scam.
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Above the thought of family and pride may be the paramont reason these guys stay and don't blow a whistle on the Mormon scam.
thanx
k
Re: Church has GA's by the purse strings and maybe more!
kairos wrote:GA Mickleson
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Surely the church had him by the gonads via the purse strings. EVERYTHING he had to sustain his family, lifestyle and personal ego is tied to the stipend.
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just askin'
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Ohh ahh the purse...
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“Oh, how shameless!” Michael cried. “But this is outright blasphemy!”
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