EP 68 - Jacob Hansen co-hosts, LDS Australian Tithing and BYU steeplechase runner wins first place!
July 16, 2023
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EP 68 - Jacob Hansen co-hosts, LDS Australian Tithing stokes controversy, BYU steeplechase wins first place, Moms for Liberty in the spotlight, Cosmo the Cougar engagement update, fascinating analysis of LDS sunday attendance in the US, and much more!
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Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!
Get to know the Jacob Hansen
What is the thoughtful saint all about?
MNRU Joke of the week
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Hugh Nibley and the White Horse Prophecy
Articles
After made-for-Hollywood finish, what’s next for BYU’s Kenneth Rooks?
Largely symbolic
Another mostly symbolic Mormon judgment
and another
Moms for liberty
got its start in Florida in 2019 the fight against Covid safety measures - strange bedfellows
Labeled a hate and extremist here and here
List of SPLC hate groups
Cell phone data reveals long sought for Mormon activity rates for Sunday church attendance in the United States
20% any given sunday
30-35% activity rate quarterly
April Despain starts a go fund me
The last I heard there was only a threat of a lawsuit, not an actual lawsuit itself
Wait, April is the stalker and not the other way around?
This keeps getting weirder
Cosmo the cougar is now gay married. Will there be a membership council?
The Book of Mormon warns against division, Elder Corbitt says at Braver Angels conference
Does your twitter profile and YouTube channel encourage unity, or breed division?
Race can be divisive and a potential barrier to unity.
Mormon leaders – whose church is often associated with the GOP – push back against one-party politics
Mormons walk away from major multinational tax evasion scheme
takeaways: Whether in Canada (BYU tithing dust up, US (EPA fine), Australia (LDSCA), or Israel Marshfield advisors controversy) the church goes to great lengths to avoid paying taxes.
Should we follow the church’s same ethically questionable tax avoidance approach in our individual or small business tax burdens?
Conclusion
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