Tanner Call: 'It punishes question asking, rewards complicity, destroys self-trust and delegitimizes non-Mormon sources, all in the name of spiritual growth.'
Charitable options are revealed as part of the annual Light The World initiative, with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announcing the return of the charity Giving Machines in the plaza at City Creek Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021.As we move into the holiday season, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has rolled out its annual campaign,.
• “Treasures in heaven.” One of the most insidious ways the LDS Church controls its members is by conditioning them to focus on a promised future instead of the actual here-and-now. The church conditions its members to avoid conflict, especially in religious settings. It gets its members to be quiet by aligning that feature with Jesus and aligning anger and contention with the devil. Most Mormons want to be good Christians, and if their religious organization is telling them that a good Christian doesn’t cause contention, then they’re more likely to not publicly push back against problematic policies and teachings.
• “A peculiar people.” In a similar vein, psychological manipulation wouldn’t be complete without a mechanism to enforce an us vs. them mentality. That’s accomplished in the LDS Church by reinforcing the idea that anyone who has left the church was led astray by the devil and anyone not in the church is of the world, not of God.
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