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Originally Posted by Grasshopper Green
To my knowledge, the LDS church (Mormon church) requires a 10% tithe of every member's income (I don't know if it's gross or net). While members can attend services without paying tithe, one can not go to an LDS temple without being a full tithe payer, and you can't get to the celestial kingdom (heaven) without going to temple. Family members are barred from attending loved one's wedding ceremonies because they aren't "temple worthy" aka, are deliquent in their tithe payments. Members meet with their bishop once a year to make sure all of their tithe has been paid and are lectured if they are behind. Please feel free to correct this if needed - I am not LDS but have lived in Utah most of my life and have some knowledge of church goings-on. The point is, the church of Scientology is not the only church doing this.
As for the OP...if the church of Scientology is altering wiki entries because they just don't like what's being written, then good on Wikipedia for barring them.
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Wow, I totally agree with your comparison and yet that information brings me to an apparently totally different conclusion.
Let me slightly restate: I have little tolerance for cult-like religions that are built on the recent-history 'revalations' of known crackpot criminals, core beliefs of which can be easily disproved by rudimentary science, which have a huge controlling influence over its members, driving forced rifts into families with some non-members or people who have deconverted, who have secret ceremonies they try to sue to protect, and who require mandatory cash donations.