Some quotes from the book: “There is too much time given to corporations, stocks, bonds, politics, etc. by our leaders to please me. We are in all kinds of business interest.” — Brigham Young Jr., April 1890 The LDS Church, as a church, doesn’t actually exist. It is a corporation, and was incorporated by Brigham Young in 1851. Eastern bankers found the LDS Church a sound financial investment, due to Mormons’ “sense of community,” “obedience to authority,” and “uniquely productive work ethic.” Similar attributes led sociologist Max Weber to compare Mormons to the German Army. Presiding Bishop Charles W. Nibley “made his fortune on stolen timber and child labor,” to quote his grandson, Mormon scholar Hugh Nibley. An entry from Charles’ journal reads: “It has become the custom in the church to give high seats in the synagogue to men who have made ‘money’.” President Heber J. Grant was the subject of a federal investigation in 1920 because of alleged war profiteering by the Sugar Trust (Mormons had a monopoly on beet sugar). In 1981, the LDS Church released the ‘Quad’–a combination scripture set (complete with footnotes and chapter headings) that many Mormons use today. Initially, sales for the new scriptures were sluggish. The CEO of Deseret Book worried that the new emphasis on Jesus was to blame (the 1981 edition of the Book of Mormon was subtitled, “Another Testament of Jesus Christ”). The more likely culprit was Deseret Book itself, which heavily advertised the pricey …
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