Mormon Prophet Says Kenyans Are Poor Because They Don’t Give 10% of Money to Mormonism

We preach tithing to the poor people of the world because the poor people of the world have had cycles of poverty, generation after generation. That same poverty continues from one generation to another, until people pay their tithing.” – Russell M. Nelson, President of the LDS Church, talking in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday

Image from Ravell Call, Deseret News.

Samantha Shelley

Samantha is a freelance writer from England, known in the Mormon blogosphere for co-founding Millennial Mormons and Whatsoever is Good. She has guest blogged for LDS Living and Mormon Women Stand, and worked as a social media intern for Deseret Book. She hated writing all of that in this bio. You can Venmo her money for sandwiches using @Samantha-Shelley-1, and follow her on Twitter @TheSamspo for half-assed jokes and opinions.

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