(urth) Gene Wolfe Fans Talk Politics (Again)

[brunians at brunians.org]

> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:58 PM,  <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
>> The Mormons have an excellent (and voluntary) social welfare system,
>> which they pay for themselves, by tithing. I have often thought that
>> something of the kind could be adapted for people who would like this kind
>> of security and don't want to necessarily be Mormon.

> This is a nice fallacy. It isn't that the Mormon system doesn't work, but
> that there's no coercion is a fallacy.

You have to tithe to be a member of the Church, sure.

What is voluntary is choosing to be a member of the Church.




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