Are there different heavens according to how much money you give to the Mormon church?
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shanta ferguson
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Absolutely not. We do believe that there are different levels of heaven according to how faithfully we follow God's commandments and one of those commandments is to pay tithing. However, one does not buy their way into heaven. A rich man who may have given millions, but not paid an honest tithe will not be rewarded more that a poor man who has paid an honest tithe though it be only a small amount. "41 ΒΆ And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. "42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. "43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: "44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living." (Mark 12:41-44)
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Er...SORT OF. Not EXACTLY. But also yes. There is really no HELL in Mormon theology, except what they call outer darkness. But there is a low kingdom for bad people,(which is supposed to be much better than this world, although no one will have genitalia - seriously), a middle kingdom, for decent people who never recognized Jesus, so, say, your Gandhi's and Thomas Jefferson's, and in that place Jesus comes and visits every so often, perhaps to show them how fatefully wrong they were. Then there is the celestial kingdom, which is the top kingdom. It is itself split into three levels, and only the the HIGHEST level can you attain the highest fate...which is where you yourself become a god and get to make other worlds and all of that. seriously. But here's the catch...you have to be sealed to at least one wife in the temple to reach that state, and you can't do that unless you are a tithe payer. So you see, yes and no. Ahhhh...god's simple truth, eh?
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