Gene Wolfe Fans Talk Politics (Again)

brunians at brunians.org · 19 May 2009, 21:03 · from 2009-May.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 17:03:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe Fans Talk Politics (Again)
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> 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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