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Originally Posted by Archaea
Given the qualifications of the GAs and their past earnings, they are sacrificing much and what is paid to them pails in comparison to what they would be paid and were paid on the open market.
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The only apostles that Christianity accept are the ones that cast down their fishing nets to follow Jesus. The ones that went without purse and scrip.
One does not get the impression that the ancient apostles had incomes that put them in the top 1% of their society. Or even top 5%.
That's why I don't understand the comparison between GAs and CEOs.
What does it say about GAs if not one of them actually makes MORE from their stipend than their previous job. It fits into the stereotype of only well-off Mormons are called to ecclesiastical hierarchy, the so-called wallet biopsy.