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So I found this cool Government of Canada site: Charities Directorate<\/a> which lists all sort of information on charities in Canada.<\/p>\n

I looked up the Magrath wards (because I’m nosey like that) and, in total, my little town of Magrath donated about 2 million dollars<\/em> to the LDS church in 2005.<\/p>\n

I immediately thought, “I wonder if people know how much in total they tithe?” followed up shortly by looking at scenarios of what that kind of money could do if it stuck around our community; and wondering why were there so many church fundraising events if they have a draw that significant.<\/p>\n

I guess I was more surprised by the size of the gross figure than anything else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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