How the Mormon Church Made $293 Billion

Johnny Harris · Beginner ·🔍 RAG & Vector Search ·10mo ago

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Why the Mormon church is the richest in the world Use code johnnyharris at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/johnnyharris Join Newpress, our community-driven hub for creator journalism: https://newpress.com/go Check out all my sources for this video here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W4AT_Cnx2ILBiv9oorrGfcvnWBxO1hM3fjmQwsLFm_c/edit?tab=t.0 The Mormons went from a small group of rebels in Utah to the 17 million person religion it is today. With $300 billion, it is now the richest religion per capita. This took a century of burying difficult truths and creating a unified fundamentalist belief that spans the world. WATCH PART 1: https://youtu.be/hUW7j9GmXjI WATCH PART 2: https://youtu.be/kieCFwMqKtE Special thanks to: - Taylor Petrey, Professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College - Benjamin Park, Author of _American Zion: A New History of Mormonism_ - John Dehlin, Host of Mormon Stories - Latter Day Labia MORE CHANNELS: Check out my new channel with Christophe Haubursin - Tunnel Vision https://www.youtube.com/@christophe Check out my channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party https://youtube.com/@SearchParty All the music for this video was created by our in-house composer Tom Fox and is available to license or just to listen to on our music channel Chromatic. Here's the soundtrack to this video: https://youtu.be/_SDQca4dvuw Do you have an insider tip or unique information on a story? Do you have a suggestion for a story you want us to cover? Submit to the Tip Line: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykIwd7KNkwntN897X_SX9hJ8WiTH_erlLU_bQp2GGLg/viewform?usp=sharing Get our World Map t-shirts now! White "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-white?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf Tie Dye "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-tie-dye?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf I made a poster about maps - check it out:

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Why the Mormon church is the richest in the world Use code johnnyharris at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/johnnyharris Join Newpress, our community-driven hub for creator journalism: https://newpress.com/go Check out all my sources for this video here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W4AT_Cnx2ILBiv9oorrGfcvnWBxO1hM3fjmQwsLFm_c/edit?tab=t.0 The Mormons went from a small group of rebels in Utah to the 17 million person religion it is today. With $300 billion, it is now the richest religion per capita. This took a century of burying difficult truths and creating a unified fundamentalist belief that spans the world. WATCH PART 1: https://youtu.be/hUW7j9GmXjI WATCH PART 2: https://youtu.be/kieCFwMqKtE Special thanks to: - Taylor Petrey, Professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College - Benjamin Park, Author of _American Zion: A New History of Mormonism_ - John Dehlin, Host of Mormon Stories - Latter Day Labia MORE CHANNELS: Check out my new channel with Christophe Haubursin - Tunnel Vision https://www.youtube.com/@christophe Check out my channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party https://youtube.com/@SearchParty All the music for this video was created by our in-house composer Tom Fox and is available to license or just to listen to on our music channel Chromatic. Here's the soundtrack to this video: https://youtu.be/_SDQca4dvuw Do you have an insider tip or unique information on a story? Do you have a suggestion for a story you want us to cover? Submit to the Tip Line: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykIwd7KNkwntN897X_SX9hJ8WiTH_erlLU_bQp2GGLg/viewform?usp=sharing Get our World Map t-shirts now! White "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-white?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf Tie Dye "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-tie-dye?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf I made a poster about maps - check it out:

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