I have LDS in my family, I have an anecdote just this week I was looking up genealogy of my family and found my Aunt already added my great grandparents back i

I have LDS in my family, I have an anecdote just this week I was looking up genealogy of my family and found my Aunt already added my great grandparents back in Poland. The church runs the website and offers it free of charge (https://www.familysearch.org/ https://www.familysearch.org/), you don't need to be a member to use it. Another anecdote is Matz, creator of ruby is a member: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkh0gPf4Noc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkh0gPf4Noc Also they make really nice music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msoqtX4YAIY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msoqtX4YAIY On the subject of churches asking for tithes and donations - I've seen various denominations do it and never felt odd about it. Back in my hometown, our church was the ones doing outreach to help the local homeless and getting them back on their feet (not the city or country, that's for sure). This was the early 90s though.