Right - so of that supposed $100 billion, they claim they spent 0.04% of that per year on humanitarian giving. I get 0.06% in interest from my bank each year.

Right - so of that supposed $100 billion, they claim they spent 0.04% of that per year on humanitarian giving. I get 0.06% in interest from my bank each year. Accounts in the billions, let alone tens or hundreds of billions probably get rates higher than 0.06%. Hypothetically, The Church donates part of the interest it earns on its account(s) and claims that money alone is enough because the pure dollar amount seems large to folks like you or I - $40 million dollars is a large amount of money and probably does help a lot of people....just not enough people that they could help but make the deliberate choice not to. A bit sickening? This is a religious organization after all which is supposedly dedicated to improving humanity. It's more than sickening at this state - it's vomit-inducing.