THREAD: David Bokovoy is a formerly well-regarded LDS scholar, writer & apologist. However, since abandoning his faith, he& #39;s convinced that the Church isn& #39;t helping enough with Covid relief… even claiming Pornhub is helping more than the Church. Let& #39;s check that math.
630 projects in more than 130 countries. Truck loads of food and millions of masks. The Salt Lake Tribune reported it as the Church& #39;s "largest humanitarian effort ever" https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2020/06/30/lds-church-says-pandemic/">https://www.sltrib.com/religion/...
Emergency medical and food supplies for Iran, Italy, China, and 13 other countries. https://www.deseret.com/faith/2020/3/20/21188511/coronavirus-mormon-latter-day-saint-charities-covid-19">https://www.deseret.com/faith/202...
$5.5 million to relief centers in Illinois, Texas, and Virginia. https://kslnewsradio.com/1924306/church-will-donate-covid-19-relief-centers/">https://kslnewsradio.com/1924306/c...
Six months-worth of diapers, cleaning supplies, and hygiene kits for 460 families in Federal Way, Washington. https://www.federalwaymirror.com/news/local-lds-church-donates-to-families-of-fwps-early-learning-program/">https://www.federalwaymirror.com/news/loca...
Blood donations and antibody testing in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. https://parkerchronicle.net/stories/highlands-ranch-church-offers-covid-19-test-with-blood-donation,311669">https://parkerchronicle.net/stories/h...
21 tons of food donated to a Spokane-area food bank. https://www.khq.com/coronavirus/second-harvest-to-receive-21-ton-food-donation-from-lds-church-on-tuesday/article_2ab501ba-8827-11ea-9ab6-b3162f36325a.html">https://www.khq.com/coronavir...
Over 20 tons of food to the East Texas Food Bank. https://tylerpaper.com/covid-19/church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-delivers-over-40-000-pounds-of-food/article_95092c6a-a5bb-11ea-977e-f36e654155b3.html">https://tylerpaper.com/covid-19/...
20 tons of food to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. http://nutritionaldevelopmentservices.org/nutritional-development-services-receives-donation-of-40000-pounds-of-food-from-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-in-salt-lake-city-utah-for-those-impacted-by-the-coronavirus-covid-19/">https://nutritionaldevelopmentservices.org/nutrition...
Tens of thousands of masks and sanitation kits for Mongolia, Zimbabwe, and Lebanon. https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/latter-day-saint-charities-provides-covid-19-supplies-around-globe">https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/l...
320,000 meals for families in Florida. https://stophunger.org/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-donates-40000-food-order-to-treasure-coast-food-bank/">https://stophunger.org/the-churc...
20 tons of food for Minnesota food banks. https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_post/community/newhope_goldenvalley/the-food-group-receives-20-tons-of-food-from-lds-church/article_393a0e08-c60a-11ea-ab02-f7591156e6d2.html">https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_post/...
$1.5 million for the GAVI Vaccine Alliance. https://www.gavi.org/news/media-room/gavi-commends-lds-church-us-15-million-gift">https://www.gavi.org/news/medi...
Semi-trucks of food for Magic Valley-area food banks in Idaho. https://www.kmvt.com/2020/09/17/south-central-community-action-partnership-receives-large-donation-of-food/">https://www.kmvt.com/2020/09/1...
Hosting Red Cross blood drives and antibody testing at multiple stake centers in Dallas, Texas. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/red-cross-now-testing-all-blood-donations-for-covid-19-antibodies/2388885/">https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/loca...
$10,000 donation to the West Texas food bank. https://www.cbs7.com/2020/10/21/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-the-latter-day-saints-makes-donation-of-food-and-10000-to-west-texas-food-bank/">https://www.cbs7.com/2020/10/2...
20 tons of food to the New Hampshire food bank. https://manchesterinklink.com/nh-food-bank-receives-20-tons-of-food-from-lds-church/">https://manchesterinklink.com/nh-food-b...
60 tons of food to the New Jersey Community Food Bank. https://njbiz.com/lds-church-gives-120k-pounds-food-community-foodbank-new-jersey/">https://njbiz.com/lds-churc...
Celebrating its 200th anniversary by donating to 200 New York food pantries. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2020/09/16/utah-church-sends-donations-to-eight-buffalo-churches--catholic-charities">https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffa...
100 tons of food to the Western Massachusetts food bank. https://www.foodbankwma.org/covid-19-update-from-the-food-bank/">https://www.foodbankwma.org/covid-19-...
Truck loads of food donations in north Texas.
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20 tons of food to the Oregon South Coast. https://theworldlink.com/news/local/lds-church-donates-to-south-coast-food-banks/article_5c3d58e0-0153-11eb-aade-d713bd1ac7f1.html">https://theworldlink.com/news/loca...