The Mormon Church has much higher compliance rates on tithing and gets a lot more out of its followers than Catholicism. They have Church-only welfare systems and other practical benefits conditional on membership, require spouses and family to turn their backs on those who leave, censor/forbid ‘dangerous’ information, have followers go on long missionary trips to make belief more of their identity, etc.
In general, I don’t think you should view tithing in the face of strong Dark Side techniques as really voluntary charitable giving: people give more because of the pressure, and the religious organizations want to do visible ‘good works’ (other than paying priests and for temple construction) for recruiting and retention purposes.
The Mormon Church has much higher compliance rates on tithing and gets a lot more out of its followers than Catholicism. They have Church-only welfare systems and other practical benefits conditional on membership, require spouses and family to turn their backs on those who leave, censor/forbid ‘dangerous’ information, have followers go on long missionary trips to make belief more of their identity, etc.
In general, I don’t think you should view tithing in the face of strong Dark Side techniques as really voluntary charitable giving: people give more because of the pressure, and the religious organizations want to do visible ‘good works’ (other than paying priests and for temple construction) for recruiting and retention purposes.