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Date: December 03, 2018 03:20PM
From what I understand is the church can afford to build these expensive temples and other infrastructure because it did very well in commercial real estate since the 1950's. The church has a history of being insolvent from the Kirtland days. If bought land in Nauvoo on credit. It was broke at the turn of the century. It had a lot of debt in 1959 and probably the guy that saved the church financially was N Eldon Tanner. A real estate expert. Add in the biggest real estate boom in modern history caused by the post war baby boom. Everything was needed from new stores, new offices, and new homes. The church did well. Now it has money.
Now the problem with the church is Christianity is dying in the west. First in Europe and now in North America. Currently 100 Christian church's disappear a day in the US. The LDS church hasn't seen any growth for a decade. Like a big corporation the church has had it's analysts go and see what the problem is. The report is the church is not with the times. It's become old and stale. The solution more sappy corporate type PR. Having a bigger social media presence and such. The problem is the church itself. It's too controlling and it's based on doctrine that can be easily proven false. The church is trying to thrive on the internet which also shows what a fraud the church is.
The church has no chance in hell of growing in this environment and the old men running it are too addicted to having a lot of control. Also can the church survive a big real estate crash? The world is in a real estate bubble and that is a big part of where the church is invested in. It may not have deep pockets or as deep in the future. What we are seeing is a very flawed organization acknowledge it has problems but it's old and dated leadership refuses to change even though they give it a lot of lip service.
The LDS Church is the Sears of religion and will go the way of Sears. We already are seeing the empty buildings that once were full. Just like Sears. Sears was the go to mail order company over a century ago. You even could order houses from Sears. It would have made sense to become the premier internet mail order company. Sear's leadership missed that opportunity completely. Now they are almost dead. Something new came in and replaced them called Amazon. The LDS Church will be replaced. Utah is becoming a different place than it used to be. The church no longer wields the power it once did even there.