Posted by:
Gordon B. Stinky
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Date: May 07, 2021 03:24PM
So, obviously the reason for building more temples (and renovating old ones) is NOT the stated reason. There is no spiritual experience, and the "theology" undergirding it all is baloney, right? So it has to be something else.
I think it's also important to note that there is probably no single "the" reason either. There is probably a combined set of reasons that, in the aggregate, makes it in the morgue's interest to keep building them.
For 150 years, the second coming used to always be "right around the corner." That's not the case any more. Whether they acknowledge it publicly or not, the morg is playing a long game now. About the same time, the MBA generation morphed a long running fraud into a financial powerhouse (frankly, not hard to do when you have a steady stream of other people's money, stop accounting for its use, and stop using it for what it's intended for).
To the notion of money laundering, no, technically it's not, because as far as we know their monies have not been obtained illegally ("just" unethically, IMO). But there is a strong parallel. For example, the practical purpose for money laundering is to clean dirty money so that it can be spent. Criminals will pump money through "legit" businesses, pay taxes on it, essentially settling for less as long as they can then use it.
Likewise, although the morg is sitting on billions, they can't just spend it. One way to get their mits on it is to route it through other entities and "legit" operations in order to have access to it. To that extent, rewarding insiders and royalty with building contracts is one way that building temples pays off for whomever is chosen.
Anyway, building temples is a leaky bucket sort of operation. Human nature is such that when a bunch of people have shared incentives (to acquire other people's money), and the ability to influence the related activities and consequences (directly or indirectly), then the bucket is going to leak as much as possible. And the well-connected insiders will be the beneficiaries.
Building chapels could have the same effect, as noted, but they'd largely sit empty, which would be embarrassing (and potentially have a net negative effect). Temples, on the other hand, encourage the existing morgbots to keep their shoulder to the wheel, paying tithing so that they can attend (another puzzle piece). It fits the carrots and sticks model. Building chapels does not (anyone can go to a chapel, for free even).