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Silence is Golden
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Date: October 03, 2022 01:59AM
I just do not get it?
Another 18 Temples announced that will put LDS Inc. at 300 in eventual operation.
Membership has stagnated, activity is way down, they are combining wards, selling chapels, trying to cover costs by issuing service projects. They now tell the youth they must go on missions, etc. etc.
Inflation is running wild worldwide, people can hardly pay their bills, medical costs are outrageous, for us in the U.S. we are on the verge of loosing Social Sercurity. Construction costs are crazy, there are not enough workers, etc. etc.
And they keep building temples that will cost twice as much. They will cost far more to heat and cool and maintain. And where are they going to get all these members to staff them? And how much are they going to utilized, I mean what, 3 or 4 hours daily at best for a building that cost millions on millions to build, and then millions to renovate them over the years?
I mean this is just nuts, nobody in their right mind would do this. Then on KSL's website I read comments after the conference articles. Saying when is the temple in Missouri going to be announced, another says that they are glad to pay tithing, because it humbles them to go without and sacrifice. I mean really people, hows that future looking when you get to retirement? Then does it occur to any of them, that if Christ really did come back, there would be no need for money. So whats with the comments of we are blessed with this huge fund for the return of christ, I mean come on! And not only do they pay 10% of their income, they pay thousands to send a kid on a mission. My Mother In Law was talking to me a couple of weeks ago, her husband passed away about 5 years ago. His only desire in retirement was to serve missons, thats where he had planned to spend every dime of their retirement. I just stood there looking at her with a smile and nodding my head, while in the back of my mind I was screaming "what the hell".
I mean this is just nuts, and then I see this picture of Russell Nelson griping the wrist of Dalin Oaks while sitting in their plush red chairs. I mean those guys are old, really old. And they have this stupid grin on their faces, and I think to myself, "Hell these guys are clueless, they have no idea what is going on outside their little bubble of self righteousness.
None of it makes any sense, the more I look in from the outside, it just makes me wonder why people cannot see how bad the con is, logically the whole thing just boggles my mind.
Alright, I have had my rant. What do you think?