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_I have a question
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From the Temple Department, the newly offered ability for Church members to print ordinance cards at home before going to the temple to perform the ordinance work.


https://www.lds.org/church/news/church- ... _&lang=eng

Because all LDS homes have home printers, right?

I'm at a loss to see how this newly offered ability is of any benefit to the temple attendee?

“You may wonder why we have temple and missionary leaders here,” said Elder Bradley D. Foster, General Authority Seventy and assistant executive director of the Family History Department, as he opened the session. “The Revenue Pipeline work of salvation includes at least all of the following: member missionary work, retention, activation, temple, and family history work, and teaching our children the gospel.”
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_Maksutov
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It's the modern corporate way. Which is inspired of God, of course. :lol:
"God" is the original deus ex machina. --Maksutov
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_Dr Exiled
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This reminds me of a friend's mother who worked for the church back in the early '90s. She was paid a mere $6.00 per hour working in the SLC Temple laundry and the church made sure her tithing was taken out with her paycheck. So, in reality, she was only making $5.40 per hour! This obviously forced her to seek government assistance - which the church detested. So, she was paid at below poverty level and made to feel guilty to boot! Hurray, the church is true!!!

My question is how much can the church suck out of the members? They pay 10%, go to church owned businesses like city creek, buy a church owned house in the south valley, clean the buildings, etc., etc. Well, the leadership may not be inspired as evidenced by the recent LGTB fiasco, however, they are certainly "inspired" businessmen.
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Exiled wrote:My question is how much can the church suck out of the members? They pay 10%, go to church owned businesses like city creek, buy a church owned house in the south valley, clean the buildings, etc., etc. Well, the leadership may not be inspired as evidenced by the recent LGTB fiasco, however, they are certainly "inspired" businessmen.

They've mastered vendor lock in.
Mormonism ceased being a compelling topic for me when I finally came to terms with its transformation from a personality cult into a combination of a real estate company, a SuperPac, and Westboro Baptist Church. - Kishkumen
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