"For behold the porcelain is off-white already to scrub; and lo, he that thrusteth in his industrial vacuum with his might, the same layeth up in store that the building stinketh not, and he bringeth salvation to Saturday mornings of lay members. And professional skill, proper cleaning supplies, time and money, with an eye single to being a paid janitor, qualify him for the work."
We believe in the restoration of paid janitors. Not long ago our Church paid custodians to professionally clean our buildings. The result was a spotless place to worship and vital employment for a ward member instead of Church welfare. Beginning in the early 1990s the Church eliminated paid janitors and asked (unilaterally assigned) members to clean the building. It was a way for the Church to save money and for members to enjoy the "blessings" of service.
Well, you get what you pay for! The sanitation in most LDS buildings is horrendous. And we would feel a lot more "blessed" if our tithing paid for janitors so we could spend Saturdays with our families or serving people who actually needed help. We get it...there are a lot of agendas and calls for the Church to change its practices. So why not start with something all (normal) Mormons support: restore paid janitors.
The church needs to pinch every penny possible .... because don't you know how much the church struggles with maintenance costs? It might have to adjust its stock portfolio if more money were spent on cleaning. That simply cannot happen. Those lazy, unthankful members just want to continue to wallow in selfishness and pride .....
"Religion is about providing human community in the guise of solving problems that don’t exist or failing to solve problems that do and seeking to reconcile these contradictions and conceal the failures in bogus explanations otherwise known as theology." - Kishkumen
The church is so cheap, they use tap water instead of wine, and rely on the young men to donate the $1 loaf of wonder bread from their parent's pantry.
"We have taken up arms in defense of our liberty, our property, our wives, and our children; we are determined to preserve them, or die." - Captain Moroni - 'Address to the Inhabitants of Canada' 1775
As a woman, I fully support making church-cleaning a holy task exclusive to priesthood holders. It is just too sacred, and we women already have the privilege of wiping runny noses, we don't want to hog all the special work.
