Kishkumen wrote:Seriously, compared to the waste at the Mall of the Lord, I don't see much to complain about in strict standards for the construction of a temple. At the very least the temple is central to the missions of the Church, whereas trafficking in merchandise seems much less so.
I've been in temples where there is obvious shoddy construction, so maybe it just depends on the guy doing the inspection.
The DC temple is practically in shambles, truth be told. It requires many dollars in renovations.
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Bob Loblaw wrote:Way back when the Jordan River Temple was built, a general authority was speaking about this same topic, "nothing is too good for the Lord." He mentioned that a single table in the temple cost $80,000. I was put off by it, but he seemed quite proud of it.
Probably because it was OPM (other people's money).
just me wrote:What's the diff between, say, a $3,000 table and a $80,000?
$77,000
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Maybe they should be more concerned about the design life of the building and the underlying structure. I remember hearing a rumor (perhaps it is true), that the SLC temple sits on massive steel rollers to better withstand the lateral movement during a seismic event. Now that kind of thing (in my opinion) is a better approach to perfection than fixing a skewed piece of stained glass.
That said, I loooooove stained glass. I think the gods above us use stained glass in most of their windows.
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We really need to discuss what things make a perfect building.
Is it the structure?
Is it the aesthetics?
Is it the function?
Is it a weighted average of all three?
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Ludd wrote:But all I could think about was how much tithing money was unnecessarily spent on the extra work to re-do a wall and an expensive stained-glass window just to satisfy the white-gloved nutjob that was reviewing the workmanship.
Contractor has to eat the cost of the re-do which it should.
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liz3564 wrote:My feeling, though, is, at least we are AWARE that our tithing dollars go to building temples. Frankly, the building of temples, church buildings, etc. is what tithing SHOULD be for. I would rather have my tithing money going toward perfect construction of a temple than toward a high end mall in Salt Lake.
Personally I would rather have my tithing going toward feeding the poor, clothing the naked and housing the homeless. Temples are as big a waste of money as a high end mall is. All the ordinances of the Temple could be done within the existing Chapel buildings at much much much lower cost. Think about it, instead if people having to travel great distances at much cost, they could just go to the ward Temple night at their own chapel.
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Drifting wrote: Personally I would rather have my tithing going toward feeding the poor, clothing the naked and hosing the homeless.
I believe you made a typo. It should read "hosing off the homeless."
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Drifting wrote: Personally I would rather have my tithing going toward feeding the poor, clothing the naked and hosing the homeless.
I believe you made a typo. It should read "hosing off the homeless."
It should have read 'housing the homeless'. I have corrected it now!
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