readtoomuch wrote:I have always looked at Temple building as a money making activity. Take for example a Temple which is being built in Indianapolis. According to my understanding, the Temple is being built in the most expensive area of Indiana. If the Church was able to convert some really rich people who live near the temple, the payback would be exponentially faster. I am not aware of the statistics but I would imagine that the church keeps statistics on how the average dollar intake of tithing goes up within the area of each Temple built. So activate some members and get more tithing. Convert some rich people and boom....lots more tithing. You can't convince me that in the back rooms of the COB, these types of analysis isn't being done. So build the temple in the richest area you can find and just see the dollars coming in..yea!
Affluent areas are chosen to protect the image of the Temple and the Mormon Corporation, MEMBERSHIP NEEDS BE DAMNED.
The only reason a location is chosen is purely Property Value. Low Property value = Poor Image of the Mormon Corporation. Wealthy location = Rich Church, Rich Members, God Blessed organization.
If you look at the Temple Schedules of most of the non-corridor temples you will see that they are by appointment only or Friday & Saturday only - oh and bring your own officiators.
Temples outside of the Mormon corridor are just for show for the Corridor members. See, we're building an Air Warehouse in the Sinai Desert, that means we're growing. BS