How the Mormons Make Money

[NAOS]

Where did this Excel bit come from anyway?

it was a joke about spreadsheets. A bad one, apparently.

 

[franklin]

But where did the spreadsheet thing come from?

 

[NAOS]

But where did the spreadsheet thing come from?

I made a joke a while ago that every time someone on this board admitted some bit of personal info, you inputed that into some kind of crazy spreadsheet that allowed you to predict the future.

 

[Dr. Jones]

it was a joke about spreadsheets. A bad one, apparently.

This.
Please pray for God to give you divine inspiration. Thanks.

 

[NAOS]

This.
Please pray for God to give you divine inspiration. Thanks.

go back to your homoerotic, daddy-meets-son humor with Dalamon.

 

[One Brow]

One more thing: the construction created jobs during that phase. However, will this actually increase jobs in the SLC area during the operations phase, or just move some of them closer to the temple? I think more the latter, unless SLC is woefully underserved by retail outlets.

 

[fallenchicken]

The Mormon corporation continues to rake in the mass profits and continues to rob its members of 10% of their wealth. I like to consider the justification a man has to make when he chooses between his electric bill and God, and looks out the window at God's mall.

 

[The Black Swordsman]

We both can say without argument that 10% is a small price to pay for eternity. However we can argue whether or not that is true so lets take that out of the equation. Mormons get to interact with kind, like minded people in a social setting. This is priceless. Let alone the friendships you make, you make countless connections. Here in Phoenix literally every dentist I know is a Mormon and they allow other people from church to shadow them and such. If I was a Mormon I would pay that 10% happily.

 

[Coloradojazzfan]

Mormon inc. Just another business.

You quoted the cover of time magazine... impressive!

But, not quite as impressive as me quoting you!

 

[bigb]

One more thing: the construction created jobs during that phase. However, will this actually increase jobs in the SLC area during the operations phase, or just move some of them closer to the temple? I think more the latter, unless SLC is woefully underserved by retail outlets.

I get what you're saying here, but it did create new permanent jobs as well. All those new retail stores need employees. The mall itself needs employees. The parking structures built with it need employees. The housing it created needs employees. The grocery store needs employees. None of those things were there.

 

[franklin]

We both can say without argument that 10% is a small price to pay for eternity. However we can argue whether or not that is true so lets take that out of the equation. Mormons get to interact with kind, like minded people in a social setting. This is priceless. Let alone the friendships you make, you make countless connections. Here in Phoenix literally every dentist I know is a Mormon and they allow other people from church to shadow them and such. If I was a Mormon I would pay that 10% happily.

Don't you mean 2.5%?

There's an excellent Islamic quote on this matter regarding the purpose of charity--Sums up the subject well.

 

[Archie Moses]

Move over JazzPunkRocker.