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Semiannual LDS general conference thread (Apr 2020)

colton said:
Yeah, if the govt of a middle eastern country approaches you and says "why don't you build a temple here?", I think you have to do it. And that's sort of what it sounded like.
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what is their End game? Why would they go out of their way to promote a Mormon temple?
 
Beer said:
what is their End game? Why would they go out of their way to promote a Mormon temple?
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Money does not have a smell of a fart.
I have never been in Dubai, but as much as i have heard the Dubai and UAE in general are trying to move from an oil producing country to country which gets their income from a multitude of sources including tourism. While being a muslim country de-jure with all its drawbacks and side-(d)effects it tries hard to be country where everybody is welcomed as long as the visitors are not trying to intentionally undermine all the important details of the muslim culture. Everything and everybody is available as long as you have money, connections and accept some limitations.

So why not have a mormon temple if it brings extra tourists who spend money in UAE instead of another country. I guess it is pretty slim chance that well behaving mormons are consuming lot of alcohol and roast a pig at public places and having a LGBT parade at first opportunity.
Somebody with good data mining skill can probably find the number of travellers between SLC and DXB/AUH and determine whether the temple is meant mainly for expats or also for Utah and US based tourists.
 
lauriandres said:
Money does not have a smell of a fart.
I have never been in Dubai, but as much as i have heard the Dubai and UAE in general are trying to move from an oil producing country to country which gets their income from a multitude of sources including tourism. While being a muslim country de-jure with all its drawbacks and side-(d)effects it tries hard to be country where everybody is welcomed as long as the visitors are not trying to intentionally undermine all the important details of the muslim culture. Everything and everybody is available as long as you have money, connections and accept some limitations.

So why not have a mormon temple if it brings extra tourists who spend money in UAE instead of another country. I guess it is pretty slim chance that well behaving mormons are consuming lot of alcohol and roast a pig at public places and having a LGBT parade at first opportunity.
Somebody with good data mining skill can probably find the number of travellers between SLC and DXB/AUH and determine whether the temple is meant mainly for expats or also for Utah and US based tourists.
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Ding! Ding! Ding!
 
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lauriandres said:
Money does not have a smell of a fart.
I have never been in Dubai, but as much as i have heard the Dubai and UAE in general are trying to move from an oil producing country to country which gets their income from a multitude of sources including tourism. While being a muslim country de-jure with all its drawbacks and side-(d)effects it tries hard to be country where everybody is welcomed as long as the visitors are not trying to intentionally undermine all the important details of the muslim culture. Everything and everybody is available as long as you have money, connections and accept some limitations.

So why not have a mormon temple if it brings extra tourists who spend money in UAE instead of another country. I guess it is pretty slim chance that well behaving mormons are consuming lot of alcohol and roast a pig at public places and having a LGBT parade at first opportunity.
Somebody with good data mining skill can probably find the number of travellers between SLC and DXB/AUH and determine whether the temple is meant mainly for expats or also for Utah and US based tourists.
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I think your bolded part pretty much hits the nail on the head. I don't think it's about money/tourism directly, but about being perceived as a progressive country where all are welcomed. Which certainly impacts a lot of other things (such as business and tourism), indirectly.
 
In case anyone hasn’t been paying attention, Moroni has been losing his job left and right. Today they released two more examples:

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Jazz Spazz said:
Dropping the trumpet was like dropping the mic. His job was done, and the guy he was trumpeting for is almost here.
He didn't lose his job. He did his job.
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They have been saying he was almost here from long before I was born, and I'm confident they will still be saying it long after I die.
 
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