Brigham Young University
Funding Goal: $35 Million
What It Is
Construction has commenced for the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center, situated at the entrance to campus where the Alumni House formerly stood. The building will serve as an introduction to Brigham Young University for visitors, as an on-campus gathering place for alumni, and as a state-of-the-art facility for other functions as needed.
Why [They Think] It Is a Priority BYU strives to maintain a relationship with its alumni. In this building, alumni and friends will be able to gather before campus events or participate in reunions and other meetings. There will be a reading room and a business center to send faxes, check e-mail, and use the Internet. This building will serve as an on-campus home for alumni. President Hinckley’s unflagging support of BYU and his ambassadorial outreach as leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints typify the purposes of this new building. It will be a place that reaches out to and embraces—as President Hinckley has—people everywhere. Contributing is a wonderful opportunity to leave a legacy on the campus of BYU in honor of President Hinckley.
Each year thousands of visitors from around the world—scholars, government leaders, dignitaries, invited guests, and people simply wanting to see BYU—come to campus; this new building will be a facility to introduce them to the university and the spiritual foundations that anchor it. The building will be a front gate to campus, a place to feel the BYU experience.
What It Does and How It Helps
With 80,000 square feet and three levels, the building will be a highly visible, welcoming, and practical facility where guests and newcomers will be introduced to the university—its history, mission, accomplishments, and destiny; where alumni will remember and reconnect to BYU; and where friends of the university and the Church can honor President Hinckley.
So much for God's humble prophet, not seeking the honors of men. This makes him look like a bloated goat seeking an earthly legacy. When I think about those Central American saints who gave their gold fillings to the church I want to vomit.
****My Thoughts****
35 million dollars to build an 'absolutely necessary' shrine/memorial to Gordon Hinckley. Why is it that Mormons feel proud to honor their prophet in this manner, when Jesus wanted his followers to feed the poor, clothe the naked, visit the elderly, and bring hope to the imprisoned. No mention of 'thou shalt build many great and spacious buildings' all over the world...
The Church of Jesus Christ (my ass)...
Should be renamed:
Church of Tithing
Church of Building Memorials
Church of Prophet Worship
Church of Unaccountability
Church of Looking Good to Others
I did notice one thing about the announcement: Jesus's name was mentioned ONCE {in the title of the church's name} and Gordo's was mentioned four times. So much for projecting "christianity" to the world. Gordo would make a helluva televangelist...he's hanging with the wrong crowd.
GBH will be remembered ONLY BECAUSE he is making sure everything he touches has his initials all over it. [That stupid pulpit from "his tree" in the Conference Center comes to mind here] He will be remembered as "Sir Spend Alot" in the next generation, as all the temples fall into disrepair and members leave in droves after tithing requirements bump to 15%.
Nobody should wonder where the tithing money goes. It's pure delusion to think that the church uses it for 'humanitarian purposes'.
2 comments:
We've had more than one conversation in our house lately about what the church does with the tithing money it collects. My husband feels content that if they are doing something wrong, they'll have to answer for it. I'm not so comforted by this theory, but I did tell him that I think the leadership has been overrun by pencil pushing MBAs, who will have plenty to answer for it they're ever made to explain themselves.
Thanks for your comment, FITM! I agree, they'll have to answer for it, but I think it should be to the people, not to GOD. The problem is that the membership has been trained not to question their leaders judgment and wisdom. GAG!!
I point this out all the time to my TBM family. They think that the LDS church is a world leader in humanitarian contributions all over the world and talk almost non-stop about the Katrina Relief effort and the Tsunami disaster fund the church donated to. Fine, well yeah, they "helped". They spend 10x as much on themselves and building "Zion". Really puts things into perspective.
I've been keeping track of how much tithing money I would have given to the church this year, had I been contributing 10% of my gross from my part-time job. Almost $600 so far. And knowing that money isn't being wasted on "monument building" is a real comfort to me.
The next time I hear a Mormon bitch about the cost of living, I'm gonna bring this GBH shrine up, and let them justify that need, while they eat baloney and cheese sandwiches again for dinner...
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