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Originally Posted by SeattleUte
Seriously, this seems very strange to me. Spend $2 billion to attract heathens to Mecca, surrounding the sanctum sanctorum with all the glitz and latest trappings of popular Western culture--fancy hand bag shops, multi-plexes, sushi bars, bars. It sums up LDS culture's myriad contraditions. It actually reminds me of some ill-fated Soviet initiative in Siberia. Whatever, it's your tithing dollars at work.
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There isn't any tithing being spent on the project. I don't see this as being a religious project in any sense of the imagination. The church is part of the culture of Salt Lake City. It has a major incentive to help the city flourish. The city needed a large investor, and there isn't anyone willing or able to help outside of the church. They stepped in and filled a LARGE gap. I say kudos to them.