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Originally Posted by geos
Your math doesnt work. And your income number is way below the Calgary average.
$55000 x 10% = $5,500 x 200ppl/church x 20 churches = $22,000,000 of tithe alone at 30% deductability = $6.6M just to YYC Mormons.
Theres your Peace Bridge every year.
And this isnt picking on Mormons... I have an issue with these amounts anywhere being spent on opulent Churches. When did pride become such a core religious value?
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Let me clarify, since you obviously missed some key points.
- Almost half of the adults in a normal LDS church are not employed- as they are stay at home moms, so I actually used 80k per year (or 40k per person), which is above the 55k you are saying is average.
- about 10% of LDS tithe is spent on Temples and missionary work, according to my brief research this afternoon. I am willing to say that all of that 10% is used for temple, which is absurd since we all know there are far to many Mormon missionaries for the average CP poster to be happy about.
20 x 200 x 40k x 10% x 10% = 1.6 million.
Since you feel the need to compare that to the Peace Bridge (for some reason) that's one peace bridge every 15 years.
I do understand your concern, but using this temple, one of only 150 in the world as your target, is a bit absurd, considering the drop in the bucket it is.