{"id":39485,"date":"2017-01-30T12:43:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T19:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=39485"},"modified":"2017-01-30T12:43:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T19:43:39","slug":"book-boom-mormons-plan-city-500000-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/01\/book-boom-mormons-plan-city-500000-florida.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;From book to boom: how the Mormons plan a city for 500,000 in Florida&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39487\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/01\/614px-Orlando_Florida_Temple.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39487\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39487\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/01\/614px-Orlando_Florida_Temple.jpg\" alt=\"Where Abby's parents were married\" width=\"597\" height=\"747\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Orlando Florida Temple \u00a0(Photo by Lachoneus at English Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39486\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/01\/800px-Deseret_Ranches_7-12-2009_4-04-20_PM.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39486\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39486\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/01\/800px-Deseret_Ranches_7-12-2009_4-04-20_PM.jpg\" alt=\"Church holdings in the Sunshine State\" width=\"597\" height=\"398\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance sign in Florida (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just in case the Church\u2019s failure to be politically partisan regarding\u00a0Mr. Trump\u2019s immigration edict fails to generate a sufficiently satisfying and uproarious scandal, there\u2019s now a back-up scandal that\u2019s ready and eagerly waiting to go:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/cities\/2017\/jan\/30\/from-book-to-boom-how-the-mormons-plan-a-city-for-500000-in-florida\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/cities\/2017\/jan\/30\/from-book-to-boom-how-the-mormons-plan-a-city-for-500000-in-florida<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39488\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/01\/fort-lauderdale-florida-temple-lighted-1220607-gallery.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39488\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39488\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/01\/fort-lauderdale-florida-temple-lighted-1220607-gallery.jpg\" alt=\"Florida's second temple\" width=\"597\" height=\"398\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple (LDS Media Library)<br>The temples and chapels of the Church are revenue absorbers, not revenue generators.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For those who think that such investments represent a decision by Church leaders to satisfy their greed rather than to serve\u00a0the poor and the needy, I recommend Nathan Oman\u2019s short essay <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesandseasons.org\/harchive\/2012\/04\/city-creek-and-the-choices-of-thrift\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cCity Creek and the Choices of Thrift.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I also suggest a look at such sites as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormonnewsroom.org\/topic\/humanitarian-services\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cHumanitarian Services\u201d<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldsphilanthropies.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cLDS Philanthropies\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormonnewsroom.org\/article\/humanitarian-aid-welfare-services-breakdown-donations-costs-resources\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cHumanitarian Aid and Welfare Services Basics: How Donations and Resources Are Used\u201d<\/a>\u00a0in order to get a sense of what the Church actually does for the poor and the needy.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"r\"><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Just in case the Church\u2019s failure to be politically partisan regarding\u00a0Mr. Trump\u2019s immigration edict fails to generate a sufficiently satisfying and uproarious scandal, there\u2019s now a back-up scandal that\u2019s ready and eagerly waiting to go: \u00a0 https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/cities\/2017\/jan\/30\/from-book-to-boom-how-the-mormons-plan-a-city-for-500000-in-florida \u00a0 \u00a0 For those who think that such investments represent a decision by Church leaders 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