Singles Ward and Goal Dates

So I was just talking with a friend of mine and he tells me I should go check out the singles ward. For those who are not mormon or are unfamiliar with them, wards are essentially designated neighborhoods for assigning which church people are to go to equal to a parish in the catholic church. It seems as tho those 18 and over who are single go to...the singles ward to find their mate. The fish in a barrel philosophy or the island of misfit mormons. (for those to lazy to attend there is lds-singles.com) I had to chuckle a little bit. To me it is just so sad that people are forced, well not forced, but coerced into taking steps that may not be for them. My chuckle turned into a full blown guffaw when I was told about the goal date. Apparently before going out on there missions to earn more money for the church (the real roots of the modern lds church) they sit down with the ward idiot and set a goal date for when they are to get married. Its not a set in stone date, but a lot of pressure on the mind of an immature adult. Suddenly everything made sense, including the craigslist post from the 24 y/o girl that is looking for another man or a woman, the high suicide rate, and the massive prescription drug addiction in this state.

So why do I think it is all about money? During the last semi annual conference one of the speakers was talking about Jesus' illustration of trees that produce good fruit and those that produce rotten fruit. As I see it the rotten tree is the lds church. In my life I have been in a lot of bad scenes and even several jails, yet it took moving to St George to meet some of the most vile people I've ever met, including THE MOST VILE person. After the conference many church members commented that the church leaders are too old and out of touch with the modern world. As far as I know people are supposed to change to live in accord with the beliefs of their church not try to force the church to adapt to their lifestyles. Now this is where the money comes in. A church should be willing to lose members if the don't want to follow its tenants. This however would create a great loss in revenue if a large portion were to stop tithing.  On the other side of that coin you have those weak people who are unwilling to leave the church and put on a front while living a double life. Now when I say weak I don't just mean spiritually weak, but weak in character. Instead of leaving they bring down the church because they would lose their business connections and any social status they feel they have. Please keep in mind that there are some genuinely sincere, kind hearted people in the lds church. That is why I feel they need to shake the bad fruit out of the tree if they want people/me to show any respect towards their organization. Plus reading their bibles and following Jesus' example of staying out of politics and allowing people to make their own decisions would go a long way. If they are going to stay in politics and try to pass laws to control other peoples lives I just have this to throw out there on the subject of legalizing marijuana.  God made it, man made it illegal. You tell me which is wiser.

Come on Hinkley, answer that in a one word answer.