Washington, D.C., becoming a 'Mormon stronghold'

Deseret News ^ | May 16, 2012 | Joseph Walker

[greyfoxx39]

The stunning expansion of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Washington, D.C., area is profiled in a long, interesting and meticulously accurate CNN story that suggests "the nation's capital has become a Mormon stronghold, with Latter-day Saints playing a big and growing role in the Washington establishment."

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"It's hard to point to federal legislation or a White House initiative that bears distinctly Mormon fingerprints," Gilgoff writes, "while it's easy to do the same for other faiths." He cites as an example a recent White House "compromise" on contraception funding, which he says was "mostly a reaction to pressure from Roman Catholic bishops."

[SoConPubbie]

How can you separate Mormons from mormonism?

Are you a professing Christian Deb?

What do you do with the general admonitions of Christ and his Apostles to Hate the sin and Love the sinner?

[Deb]

Huh? You anti-Romney tar babies never separate anything. You call both mormonism and Romney "evil". You fly from thread to thread harassing anyone who feels its necessary to vote for Romney to stop Obama. You challenge the Christianity of EVERYONE who disagrees with you or even asks a question.

You throw scriptures around like you know what they mean and you spam the forum with lies from Media Matters. You're also actively working for the election of a 3rd party candidate while pretending you're defending Christianity.

Of all the people who qualify to be called "sinners", you anti-Romney zombies win the prize.

[Deb]

What “general admonitions”? Gandhi said, “Hate the sin, but love the sinner.” The “general admonitions” of Jesus were to not judge or throw stones or condemn the speck in your brother’s eye while ignoring the beam in yours. Stuff like that.

[SoConPubbie]

What “general admonitions”? Gandhi said, “Hate the sin, but love the sinner.” The “general admonitions” of Jesus were to not judge or throw stones or condemn the speck in your brother’s eye while ignoring the beam in yours. Stuff like that.

Sorry Deb, but if you can't gather from reading the new testament that the general admonition of both Jesus and his Apostles was to Love the Sinner but Hate the Sin, then you haven't read your bible thoroughly.

Furthermore, the whole Not Judging thing that people like to take out of context, fully ignores the commands from the New Testament to rebuke those that are in sin.

[SoConPubbie]

Huh? You anti-Romney tar babies never separate anything. You call both mormonism and Romney "evil". You fly from thread to thread harassing anyone who feels its necessary to vote for Romney to stop Obama. You challenge the Christianity of EVERYONE who disagrees with you or even asks a question.

Really myopic of you Deb.

As much as you'd like to paint this as one-sided, those of you backing Romney are much more prolific in jumping from thread to thread telling those who refuse to vote for Romney that they are voting for Obama.

BTW, since Romney has a documented history of serial lying and character assasination of his conservative primary opponents, does that make him evil in your eyes?

[SoConPubbie]

You throw scriptures around like you know what they mean and you spam the forum with lies from Media Matters. You're also actively working for the election of a 3rd party candidate while pretending you're defending Christianity.

Is it your point that you cannot actively work for the election of an actual conservative 3rd party candidate and not be a Christian?

[SoConPubbie]

. You challenge the Christianity of EVERYONE who disagrees with you or even asks a question.

Ever heard of hyperbole Deb?

[greyfoxx39]

Oh dear, oh dear...woe is me...woe, woe, woe.

Rending my garments in shame because "the Deb" disapproves of those who disapprove of Romney, and highly disapproves if the mormon cultic beliefs are brought into the light...

We should all bow down to the superior (Elsie?) words of wisdom being dispensed in thread after thread after thread where the word "mormon" is a standing invitation to "the Deb" to come and dispense her words of wisdom...ooops! Did I already say that?

We shall all have to learn from Obama how to kowtow to "the Deb".

Oh woe, woe, woe.

Ya know, Deb sweetheart...if you weren't following us from thread to thread you might not have to be so irate. All that gnashing MUST be hard on your teeth!)

[Deb]

hahaha! "gathering from reading" isn't scripture. I prefer to let the Holy Spirit decide who's "in sin". That's not your job. And using the Bible to advance your political candidates is the most disgusting example of "evil" I can think of.

I don't need lectures from you and your pack of Constitution Party hacks, on my reading of the Bible.

You idiots quote Gandhi and pretend its the Word of God. I fully expect you to blast people with Shakespeare next.

[Tennessee Nana]

Resty ???

Is that you ???

[svcw]

I love the smell of RomneyBots grinding their wheels in the afternoon.
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[SoConPubbie]

hahaha! "gathering from reading" isn't scripture. I prefer to let the Holy Spirit decide who's "in sin". That's not your job.

Luke 17:3
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

1 Timothy 5:20
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

Titus 1:13
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

Titus 2:15
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Proverbs 13:1
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

[Tennessee Nana]

You throw scriptures around like you know what they mean
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Deb I realize you dont understand this...

But we post scriptures from the Christian Bible because we DO know what they mean...

The fact you would admit your sorrow at not being able to know what God is saying in his Word, tells me thast is one fo the reasons you are against the Christians in these threads...

Personally Deb Ive been around people who hate God for many years..

and Ive been around Mormons for more than 40 years..

There is little you can throw at me that will hurt me...

I feel very sorry for you that you feel you have to attack the Chrsitians in these threads

but this ill-treatment from you is part of what the LORD Jesus Christ warn us about ...

You want to speak evil of us...

We want to tell you about a forgiving God who loves you and died to save you and the Mormons...

BTW yes a stroke is like a brain injury...

But as you know the LORD Jesus Christ healed me of that stroke years ago...

But if it maskes you strangely joyful to throw it at me...

go ahead...

It appears you dont have much else going for you...

[Tennessee Nana]

And using the Bible to advance your political candidates is the most disgusting example of “evil” I can think of.
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And yet it doesnt seem to have inhibited you in any way..

[Deb]

Well, if you loons think its okay to put up thread after thread using God to justify your weak and irrelevant candidate, why can't I challenge you? Are you that delicate? Are your Gandhi quotes so pathetic no one is allowed to respond?

Fair enough. Its fun to watch you all chatter to each other and pretend you're doing God's work, but if you can't handle it, I won't hurt your fragile feelings any further.

As to Elsie's "superior words of wisdom"...I assume that's an attempt at comedy. The blatherings of the flying monkey brigade are always hilarious and slightly sad, but please don't stop 'cause you're really changing hearts and minds. Honest.

[Deb]

Yes, I do. Hey, you’re not as stupid as everyone says.

[svcw]

Neither are you Sandy, I mean Deb.

[Deb]

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[greyfoxx39]

Well, if you loons think its okay to put up thread after thread using God to justify your weak and irrelevant candidate,

Point 1, We do not use God...he is using us.

Point 2. Deb dear, we have been actively posting against YOUR weak candidate since '07. At that time, mormon propaganda was flooding FR and was unanswered.

The information we have posted and are still posting is directly from mormonism's leaders and doctrinal material and simply can't be truthfully refuted. That's why you don't see the propaganda here now especially after JR refuted a mormon's article claiming that Joseph Smith was an Apostle of God...although with defenders who don't know anything about the sect (like you) pushing Romney on the rest of us, I expect the big bosses in SLC will order another wave of it from the faithful.

The blatherings of the flying monkey brigade are always hilarious and slightly sad, but please don't stop 'cause you're really changing hearts and minds. Honest.

I'd be interested in your proving that statement, but in any case if you believe it then why are you so incensed at what we do? You spend an inordinate amount of time attacking something that you deem to be ineffectual. There are lots of other places on FR for you to spend your time..you could be exchanging recipes, posting poems, or..wait for it...you could be using the venom you are wasting on us in posting articles about Obama!

Or, you could even be praising Mitt's hair and his manly ways..we wouldn't try to stop you. I've been wondering...is Mitt the one you want brought to your tent?

[FreeReign]

Sorry, but I don’t worry about Mormons at all. Muslims, however.........

You're doing the opposite of what CNN wants.