Posted on 08/13/2012 4:11:37 PM PDT by greyfoxx39
Huh? So?
Yep. FR does get a bit ridiculous sometimes. Too many “true believers” I guess. We seem to keep forgetting Reagan’s old dictum that “Never let the perfect be the enemy of the good”.
On a personal note, my wife and I visited Salt Lake City for the first time on our way up to visit my son and his family at his AFB in Idaho (got back not long ago from flying missions in Afghanistan). We were, to put it mildly, extremely impressed with the city. The people there were great (as were those in Boise as well... go to a restaurant called “Fork” if you can. And of course “Cabelas”).
I was wondering how that worked. I am going to Salt Lake City in a few weeks for a conference (no, not a religious conference). I’ll be sure to watch out for muggers brandishing books.
Closet obot, eh?
Ridiculing Ryan too, go back to DU fool.
“Not a whole lot of difference in how they operate as the Southern Baptist Convention”
Whoa, gotta jump in here. Southern Baptists aren’t anything like the Mormons. Mormonism is a top-down controlling religion, where the one “Church” owns and controls all their subsidiaries. It is an authoritarian organization.
Southern Baptist churches are completely, 100% independent of any higher controlling authority. The national Convention has zero control — and I do mean zero — control of a local church. The local church calls the shots, and either gives, or doesn’t give, to the national, state and local Baptist associations. Local SBC churches don’t take orders. If they cooperate with other Southern Baptists, they do it because they want to, not because they have to.
Southern Baptists are fiercely independent. Mormons take their orders from headquarters.
I find it amusing that we have all these contributors claiming that their god is true and the others’ are false despite their inability to prove their own case.
Wealth envy is just downstream from those judgments; there’s more to come as the water goes through the pastures.
It is allocation of resources and expense versus revenue ratios I was referring to. In other words the financials are in line with other religious groups that have public reporting of their finances. Nothing to do with theology or even hierarchical structure.
What if Reagan was a Mormon...what if Romney were more Conservative?
I wonder if the relentless bashing of Mormonism would still be allowed?
If Romney were true blue Conservative, would the bashing of his beliefs be tolerated here or considered bigotry?
May I give a shout out to Baraq...?
5.56mm
So what? Why would NBC care. Oh yeah, they belong to Obama. How many roundabout taxpayer’s dollars wind up in Obama’s cult of soviet liberation?
The government has already taxed the income of members before they make tithing contributions. Not to leave out the principle of "no taxation without representation". Want to tax them? Prepare to have the taxed parties insist on direct representation.
I don't know who they are, or what TBN is but when it comes to gold, they aren't globally famous for acquiring it, but buying yourself into becoming a God, and with a house full of wives, and a planet of worshipers, that is something bigger than gold.
LDS Hospital (formerly Deseret Hospital) is a general urban hospital and surgical center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The hospital was originally owned by the LDS Church but is now owned and operated by Intermountain Healthcare. LDS Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission.
Oh wow, I just noticed that this was a Peter Henderson article. Back in the 90s, he was a Russian corespondent for Reuters covering the ‘collapse’ of the Russian economy and decrying their leaving the Communist system.
It makes sense then anything that makes a profit he would go after and not see it as a good thing.
IMO, they are the weakest in their faith. I, personally believe the The Lord Jesus Christ is my Savior, but I don't belittle others for their beliefs to justify my own.
JMHO.
Just a bigot, aren’t you Joe? You are pathetic and useless, worse than an obami supporter. You disgust me.
“It is allocation of resources and expense versus revenue ratios I was referring to.”
Oh, ok. I misunderstood, my bad.
Care to find something similar showing the "estimated" net worth of the Catholic Church or maybe all of the Muslims worldwide?
You do know don't you, that all Muslims are required to donate a part of their income/wealth to "charity?" Only one catch: Any contributions or donations are forbidden to help or go to any "non Muslims" or as we are better know, "Infidels."
Is this supposed to turn us off on holding our nose in order to remove the POS commie and voting for Romney or worry us that if elected those evil, "non-christian" Mormons will exert undue influence on Mitt and move to take over the country if not the world? Oh wait, that is what those who Obama supports (Islamists) have vowed (very openly) to do.
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