Supreme Court Passes on Mormon Church Case

property rights need to apply

the Utah Gospel Mission...estimates it converts about 30-35 Mormons a year.

Since George's post points out this organization saves 30-35 lives per year, property rights do not prevail over what amounts to the sanctity of spiritual life rights.

"And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent {to Temple Square}? As it is written, 'How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" (Romans 10:14-15)

Van Gorden and a partner had refused to leave when asked by a security guard, leading to trespassing charges that were dropped pending the appellate court's ruling.

Over & over again I read in the book of Acts (see particularly in the mid to later "teen" chapters) about how the apostle Paul, upon arriving in a new city as a missionary, would head for the local synagogue first--to try to reach the religious folks first...he and later Apollos would "dialogue, argue, articulate...etc." with those there.

It appears that had the LDS church been around then, they would have had Paul arrested on grounds of trespassing.

**Since George's post points out this organization saves 30-35 lives per year, property rights do not prevail over what amounts to the sanctity of spiritual life rights.
"And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent {to Temple Square}? As it is written, 'How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" (Romans 10:14-15)**

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Regarding the message quoted above, if the implication is that the Bible welcomes those who preach Mormon doctrine, then that is highly offensive to most Christians. If I am reading what is implied above correctly that is. If I am, and the belief of the writer is that Mormons bring “good news” then again, as a Christian, I find that offensive, however, I also recognize your absolute right to say it. The Mormon church isn’t Christian. Mormonism teaches that there are many gods, including God the Father, Jehovah is Jesus another god and the holy spirit yet another god. In addition, the Mormon church teaches that if one is a perfect Mormon (essentially), they themselves can achieve godhood someday ruling over their own planet as god and goddess thus the polygamy doctrine of early Mormonism. Mormons had to produce human babies so the "spirit babies" produced by a perpetually pregnant goddess can have a body to live in when it comes to earth. Hardly Christian or Biblical doctrine.
If the writer finds what I am saying here offensive, and if the writer is Mormon, I would like to remind the writer that in the 1830’s, Joseph Smith founded the Mormon church, some 2000 years after Orthodox Christianity was doing just fine thank you. Joseph Smith proclaimed that there was a need to establish the Mormon Church because as Smith said all the churches were “…all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that…they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.” Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith, 2:18-19. Thus, the Mormon Church teaches that all other churches are in a state of apostasy. As a Christian member of one of these Mormon-labeled corrupt organizations, I would say that the offense began with the establishment in the 1830’s of the Mormon Church and Smith's proclamations.

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