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Nice post, jonesie!

As you say, "Indeed I serve with individuals from those churches and others in several ecumenical ministries", and I think you have mentioned something like the following item I found on another site:

"I work on Habitat for Humanity in my spare time. Christian Churches raise the money, do some of the work to supply affordable housing. I work side by side Lutherns, etc on these homes. They do it to help people and families get affordable housing.Habitat for Humanities even dedicates the site and the homes when they are finished. In their store to help raise money for the houses. they sell used/new donated items to customers. They tithe on their profits and send 10% overseas to help build homes there.

LDS Church. Build, build, build. Build a mall make a profit. Build this and build that. Make a profit. Tithe the people and what do they use the money for. Build, build, build. What is the LDS building for humanity? Churches and temples to make people happy.Nothing about making them live better.

In the words of Dickens, "it is a far, far better thing that I do do than I have ever done before." Guess which Church project brings me more happiness and joy?"

Now watch some outraged mormon jump in with inflated claims of mormon charitable works that can't be backed up with figures, citing wondrous works of mormons in disasters which were met and exceeded by works of members of many other churches.

There’s nothing charitable about giving one year old food that you would not eat yourself to non-mormons...

About tithes and offerings...

God requires us to bring tithes and offerings, not to build great monuments to ourselves, but to provide for others..

The fact that only less than 1% of the billions of dollars the mormon cult takes in is ever spent for humanitarian or charitable giving by SLC, is disgraceful, and unGodly and criminal...

Mal 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Mal 3:9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

Mal 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].

Mal 3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

Mal 3:12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. Malachi 3:8-11

The mormon cult and their abominable beliefs and practices are accursed...

Thursday night this past week I was at a meeting for the Prison Ministry that I serve. As I was reading DU’s post it struck me how "incomplete" his statement was. I was thinking of siting at the table that night, eating our potluck dinner we have at these meetings with a Catholic friend, and Episcopal Priest from Uganda, a Baptist minister, a fellow Methodist and a Presbyterian, all discussing various topics along with Jesus grace and love for us. We prayed at that table together to the same God, the same Christ.

Sounds like a holy war to me...