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To: reaganaut
A couple of years ago, a couple of LDS missionaries were caught (they took the pictures themselves) desecrating a Catholic shrine and chapel.

I did not know this -- I just googled it and found here

The men have also been accused of breaking the head off of a statue of saint at the Shrine of the Mexican Martyrs in San Luis, Colorado.

In 2006, three missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) visited a Catholic shrine in the San Luis Valley in Colorado. While at the shrine, the Mormon missionaries photographed themselves in poses that demeaned the Catholic Church.

The pictures, which were posted last week on the photo-sharing site Photobucket, show the men preaching from the Book of Mormon behind the altar; holding the head from a statue of St. Manuel Morales, a young Mexican who died opposing anti-religious laws; and one of the missionaries pretending to sacrifice a fellow missionary on the altar.


152 posted on 07/11/2011 1:10:27 AM PDT by Cronos ( W Szczebrzeszynie chrzaszcz brzmi w trzcinie I Szczebrzeszyn z tego slynie.)
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To: Cronos

The article itself is very telling. Notice the Mormon plays the victim card and the church spokesman doesn’t apologize for what they did, just the destruction of the property.

“I realize that my companions and I have made a mockery of that which is most sacred to many of the residents of San Luis and the rest of the world. I should have known better because I have seen many of the same types of blasphemies made against my own church and I have been appalled,” the statement read.

A statement from the LDS church went further to address the vandalism: “We are deeply saddened to hear that the actions of three missionaries have resulted in the destruction of property.”


158 posted on 07/11/2011 6:06:50 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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