[caww]

All hospitals are a business ‘first’ Jeff. It is well known the LDS has gigantic investments into all manner of business and real-estate ventures both here in the states and Internationally...and this for the profits the leadership attains thru those investments.

LDS is “first” a corporate entity...using the veil of being a religion to remain free of the otherwise government restrictions and controls it would have to otherwise contend with...which also allows them a strong degree of “secrecy” regarding those investments and holdings...as well assures them of a free flowing channel of revenues thru it's required membership tithes and offerings. Thus it upholds and enables their powerful and wealthy leaders to sustain and enlarge their personal profiles....all very legal but also greatly deceptive.

[cva66snipe]

Church ran hospitals were a charity first until they had to fight for their very survival. They are Non Profit Organizations. The hospital, nursing home, etc is non profit but only some board members within them make considerable money. My last employer which was a nursing home/retirement center had the word Presbyterian as the first word in the name. There was a Chaplain with daily devotion over closed circuit TV and that was it.

On the other hand another Hospital named after Mary ran by another denomination had Nuns ministering to patients including my then girl friend and later wife whom they hid her for several months. That hospital tanks to the mandates against conscience by federal government was sold. Every hospital but one in my nearby city has church origins. The one that isn't is state owned and ran. Oh yea The Baptist hospital was bought up by the Catholic hospital due to it's nearly going under money wise. The Methodist still have on in the area by name. The Catholic hospital was also sold in the past year due to pending government mandates against it's church doctrines.