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Church group plans protest at Pres. Hinckley's funeral
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I hope that everyone in Utah has a great day honoring Pres. Hinckley.
I support the First Amendment, I do. But I equate the actions of the Westboro Baptist Church with those of Larry Flynt at Hustler Magazine. You're take a right and a privilege and abusing it.
Mormons fled the Midwest in the mid 1840's due the licentious, murderous behavior of its citizens and established a safe haven in the mountains of Utah. Leave us alone. Go back to your little town where hate reigns supreme and let people of God mourn the passing of one of His most valiant and beloved servants.
It's not against the law to look stupid.
As a reminder, everything has an opposite. Light and darkness, truth and deceit...These things have always and will always be at war with one another. Light and truth will undoubtedly prevail.
"Do what is right let the consequence follow"
Recently, a female in the group was interviewed on television and was questioned as to why she would be so judgmental when she was the mother of two illegitimate children. The hypocrisy was incredible. Most amusing was her rapid change in demeanor. You can probably google or youtube the interview.
President Hinckley truly was the "People's Prophet;" he was the Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; he was my prophet. I knew him - I shook his hand, and I was honored to stand in line for nearly 4 hours yesterday to pay my last respects. I love this man and I shall miss him greatly.
I hope that these protestor's will somehow be able to feel the strong spirit that will be in the atmosphere today as we bury our dear Prophet.
My love and sympathy, and my prayers are with his family this day as their lay their father, grandfather, uncle....to rest.
Nothing comes close to the horrible thing they are doing today. However, next time you think of "protesting" someone else, either in your own head, or by voting for someone that doesn't support gay rights...remember how this feels.
THESE ARE TRULY THE LATTER-DAYS, I LOVE PRES. HINCKLEY, HE IS A WONDERFUL MAN AND WE AS MEMBERS OF THIS TRUE CHURCH ARE BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN LIVING DURING HIS REIGN!
I think Mr. Hinckley would agree with me. He certainly taught tolerence to those of all faiths and those with none.
President Hinkley was a wonderful man of God. God loved him very much, President Hinkley loved everyone it did not matter to him if people were church members or not, he loved us all. Even the protesters, he was respectful, and encourged us all to be respectful of others, however you would never see him encourging any church members to protest outside their churches, or stating they will burn in hell.
We were lucky to have a great Man like President Hinkley.
People like those that protest about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, only strengthen us and reconfirm how true the church is
We pray for your healing as you seek the true Jesus of the bible for comfort, as he is our only comfort.
As a christian, I often take time to make friends with the mormon community to reach out with the love of Christ. I stand in front of the temple from time to time handing out tracts and greeting people, I do not join in with the "street preachers". It is my duty as a practicing christian to share the gospel with all people and defend truth as it is writen in the bible. My calling is simple. 2tim 2:24-26
We will continue to pray for utah and the mormon community as they mourn.
Try to be nice to me next time you see me handing you a tract. Love and Respect.
I'm not LDS so I think my odds of seeing Gordon B. Hinckley in heaven are slim. If I had a choice in the matter, I'd sure love it if I did see him and I could sit and have long conversations with that amazing man. Everything I saw about the man exuded class, honesty, love and integrity.
I've said for the longest time that there are certain LDS members who I've truly admired over the years. One of them is Gordon B. Hinckley, another is Ken Jennings, and last and definitely not least Salt Lake Tribune humor Columnist Robert Kirby.
God Bless Gordon B. Hinckley and all the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I look forward to the new Prophet of the Church as I have fond memories for the man Gordon B. Hinckley who truly made the State of Utah and the World a better place.
I feel sorry for these protesters.What they sadly don't understand, and President Hinckley spent his earthly life teaching, was that God the Father and his son Jesus Christ love EVERYONE.
D & C. Section 19 tells us not to revile the revilers.
I don't have this quote exactly but it goes something like this.
"Hate does not hurt the one on whom it is poured,
rather in the one it is stored."
Another. If we have hate in our heart, we might be looking for someone, or something to use it on.
Trying to explain the difference between the "Old Law of Moses" and the "New and Everlasting Covenent," which Jesus ushered in during his ministry and sealed with his atoning blood, would be asking too much for this group to remotely understand. The sacrifices of so many good men and women seem so wasted on idividuals so lost as to put their hate into song and teach it to their own children. They fail to realize that God also had Hatemongers high on his list of dispises.
Let us ignore all these evil protests against the church, leaders and the Gospel ...Just remember, these are the same type of taunts, disrespect and name calling from those people who crucified the Lord. They can not accept the truth...These are people who are proud and ignorant who doesn't know what humility is and strongly refused to listen the Gospel and the teachings of Jesus Christ. They would rather please Satan but subtly do it in the name of our Lord to get more people.
Remember, during the time when prophet Gordon Hinckley was called to be a leader in his early callings, the membership were only 500,000...Anti-mormons and mormon bashings mushroomed several years later that made people curious to know more about the church..The result--we now have 13 million members..In a way, these protests helps increase the membership of the church--makes people want to listen to the missionaries. Let's pray for those protesters that they would continue -- to enable those humble souls to open doors for the missionaries and to listen the true Gospel and be baptized.
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