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I think the possibility that an individual, at any point in their eternal existance, will have occasion to personally deal with polygamy is inversely proportional to the amount of time or energy the spend thinking about it.
Earnest T..... Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's...Render unto God what is God's. Do not confuse The Government of the United States with the Kingdom of God......the Later will prevail.....let God decide... when.
or what the rest of supposed Christians think.
How would the authorities know whether the phone call was a hoax until an investigation is done? After the fact it's easy to criticize the authorities for acting on a hoax (if that's what it is proved to be), but are you suggesting that children should have been left in possible harm's way while the investigation was done?
Just because the FLDS church has many similarities, does not obligate the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to rescue them from their own willful disobedience to the laws of the land....Had you mentioned standing up to the real issue, then your point might possibly have some validity. That issue of course, being the fact that an overzealous judicial system is over extending it's authority.....especially so, in light of a possible tainted search warrant used to blanket search an entire religious body versus specific individuals suspected of various presumed and alledged activities contrary to law.
The Church and the General Authorities have every right to dissociate the entire main body of the Church from radical associations who choose not to be subject to the laws of the land.
Your oppurtunity to either uphold and support the Church"s position occurred during the recent Solumn Assembly.....so either you did support the General Authorities or you didn't?don't.
It is about bigamy and child abuse and welfare fraud and lying and cheating.
Don't be naive or gullible for every predator hiding behind "religion".
We debated this to no forseeable end last week. If you still want to do so, could you please go back to those message boards? This one is about people confusing the FLDS and LDS churches.
Let's please stay on topic.
If you and/or the people you are associating with are 'preaching' this or 'hoping' for its return, you are on a very slippery slope indeed. Individual members of the Church can never receive 'revelation' on behalf of the Church - only the Prophet, Seer and Revelator of the Church - currently Thomas S. Monson!
There is no association - there are NO similarities.
LDS people don't live on compounds, they don't wear old fashioned clothes, they don't have "prophets" who break the law and they certainly don't practice polygamy. The differences are so astounding that an observer who can't see the differnce is like an individual standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon claiming it's not a very deep hole.
The mistake being paid for here is not dealing with current FLDS illegal polygamy/child abuse/welfare fraud before it scarred so many innocent lives.
"I wish these FLDS stories would cease. We mormons do a fine enough job scaring people away, without this "other" group. "
Ahh, you worry too much. Any press is good press for the church. Besides, polygamy is a great conversation starter. We need to just take it and don't expect to ever be fully understood by the world. That's life.
They've been trying since day one to set themselves apart.
So - mission accomplished.
It is indeed a tragedy for the children who lived at the YFZ Ranch. We are doing our best to make these children as comfortable and content as possible. It is a little complicated because they are being exposed to a world that is as foreign to them as going to the moon. Bless their innocent hearts. They wouldn't be in this situation if the older men on the Ranch had not taken advantage of the adolescent girls. And yes, there are some pregnant teenagers in the bunch. Blame Warren Jeffs and the elders in his sect. The women are good, loving mothers but are considered accomplices to the sexual misconduct--they stood by and allowed it happen. They will not come forward and claim their children, although they insist they they love and miss them so much. They are protecting the men once again. So the DNA is the only solution to unravel the mess.
bigotry, and hate. A lot of people involved in this
FLDS raid have been hurt, are scared, confused, both
men, women and children. What is most important is
the truth, and following constitutional law.
If wrongs have been perpetrated by either side of
the issue, they need to be addressed properly.
I have my perceptions just like anyone, however I do
not know what the true facts are, anymore than the
next person. But please no more unconstructive finger pointing. :-)
Since the FLDS church chooses not to subject themselves to the Laws of the land it can hardly be assumed, that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has the ability or the responsibility to solve their family history problems.......period.
They could have chosen a name like the Anti-LDS Mormonites or something similarly appropriate. They can still change their name. After all, the RLDS are now the Community of Christ.
I fit well into the description that Elder Cook gave about our church; I was 28 when I got married, I hold a masters degree, and have 30+ credits of post graduate work--I'm not uncommon in our religion. Many of my friends fit this same description.
About this unfortunate group of people. My heart goes out to them. I feel many of their rights are being impinged but I don't feel the LDS church should "go to bat for them". That's the ACLU's role. Our church is to teach and succor those in need. We don't usually get involved with legal battles--especially ones that don't involve us.
To Be Continued. . .
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