Comments about ‘LDS urged to make room at the inn, emulate love’

It is great to know that true principles never change although our social environment does.

Where are the blacks in the photos?

A homeless shelter might make a more desirable background.

The black people are in their homelands, promulgating the Gospel there. As are the Asians, the French, the Mexicans and the Islanders.

Oldman, are you prejudiced against hispanics and asians and american indians and pacific islanders and indians and americans of mixed descent? Funny you should call for blacks and blacks alone. I am sure the mormon church would be very happy if ANY person of ANY nationality were at their meeting. Why don't you call for all nationalities? Your bigotry is showing...

Humanity to humanity is something we need to do all times of the year.

Let's get out of our comfort zone and connect!

Great message!

The messages I heard last night in the Church's Christmas Devotional were wonderful and should be lived by 365 days a year. But, looks like from the comment from "oldman" he didn't listen to it.

To oldman: You are so funny! If your comment were serious it would have been offensive.

Until there is no need for a homeless shelter in the midst of the LDS CHURCH HEADQUARTERS the message that comes from that pulpit on this subject is completely NULL and VOID. FEED and CLOTHE and ASSIST those in need, especially if they are within arms reach, and you (all the members of the LDS church and thier leaders) can then talk about making room and being any degree of an example to the WORLD. Until then, JUST KEEP the power bill paid, so as to light up the blocks that surround your TEMPLES... and please finish the billion dollar construction site, before the recession excuse slips into your vocabulary, as it has for so many who build in this area. Oh, and of course... HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

Chad, I don't think Oldman is a bigot, I think he's just asking a question. It's easy to love your own but what if they are different. I agree with you though about ANY nationality.

I do have one question though, what about those that are gay of any nationality. Do we owe them our unconditional love in the spirit of humanity? Personally, I think we do and I'm straight.

To Anonymous 8:06: Of course, everything you've said is untrue and you know it. The Church does more than ANY other group to help others. This is a matter of historical fact. I feel sorry for you. You are obviously bitter and lashing out. Of course, anyone can write anything on these blogs, even if it's a complete lie.

Of course, we all can do better and we must all try. The reason President Monsen gave this talk is to remind us all to try to do better in helping others. It was a wonderful talk and we appreciate our prophet.

Why do we even have these sites that ask for opinions?

Should we not be out doing, instead of complaining, defending,or explaining. I know that is what I am doing right now. As if any opinion matters. I won't be back to read any comments on my own comment. Time is too short for me waste on just sitting at a computer, and concerning myself with it. I know then why am I here, I don't know.

The Prophet for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has spoken as well as his counselors. For those of the LDS faith it is for us to be a 'shinning light unto the world'. To take the counsel and do what's right. For those not of our faith, it is your choice to listen and do or not. We are all children of a loving Heavenly Father.

We always hear the cry, as was expressed by Anon, of feed the hungry and clothe the naked. Question: has anyone of you expressing this thought ever toured welfare square? Anyone of you ever signed a bishop's food order? Paid someone's utility or mortgage payments? Shipped hundreds of tons of emergency goods worldwide at the drop of a hat? The US Government has paid out several trillion dollars since the War on Poverty was declared in the Sixties, and yet, amazingly, there are still poor among us.

I know some of you don't like it, but this is a "newspaper" and the articles INVITE comments from the readers. It is a forum to exchange viewpoints. Sometimes the viewpoints stated come out with venom and are satirical. The attempt, many times, it to get you, with different opinions, to TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. So many people here think one way. They simply do not look at contrary evidence or voices. I read in another local newspaper how 75% of the voters in Davis county voted straight republican. Wow! What did they do in Utah country? 80%? Anyway, when we look at how our church spends donated funds, it is legitimate to question if they are spent the way our Saviour would want it spent...on the poor, the homeless, the unisured, etc. Yes we do donate millions to charity, but billions more goes somewhere, somewhere that none of us know about. I really don't think it is inappropriate to be shown where it goes. I don't think that raising this concern is out of line either. When billions of dollars are spent without any outside accountablitity, "problems" are inevitable.

Anonymous and Oldman--Merry Christmas, and may Christ's love brighten your lives.

re: Anonymous | 8:06 a.m.
your bitterness is showing

To: I know you don't like it but...: When our tithing and fast offerings are paid, THEY BELONG TO THE LORD. The Lord is NOT accountable to anyone. You must decide if you have a testimony of the gospel and if you believe we are being lead by a prophet. If we are, there is no need to question how the Prophet, under the direction of the Savior, is managing those resources.

Amazing - even at a time when we should love our neighbor more than ever, there are those who would be negative, disrespectful, and even hateful. Regardless of ones religion, take a good, hard look at at ourselves and aske, "What can we do toy help?' What could possibly be the point of continually trying to push down another's religion. Doesn't that fill one's heart with hate and anger? For those who are LDS, don't respond with hurtful retorts. For those against the LDS church - find something more productive to do with your time, other than scour LDS leaning newspapers for the intent to criticize and bring down.

By the way Oldman - there were at least 6 Africans there last night. Myself and my family, all the way from Africa, and I could feel nothing but love from all there and from the mesaages.

anonymous, obviously you haven't seen the homeless begging outside St. Peters Square in Rome. When you watch midnight mass, the media is careful to avoid that too.

In other words, there are poor everywhere, and the message is that we should do what we can to help them. However, help does not mean we should ENABLE those who choose not to earn their way....

Instead of looking for the opportunity to criticize, perhaps you should be a real christian and help....

To Anonymous:
Although the LDS church does little to publish all it does for those in need across the world, it certainly publishes the fact that Jesus Christ is at it's head, and in doing so celebrates the fact by giving light to those who seek it. Who cannot say that temple square does not express peace, love and hope on a cold winters night for all the world to see.
Even Jesus Christ himself announced to those who followed him:
"Ye are the light of the world, a city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick: and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven...."
Let us spend our time lifting those around us, and not destroying each other.
There is no point in that.