businessman05 wrote:It is interesting how the Mormon haters find any issue to attack. "The Mormons build a tall building and convince the neighborhood to go along with it, therefore, they are a cult". "The Mormons have commandments and people actually keep them, they must be a cult!" "The Mormons believe in direct Revelation from God through a Prophet and a Council of the Twelve, just like Warren Jeffs." If President Monson were to make his people break the laws of the country and force children to marry old men, then he would be excommunicated and arrested. Warren Jeffs was arrested but not excommunicated. Wait, Mormon hating bigots actually believe President Monson does that stuff anyway, my bad.
When hate becomes so strong due to some personal affront with the LDS Church that pride cannot overcome, irrationality creeps in. Every move, every position, every declaration by the Mormon leadership has nefarious motives. It is okay, we dealt with it when our ancestors were forced from Missouri and Illinois we can deal with it verbally and in written form now.
Latter-Day Saints left their homes in Nauvoo by Faith, they can deal with a tall building in their neighborhood. Anything said in these comments will not affect the faith of millions. I guess those who don't understand might continue to rage but then their lives are filled with anger so go figure.
Fact: the church promised homeowners neighboring thr MTC that the buildings would not exceed a certain height.
Fact: The church disregarded their promise on height and proposed a building twice as high.
Fact: When community members complained, the church told them it was a secular issue and that members were welcome to pursue their complaints via the proper civic channels.
Fact: The church disregarded their promise that it was a secular matter and strong armed the community by pulling a "revelation" out of thin air when it appeared that they might not get their way.
The church handled this poorly and it does come off cult like. And, yes Warren Jeff's pulled maneuvers like this all the time, so the comparison is apropos. You are deflecting the issue by trying to draw attention to Jeff's sexual perversions. Jeff's is in jail for rape, not for revelations similar to the one I am pointing out.
There is nothing wrong with the church adding an addition to the MTC. However, the way in which they handled this was completly shady and unprofessional. If you would put your glass of kool-aid down for a few seconds, and rationally review the facts you might conclude that this was handled poorly by the LDS church.
Tapirs... Yeah... That's the ticket!