A haunted house in Salt Lake City? McCune Mansion [The OTHER World Series]

Located kitty corner from the LDS Conference Center, McCune Mansion is a structure noticed by many for its breathtaking architectural beauty. Most, however, do not know the name of the building nor anything about its history or the ghostly activities alleged to have occurred inside.

...They donated the property to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who used it as the McCune School of Music and later as the Brigham Young University Salt Lake City Center. Since then it has been used as a dance studio and today as a venue for wedding receptions and other events.

Over the years there have been reports of strange events taking place in the mansion. Common occurrences include cold spots (a possible indication of entities being present), doors that were locked being mysteriously unlocked, doors that have no locking mechanism being “locked” to the point nobody can open them, and lights flickering or turn on and off repeatedly. Some have even reported seeing full-body apparitions in the home, usually of a young girl in the ballroom or a grown man in a black cape in various areas of the home.

One of the entities that inhabits the house has a habit of rearranging things. It has been reported that setups for wedding receptions or other events have been rearranged or even moved into another room after the home has been left vacant for several hours or overnight. One owner of the house reported observing on several occasions lights in the house turning on and off as they drove down the street. Ghosts or none, the house is a unique place to host any special event.

From the article:

They donated the property to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who used it as the McCune School of Music and later as the Brigham Young University Salt Lake City Center. Since then it has been used as a dance studio and today as a venue for wedding receptions and other events. Over the years there have been reports of strange events taking place in the mansion. Common occurrences include cold spots (a possible indication of entities being present), doors that were locked being mysteriously unlocked, doors that have no locking mechanism being “locked” to the point nobody can open them, and lights flickering or turn on and off repeatedly. Some have even reported seeing full-body apparitions in the home, usually of a young girl in the ballroom or a grown man in a black cape in various areas of the home. One of the entities that inhabits the house has a habit of rearranging things. It has been reported that setups for wedding receptions or other events have been rearranged or even moved into another room after the home has been left vacant for several hours or overnight. One owner of the house reported observing on several occasions lights in the house turning on and off as they drove down the street. Ghosts or none, the house is a unique place to host any special event.

Just wanted to know if you’ve come to grips with the fact that Abraham was a polygamist, and God still selected him?

#1...God told Hosea to marry a whore who still practiced prostitution as a post-marital "cottage industry." (Yet God still selected him)

#2...Yes, Abraham slept with another woman. And yes God didn't renege that calling.

#3...Nobody of the Biblical accounts...not Paul in Gal 4; not Moses; not the Angel of the Lord; not Abraham; not Sarah after Hagar became pregnant...ever referenced Hagar as anything other than Sarah's servant...except Sarah right before Abraham slept with Hagar.

We don't know how many times he slept with her; and we know that Sarah didn't have the authority to designate anybody -- let alone a servant without rights -- as an "add-on" "wife."

Take that Biblical lesson and absorb it!

Just wanted to know if you’ve come to grips with the fact that Abraham was a polygamist, and God still selected him?

ALL: This is quite a common Mormon worldview.

"Worthiness" is a key strain of Mormonism constantly injected from Mormon leadership into Mormon grassroots.

Hence, Mormonism has trouble fielding this distinctly opposite backdrop of the true Biblical Gospel:

8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

Hence, anybody called by the Mormonism version of the "gospel" doesn't fit in well to the Biblical Gospel that embraced a person like the apostle Paul:

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15)

Therefore, Mormons make -- obviously wanting to justify their forefathers' polygamy -- the institution of polygamy "righteous" by concluding a mindset of: "Well, God would only call the righteous, right? Therefore these men in the Old Testament slept with two or more women; that means polygamy has to be 'righteous'...right?"

We see this same rose-colored glasses approach by Mormon leaders to Joseph Smith -- a 'beatification' if you will of Joseph Smith:

"The Prophet [note the capital 'P'] had to be living an almost perfect life in order to retain communication with God." (Lds General Authority Milton R. Hunter, Pearl of Great Price Commentary, Bookcraft, Salt Lake City, p. 31, 1951/1972).

Really? Don't Mormon leaders believe we can communicate with God via prayer and God gives personal 'revelations' to the common Mormon or non-Mormon?