Amanaki Kaufusi, 21, and Onesi Taufui, 18, yesterday faced Southport Magistrates Court charged with grievous bodily harm over a violent attack on a tourist in Surfers Paradise.
Hundreds of Mormons have gathered on the Gold Coast for a Latter-day Saints conference at Tallebudgera.
But as their friends listened to the teachings of church leaders, Kaufusi and Taufui, both from western Sydney, headed to the bright lights of Sin City for a night on the town.
The court was told the pair were walking along Cavill Avenue in the early hours of Sunday morning when an intoxicated Kaufusi allegedly yelled: "I just want to hit someone. I will hit the next person I see."
Witnesses reported Kaufusi "showing an intent to fight others for no reason" and told him he was drunk.
Police said he king-hit 24-year-old tourist Onyekachi Okoye, who collapsed unconscious to the footpath.
Both men then allegedly stomped on the victim's head before laughing and walking off. When their Mormon friends pleaded with them to turn themselves in after Mr Okoye was rushed to hospital, the duo allegedly tried to flee Surfers Paradise in a taxi to return to the Tallebudgera camp.
Mr Okoye, from Glendale near Newcastle, later woke from a coma and has been transferred out of intensive care at the Gold Coast University Hospital.
He suffered a broken jaw but no brain damage.
Magistrate Brian Kilmartin refused bail due to the seriousness of the allegations. They will face court again on February 26.
Outside court, duty lawyer Mal Chalmers said his clients were in "a state of shock". "(Kaufusi) couldn't remember anything about the event," he said.
Latter-day Saints State President Asa Smibert said the men were not pre-registered at the camp and may have been visiting friends.
"Violence of any sort in the community is a tragedy and our thoughts and prayers go out to the individuals involved."
Back at it. eh? Give it a rest, you're a sick individual. Drunk Mormons accused of random bashing of man on Surfers Paradise street [Lds play knockout 'game'] 12/31/2013 6:28:22 PM · by Colofornian Queensland Courier Mail ^ | Dec. 31, 2013 | Jeremy Pierce and Leah Fineran TWO Mormons on the Gold Coast for a church camp stand accused of a shocking attack that left a passing stranger in a coma.Amanaki Kaufusi, 21, and Onesi Taufui, 18, yesterday faced Southport Magistrates Court charged with grievous bodily harm over a violent attack on a tourist in Surfers Paradise. Hundreds of Mormons have gathered on the Gold Coast for a Latter-day Saints conference at Tallebudgera. But as their friends listened to the teachings of church leaders, Kaufusi and Taufui, both from western Sydney, headed to the bright lights of Sin City for a night on the town. The court... Utah man sentenced for crime committed on LDS mission in Chubbuck 12/30/2013 12:28:31 AM · by Colofornian · 148 replies IdahoStateJournal.com ^ | Dec. 17, 2013 | Jimmy Hancock POCATELLO — A Cedar City, Utah, man convicted of felony injury to a child stemming from inappropriate contact with a 16-year-old child in 2012, was placed on probation Monday and sentenced to spend the next 10 days in Bannock County Jail. Derrick Starley was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chubbuck when the incident occurred. He was originally charged with sexual battery of child 16 or 17 years old... Starley pleaded guilty to the reduced charge in early November as part of a plea agreement through which prosecutors agreed that they would not... The Great Conference of the Seventies at Nauvoo... Dedication of the Seventies' Hall... 12/29/2013 6:59:54 AM · by Colofornian · 25 replies BYUStudies (Original source: Deseret Book Co., History of the Church, Vol. 7, Chapter 26) ^ | Vol. 7 (book format, 1978) "Monday, December 30, 1844.—The following is extracted from the Times and Seasons, Vol. 6, p. 794:— ...December 26...1844... A hymn composed by Elder John Taylor for the dedication of the Seventies' Hall and dedicated to President Brigham Young... The Seer'The Seer;—the Seer;—Joseph the Seer— I'll sing of the Prophet ever dear, His equal now cannot be found,— By searching the wide world around. With Gods he soared in the realms of day; And men he taught the heavenly way. 'Mid the foaming billows of angry strife— He stood at the helm of the ship of life. The earthly Seer; the... How I Escaped the Mormon Temple [Ex-BYU prof tells how her family was rescued from legalistic cult] 12/27/2013 8:33:08 PM · by Colofornian · 542 replies Christianity Today ^ | Nov. 22, 2013 | Lynn Wilder ...For eight years, I had been a professor at Brigham Young University... I looked down on Christians...They had part of the gospel, but I had the fullness of it. I kept the laws and ordinances of Mormonism. Three weeks before the end of his two-year mission, Micah called to tell us he was being sent home early—a horrific disgrace in Mormon culture. He had been reading the New Testament. There he encountered a different Jesus than the one I was taught about in Mormonism—a God of grace, not of works, so that no one can boast... To a roomful of... Near Coming of Christ...Joseph Smith's Mission...Another Mission to Be Undertaken... 12/27/2013 4:34:09 PM · by Colofornian · 7 replies (Lds) JournalofDiscourses.com ^ | Feb. 2, 1884 | Lds "apostle" Erastus Snow ...But what I was going to bring before your minds was this: Shall we expect that the Lord Jesus is going to delay His coming in the midst of His people, until all this great work shall have been accomplished? By no means. I do not understand that He has ever intimated anything of this kind. Nor need we wait in our faith and in our expectations till all these great and glorious things shall have been accomplished on the earth before the Prophet Joseph Smith shall come unto us again. He has merely taken another mission in advance of... Prophecy: Key to the Future [Literal Latter days? Will Joseph Smith's Second Coming occur in 2014?] 12/27/2013 5:21:32 AM · by Colofornian · 17 replies Google books: ^ | Book published December 2004 | Duane S. Crowther SNIP Heber C. Kimball also believed & prophesied that Joseph Smith would return before the second coming of the Lord and associated his return with this period. After prophesying of the destruction which would sweep the western portion of Missouri, he foresaw that The pressure will become so great that the more righteous among them will cry unto the Lord day and night until deliverance comes. Then the Prophet Joseph and others will make their appearance and those who have remained faithful will be selected to return to Jackson County, Missouri and take part in the building of that beautiful... Consecration—Temporal Equality—Selfishness to Be Overcome—Resurrection—Return to Jackson County... 12/27/2013 5:07:49 AM · by Colofornian · 4 replies Lds JournalofDiscourses.com ^ | March 9, 1873 | Lds "apostle" Orson Pratt ...But if this people should be brought into bondage, as the Israelites were in ancient days, Zion must be led forth out of bondage, as Israel was at the first. In order to do this God has prophesied that he will raise up a man like unto Moses, who shall lead his people therefrom. Whether that man is now in existence, or whether it is someone yet to be born; or whether it is our present leader who has led us forth into these valleys of the mountains, whether God will grant unto us the great blessing to have his... An Army of Elders -- Heber C. Kimball [1868 Mormon leader prophecy: Second Coming of Joseph Smith] 12/27/2013 4:13:32 AM · by Colofornian · 11 replies JosephSmithForum.org ^ An army of Elders will be sent to the four quarters of the earth to search out the righteous and warn the wicked of what is coming. All kinds of religions will be started and miracles performed that will deceive the very elect if that were possible. Our sons and daughters must live pure lives so as to be prepared for what is coming. After a while the Gentiles will gather by the thousands to this place, and Salt Lake City will be classed among the wicked cities of the world. A spirit of speculation and extravagance will take possession... DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS Student Manual: Religion 324 and 325 [Coming Latter-day 'great deliverer'] 12/26/2013 6:08:48 PM · by Colofornian · 7 replies Institute.Lds.org ^ | 1981/2001 D&C 18:8. How Is the Name Joseph Significant?“Attention is called to the name, because the Scriptures predict the coming of a great deliverer in the latter days, so named. Nephi says that Joseph, the Patriarch, predicted the coming forth of the House of Israel on the American continents, of a ‘righteous branch’ and a Seer, whose name, he said, ‘shall be called after me’ (Joseph), and after the name of his father (II. Nephi 3:1–15).” (Smith and Sjodahl, Commentary, p. 83.) The Return of the Prophet Joseph Smith [Will 2014 bring the second coming of Joseph Smith?] 12/26/2013 6:08:35 PM · by Colofornian · 37 replies CryFromTheDust.net ^ - "I come again to lead you forth" The last admonition of Joseph the Prophet to the Nauvoo Legion, before leaving for the Carthage Jail...: "...This I will promise you, that when I come again to lead you forth, for I will go to prepare a place for you, so that where I am you shall be with me."SNIP (D&C Sec. 85, Verse 7) "And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the scepter of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth will utter words,... Church Hopes to Expand Reach of Joseph Smith Movie on Hulu [Smith-smitten 'Smithmas' on Hulu] 12/26/2013 12:05:31 PM · by Colofornian · 39 replies Lds.org ^ | Dec. 23, 2013 | Camille West December 23 is the birthday of the Prophet Joseph Smith, who was born in 1805. In his honor, consider watching the movie Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration, now available for the first time on Hulu... The Joseph Smith movie is the first Church film to penetrate an exclusive, major distribution channel like Hulu, where some 4 million subscribers can watch on-demand streaming video of TV shows, movies, web content, and other new media through media devices (Roku, Apple TV), gaming consoles (Xbox, PlayStation), smartphones and tablets, and other devices that connect to the Internet. SNIP The current version of... The Day of Small Things: A Guest Post from Laurel Moffatt God has a heartbeat! 12/24/2013 9:27:26 PM · by Colofornian · 2 replies Christianity Today ^ | Dec. 24, 2013 | Ed Stetzer ...When an angel shows up at your door all unexpected, with a sword at his side and your name on his lips, it means that something is about to change for good. And, whether you like it or not, you're involved... How the knees of your heart must have knocked that day the angel of the Lord showed up at your house...saying words like 'hail' and calling you 'blessed'—things you say to kings and princes, not to girls in Galilee. ...the countdown of days to his coming begins...Your growing belly testifies to it. The countdown to God's rescue for his... What makes 'Smithmas' Smithmas? [Vanity] 12/23/2013 10:08:07 AM · by Colofornian · 77 replies Colofornian | Dec. 23, 2013 | Colofornian Chronological Historical Recap: What makes 'Smithmas' 'Smithmas'? Every river has its banks. What is the channel forged -- the definition of the river -- that we've come to know as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' "Smithmas"? Every river has its tributaries; and when it comes to "Smithmas" it's the same. As the Mormons annually celebrate Joseph Smith, his birthday, his advent, the Mormon Church adoration and over-attentiveness to Joseph Smith has openly competed with the focus Jesus Christ receives. The result? This continual cresting onto the banks of "Smithmas" has flooded our nation. Its headwaters are multi-faceted:... “What should be different about a Mormon Christmas?” [Why Joseph Smith's birthday! Of course!] 12/23/2013 4:02:21 AM · by Colofornian · 157 replies Lds.org: New Era Magazine (official publication of the Lds Church) ^ | December 1976 | Helen K. Richards SNIP This special season has greater importance for the Latter-day Saints than for others because we not only observe the birthday of the Savior but also the birthday of our Prophet, Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith, the great Prophet chosen by our Heavenly Father to usher in the last dispensation, was born on December 23, 1805, just two days before December 25, which the world observes as the birthday of Jesus Christ. December 23 should be a day of great importance in every Latter-day Saint home, a day of remembering and honoring one of the great prophets of God, a day... ANSWER to FIRST DAY of Christmas Past [Origins of Mormonism's 'Smithmas': Dec. 23, 1894] 12/23/2013 3:59:54 AM · by Colofornian · 9 replies MormonHeritage.com ^ | Nov. 30, 2011 The FIRST DAY of Christmas Past was just too easy! Prophet Joseph Smith, was the ANSWER all did see! SNIP Joseph Smith, Jr. was born on December 23, 1805. His nephew, Joseph F. Smith, said of this fact – “in my judgment the next birthday celebration to that of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ should be that of Joseph Smith.” The following is parts of a talk Joseph F. Smith gave at a Memorial honoring the Prophet Joseph Smith’s Birthday held on December 23, 1894. That year marked the 50 year anniversary of his martyrdom. “I should like to... MormonTimes - Remember the Prophet Joseph Smith's birthday [Merry 'Smithmas' Morning!] 12/23/2013 3:58:37 AM · by Colofornian · 17 replies MormonChapbook.blogspot.com ^ | Dec. 20, 2009 | Ex-Mormon Mike Tea Is there anything that goes by the name “Christian” that has not been usurped, abominated, surpassed and eclipsed by that damnable heresy Mormonism! Let us not allow Christmas to draw our attention away from the great event of the ages – the birth of Joseph Smith. Let us not permit the events recounted in the gospels to distract us from the great events of the “Restoration”. God forbid that the annunciation of angels, the trembling wonder of shepherds and the reverence of wise men at the advent of God become flesh should eclipse the news of the “First Vision.” God... 'SmithEmphasisMas': Over-the-top renditions of Christmas themes applied to Joseph Smith [Vanity] 12/22/2013 8:21:46 AM · by Colofornian · 36 replies Colofornian | Dec. 22, 2013 | Colofornian Definition of SmithEmphasisMas? Over-the-top renditions of Christmas themes applied to Joseph Smith! The most obvious example was the BYU Joseph Smith Nativity scene in 2005 Joseph Smith Nativity [A Virtual 'Merry Smithmas' 'Greeting Card' circa 2005] Here are three additional examples of SmithEmphasisMas: DATE 'SMITHEMPHASISMAS' WHO SAID/PUBLISHED IT/LINK 2011 (Dec. 18) (1) Headline by church-owned newspaper mentions "co-celebrants'" December birthdays: Joseph Smith gets same billing as Jesus Christ: Deseret News (owned by the Mormon Church): Two December Births to celebrate: Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith; (2) The article starts off so that you would think the writer is talking about... Joseph Smith 'gave us everything' & XMAS vs. LMOS (Local Manifestations of 'Smithmas') [Vanity] 12/22/2013 7:55:11 AM · by Colofornian · 125 replies Colofornian | Dec. 22, 2013 | Colofornian It’s three days to Christmas, 2008. And the Mormon Church-owned Deseret News is at it yet once again: ”In 1844, there were approximately 26,000 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Yet, when W.W. Phelps penned a song of tribute to his beloved, fallen Prophet, he promised that ‘millions shall know Brother Joseph again’” [My note: The ‘song of tribute’ is an actual praise song directed TO Joseph Smith, ‘Praise to the Man’...for more on this, see Mormon Tabernacle Choir conductor: 'Praise to the Man'...hymn praises Joseph Smith [Smithmas vanity]] The DesNews article continues: "...Now known not... 'Twas the Night Before Smithmas! [WalterMartin.com] 12/21/2013 9:31:50 AM · by Colofornian · 20 replies WalterMartin.com ^ | Dec. 16, 2013 | Apologette 'Twas the night before Smithmas, and all through the temple, Not a cumelon was creeping, or a tapir, (for ex-emple!) The garments were hung out to dry in the air, But fortunately for us, we have two extra pairs. The children were stashed at Gramma's homestead, While Mom and Pop got dunked once again for the dead! And Mom in her veil, and I in my old bakers' cap, Had just about finished another endowment wrap! When beyond the temple grounds I heard a big clatter Even sprang from my seat to see about the chatter; To the pentagram window... What a Liturgical Order of Smithmas Sacrament Meeting Might look like! [Vanity, Part B] 12/21/2013 7:45:24 AM · by Colofornian · 10 replies Colofornian | Dec. 21, 2013 | Colofornian If you were ever to receive a liturgical Order of Smithmas Sacrament Meeting devoted to Joseph Smith, here's what it might look like! Part B of Double Posting: 'Answers' to the 26-Question Quiz from Part A {Note: This is part B of How would YOU score on this 26-question quiz about 'Smithmas?' [Vanity, Part A]} What makes this part B? Well, the "answers" to the 26-question quiz of part A weren't included there. Want to see how you scored in that Part A Quiz? [If you haven't yet taken the Quiz, go HERE before continuing to read this piece...Then come... How would YOU score on this 26-question quiz about 'Smithmas?' [Vanity, Part A] 12/21/2013 7:44:53 AM · by Colofornian · 49 replies Colofornian | Dec. 21, 2013 | Colofornian The literal simplest meaning of "Christmas" = Christ as the "Sent One." The Mormon Church stresses Joseph Smith as key "Sent One": 1862 (July 13) [Quote republished by church in 1925] Brigham Young: "I have taught for thirty years, and still teach, that he that believeth in his heart and confesseth with his mouth that Jesus is the Christ and that Joseph Smith is his Prophet to this generation, is of God; and he that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and SENT Joseph Smith with the fulness of the Gospel to this generation, is not of... Mormon Tabernacle Choir conductor: 'Praise to the Man'...hymn praises Joseph Smith [Smithmas vanity] 12/18/2013 4:43:30 PM · by Colofornian · 24 replies Colofornian | Dec. 18, 2013 | Colofornian Almost half of the 164-year existence of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has been led by three men who served as director-conductors of the choir for 73 of those years. One of those men, the 3rd-ranked director-conductor (in terms of longevity), was J. Spencer Cornwall -- a veteran of leading the choir for 22 years (1935-1957). [The two who served longer were Evan Stephens, 26 years; and Jerold Don Ottley, 25 years...see List of Mormon Tabernacle Choir music directors). Still in good standing with the church, the Mormon Church even brought Cornwall back for the 1979 tabernacle reunion event. There --... Joseph Smith Nativity [A Virtual 'Merry Smithmas' 'Greeting Card' circa 2005] 12/17/2013 3:14:49 PM · by Colofornian · 11 replies www.Salamandersociety.com ^ [URL=http://s208.photobucket.com/user/gahamm_photos/media/mormon/moxmas.jpg.html][IMG]http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb254/gahamm_photos/mormon/moxmas.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Mormon MOxmasDecember 12, 2005 photo of the Joseph Smith nativity scene in the main lobby of the BYU administration building. The caption under Smith's image is enlarged in the upper right hand corner. In the crib is a doll representing baby Joseph Smith. 'First vision visitation' of LdsIsm trumps Jesus' incarnational visitation via Bethlehem [Vanity] 12/17/2013 10:12:02 AM · by Colofornian · 50 replies Colofornian | Dec. 17, 2013 | Colofornian 66 years ago today (Dec. 17, 1947), an Old Testament "scholar" for BYU gave the annual "Joseph Smith Memorial Fireside" message in Logan Utah at the Lds Institute for Religion. The Institute, geared to be a spiritual hub for Utah State University Mormon students, has grown from 114 students to it being perhaps the "second largest" LDS Institute of Religion in the world with over 7,000 students. See Perry honors 75 years of Logan InstituteThe Logan Institute has made a significant "contribution" to the Mormon celebration of "Smithmas" by developing "Joseph Smith Memorial firesides" that "began in 1944 and have... D&c 325 Test #2 [Merry 'SMITHMAS!' BYU class says Joseph Smith is both 'Rod' and 'Root' of Jesse] 12/16/2013 9:03:51 AM · by Colofornian · 22 replies Cram.com ^ | February 2012 | ucancallmeralph311 SNIP According to the student manual, who is the Rod and Root of Jesse?" "Joseph Smith" SNIP Race, Priesthood and Infallibility [Lds tries to explain away past doctrine as mere 'theories'] 12/10/2013 5:49:29 PM · by Colofornian · 45 replies DovesandSerpents.org ^ | Dec. 9, 2013 | Brent The church has put up a couple interesting...topic pages recently on LDS.org... Today, the Church disavows the theories advanced in the past...Funny, I don’t see the word “theory” used here: ...(2 Nephi 5:21). ...“theory” wasn’t used in this statement on the “negro question”: The position of the Church regarding the Negro may be understood when another doctrine of the Church is kept in mind, namely, that the conduct of spirits in the premortal existence has some determining effect upon the conditions and circumstances under which these spirits take on mortality (Statement by the First Presidency, August 17, 1949). Joseph Fielding... Race and the Priesthood [Lds Church attempts to explain its past racist prophets and policies] 12/10/2013 5:21:52 AM · by Colofornian · 61 replies Lds Church ^ | Dec. 9, 2013 ...Latter-day Saint scripture and teachings affirm that God loves all of His children and makes salvation available to all. God created the many diverse races and ethnicities and esteems them all equally... ...for much of its history—from the mid-1800s until 1978—the Church did not ordain men of black African descent to its priesthood or allow black men or women to participate in temple endowment or sealing ordinances. SNIP In 1852, President Brigham Young publicly announced that men of black African descent could no longer be ordained to the priesthood, though thereafter blacks continued to join the Church through baptism and... Compassion at center of meeting on anti-discrimination legislation[Lds state sen. 'hero to gay UT'] 12/4/2013 11:29:29 AM · by Colofornian · 7 replies BYU Universe ^ | Nov. 26, 2013 | Lucy Schouten http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipatGHIF4Z0&feature=youtu.beA group of neighbors and concerned citizens gathered in a home in east Provo Nov. 22 to discuss concerns about proposed anti-discrimination legislation, the so-called “Bathroom bill.” The citizens oppose the bill, which they believe infringes on their “First Amendment rights” to free exercise of religion by imposing a “sexual rights” mentality on the state of Utah. Many were parents and grandparents who said the bill, if passed, would infringe on children’s safety at school and right to privacy. Utah Sen. Steve Urquhart, a Republican, is sponsoring the bill, which adds onto existing non-discrimination legislation. A law passed in 2009... In Youth’s Violent Game of “Knockout,” There Are No Winners ['linked mostly to young black men'] 11/26/2013 8:22:15 PM · by Colofornian · 13 replies BlackAmericaWeb.com ^ | Nov. 18, 2013 | Michael H. Cottman It’s called the “Knockout Game,” a violent and deadly amusement for teenagers who identify an unsuspecting victim and deliver a cold-hearted sucker punch that is so forceful, it renders the person unconscious. As a black man, I am horrified, saddened and angry. Police say this deeply troubling trend that so far seems to be linked mostly to young black men is spreading to many cities including Washington, D.C., Chicago, New York, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh. During the game, the young men take turns until one of them knocks the victim unconscious. There have been at least three reported deaths within... Knockout Game: Are Perpetrators Mostly Black People? And How Far Does it Go Back? 11/26/2013 8:09:11 PM · by Colofornian · 41 replies TheEpochTimes.com ^ | Nov. 25, 2013 | Zachary Stieber The “knockout game” or variations of the disturbing trend goes back to at least 1992, research by Epoch Times shows. The investigation included exploring claims on conservative blogs and media outlets regarding black on white racism, or that blacks are mostly perpetrating the vicious game and white people are the victims. Epoch Times analyzed 37 incidents that span from September 18, 1992 through November 24, 2013 using news reports and information from local governments. The analysis shows that the knockout game—where people try to knockout a random person with one punch—stretches back much further and was more widespread than previously... Challenging the Culture of Death [Partial corporate boycott list re: givers to Planned Parenthood] 11/26/2013 7:34:59 PM · by Colofornian · 2 replies Life Decisions International ^ Life Decisions International (LDI) brings together many of North America's leading experts for its primary mission of challenging the radical agenda of Planned Parenthood worldwide. SNIP LIFE DECISIONS INTERNATIONAL HAS BEEN FAITHFULLY SERVING THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS (AND WE PRAY THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS). Corporate Funding Project (CPF) Join The Boycott!Help fight Planned Parenthood by refusing to do business with corporations that fund its deadly agenda. Did you know that the following corporations are boycott targets? Pernod Ricard (alcoholic beverages, including Absolute, Ballantine's, Beefeater, Bancott Estate, Campo Viejo, Chivas Regal, G.H.... Woman fleeing from police kills pedestrian [San Antonio] 11/26/2013 6:30:33 PM · by Colofornian · 18 replies SanAntonio.com ^ | Nov. 25, 2013 | Drew Joseph SAN ANTONIO — A motorist fleeing after being stopped by police struck and killed a pedestrian on the city's South Side Monday afternoon, police said. The motorist, Roxanne Campa, 31, was pulled over Monday around 5 p.m. for a traffic violation. The officer who pulled her over returned to the patrol car and found she had provided a false name. When the officer went back to talk to Campa, she took off in her vehicle, police said. Near the intersection of South Hackberry Street and Fair Avenue, Campa allegedly lost control of her car, jumped a curb and hit a... Sheriff: Dad knocks teen out after son hurt in football game [White perp: Knockout over game] 11/26/2013 5:45:30 PM · by Colofornian · 111 replies Katu.com ^ | Nov. 25, 2013 | KPIC staff LAKESIDE, Ore. -- A Lakeside man knocked a 13-year-old boy unconscious after his son was elbowed in the face playing football, the Coos County Sheriff's Office said. Back in late October, the man's 10-year-old son was playing football with a group of kids at the city park when he was elbowed in the face during a play. That child went home and told his father, who the Sheriff's office identified as Mark Andrew Colton, 34, of Lakeside. Deputies said Colton went to the field and demanded to know who had hit his son. That's when deputies said a 13-year-old who... Almost 80 million with employer health care plans could have coverage canceled, experts predict 11/26/2013 5:04:48 AM · by Colofornian · 38 replies FoxNews.com ^ | Nov. 26, 2013 | Jim Angle Almost 80 million people with employer health plans could find their coverage canceled because they are not compliant with ObamaCare, several experts predicted. Their losses would be in addition to the millions who found their individual coverage cancelled for the same reason. Stan Veuger of the American Enterprise Institute said that in addition to the individual cancellations, "at least half the people on employer plans would by 2014 start losing plans as well." There are approximately 157 million employer health care policy holders. Avik Roy of the Manhattan Institute added, "the administration estimated that approximately 78 million Americans with employer... Ex-Mormon bishop pleads guilty in sexual assaults of two teens 11/26/2013 4:48:42 AM · by Colofornian · 12 replies LA Times ^ | Nov. 14, 2013 | Rick Rojas A former Mormon bishop in Riverside County is expected to serve three years in prison for sexually assaulting two teenage girls who attended a Menifee church, prosecutors said. Todd Mitchell Edwards, 49, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts related to the assault of the teens, ages 16 and 18, as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Riverside County district attorney's office. The counts were sexual battery and sexual penetration with a foreign object. In addition to the prison time, Edwards will also have to register as a lifetime sex offender as part... With Love and Charity to All [Mormonism's 'Catholic-bashing'; BYU plays Notre Dame today!] 11/23/2013 8:42:02 AM · by Colofornian · 70 replies Mormon Coffee (Mormonism Research Ministry) ^ | April 13, 2007 | Sharon Lindbloom Following the distribution of the Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith DVD last month, there have been many conversations and opinions published online regarding the Christian outreach effort. One exchange took place on the Salt Lake Tribune’s public forum. A Catholic woman, who believes in “love and charity to all” wrote to express her dismay over the DVD distribution, ending her letter with a kind hope that Latter-day Saints had been able to enjoy their Church’s General Conference despite the “sport” engaged in by “anti-Mormons.” Perhaps this was not the most charitable and loving letter “to all” in consideration of the nature of... Jury finds Utah doctor guilty in wife's death in bathtub 11/9/2013 9:52:57 AM · by Colofornian · 92 replies AP/FoxNews.com ^ | Nov. 9, 2013
PROVO, UTAH – A jury convicted a doctor of murder early Saturday in the death of his wife six years ago, bringing an end to a trial that became the nation's latest true-crime cable TV obsession with its tales of plastic surgery and philandering, betrayal and family feuding, jailhouse snitches and a courtroom prop: a jetted bathtub. Feelings of failure common among early-return missionaries, study says [Mormon mishies] 11/7/2013 4:58:58 AM · by Colofornian · 55 replies KSL.com ^ | Nov. 5, 2013 | Celeste Tholen Rosenlof OREM — Missionaries who return early from their service need additional help from ward members and clinical professionals to cope, a new study says. Kris Doty, Ph.D, chair of the Department of Behavioral Science at Utah Valley University and a clinical therapist, led a team of students in studying the effects of a missionary’s early return on their faith and lives. Doty found that 74 percent of participants had feelings of failure and 65 percent were uncomfortable in social settings due to early release... The 348 study participants were males and females, ages 20-29, who returned early from the mission... Utah Scout leaders face backlash after incident in Goblin Valley State Park (Updated) 11/7/2013 4:33:58 AM · by Colofornian · 63 replies BYU Universe ^ | Oct. 29, 2013 | Dylan Ellsworth Two Utah Boy Scout leaders are facing significant backlash after posting a video online of the men tipping over a nearly 200-million-year-old rock formation in Goblin Valley State Park. Glenn Taylor and David Hall, from Highland, Utah, have now been removed from the Boy Scouts of America. An investigation is underway to determine whether the men will face felony charges. SNIP ...leadership of the Utah National Parks Council, the Boy Scouts’ local chapter, consulted with leadership of the chartering organization for the men’s unit — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — including ward and stake leaders, according... Lawsuit filed against church for coverup of sex abuse [Lds church accused of cover-up] 11/7/2013 4:15:46 AM · by Colofornian · 26 replies Journal-News.Net (Martinsburg, WV) ^ | Oct. 25, 2013 | Edward Marshall MARTINSBURG - A lawsuit filed in Berkeley County against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, otherwise known as the Mormon Church, and local church officials accuses church leaders of covering up allegations that the son of local church officials sexually abused 12 children over the course of more than five years. Christopher Michael Jensen, 22, of Cheswick Drive, Martinsburg, was found guilty of one count of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of sexual abuse by a custodian Feb. 6 following a jury trial in Berkeley County Circuit Court. The criminal charges involved only two of the 12... Mormons Being Proselyted [Sister Wives reality TV show depicts 'double standard' 'tude among Lds] 11/4/2013 4:05:42 PM · by Colofornian · 29 replies WheatAndTares.org ^ | Nov. 4, 2013 | Mormon Heretic Mormons are known for proselytizing other faiths, rather than being the subject of being proselyted. I hadn’t considered why Protestants get upset at Mormon missionaries, or even why Mormons get so upset when evangelicals try to proselyte during General Conference weekend. I also hadn’t considered Mormons proselyting or getting upset as being a double standard. There was an interesting exchange in Season 3 of Sister Wives. (I know that there are at least 6 seasons, but I don’t have cable and have refused to pay for episodes when I have Netflix already. Netflix has recently added season 3, so I... Earning Your Scooby Snack [The OTHER World Series: The Paranormal in Salt Lake City] 10/31/2013 5:07:48 PM · by Colofornian · 4 replies WBCruise.blogspot.com ^ | September, 2010 | Darin Ghosts. The disembodied spirits of the dead. The inexplicable intelligence that animates living tissue and continues to exist after hearts shutdown and organs cease. Do they walk the earth? Are they real? As a kid I thought so. Now? I don't know really. Little did I know one day I was going to find myself in ghost central - a crossroad in the realm of the living dead. In 2004 I was working at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center (SLRMC) in downtown Salt Lake City. My office was on the fifth and top floor in an office building on the... A haunted house in Salt Lake City? McCune Mansion [The OTHER World Series] 10/31/2013 5:00:19 PM · by Colofornian · 10 replies Examiner.com ^ | Aug. 6, 2009 | Steven Symes (Salt Lake City Paranormal) 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 Haunting of a Mormon Missionary in Ecuador [The OTHER World Series] 10/31/2013 10:20:30 AM · by Colofornian · 24 replies TrueGhostTales.com ^ | July 8, 2010 | Geoff In 2001 I was serving a Mormon mission in Guayaquil, Ecuador. As you might know, missionaries are paired up in twos and are called companionships. My particular companion at this time was a young guy from Chile. We lived in a little two level home made of cinder blocks and cement just on the outskirts of a small town near Guayaquil. We lived on the lower level. My companion had lived in this home for a couple of months before I moved in, and at this time, I had moved in 2 months prior. As you may know, missionaries have... Sidney Rigdon, Occultist and Leader of the Smith "restoration" [Ex-Mormon leader channeler] 10/31/2013 10:14:03 AM · by Colofornian · 20 replies CARM.org ^ | Nov. 23, 2012 | Catherine Aurelia As most know, I truly believe in Sidney Rigdon's participation in the creation of the Book of Mormon. But, what I'd really like to touch on is the character of Rigdon. His own grandson said he was a religious "crank," and I'd agree. He went from one group to another (Baptist to Campbellite) seeking someone who would promote his personal beliefs, and when he found Joe Smith he thought he had an answer to his long quest. Sidney Rigdon, however, was an occultist, someone who practices magical arts which are forbidden in the Scripture. We all know that "spiritism" or... Mormonism and Visitations from the Dead [The OTHER World Series: Paranormal encouraged by church] 10/31/2013 10:03:40 AM · by Colofornian · 14 replies Mormon Coffee (Mormonism Research Ministry) ^ | Aug. 16, 2012 | Sharon Lindbloom People who have died are very important to members of the Mormon Church. The dead are a very important aspect of the Mormon gospel. The sixth President of the Church, Joseph F. Smith, taught, “We will not finish our work until we have saved ourselves, and then not until we shall have saved all depending upon us; for we are to become saviors upon Mount Zion, as well as Christ. We are called to this mission. The dead are not perfect without us, neither are we without them [see D&C 128:18]. We have a mission to perform for and in... 19th century occultic Mormon phenomena: Paranormal intermingling, demonic possession [Vanity] 10/31/2013 9:56:18 AM · by Colofornian · 47 replies Colofornian | Oct. 31, 2013 | Colofornian Latayne Colvett Scott wrote about her experiences in being "proxy baptized" on behalf of the dead when she was a Mormon teen. And even though the process is quite mechanical, activity at Mormon temples can range greatly from the mechanical to the mystical, where, Scott wrote: "This sort of mechanical processing of proxies goes on daily in the...temples around the world. Literally millions of dead persons have had proxy baptisms done for them in this assembly-line fashion...the righteous dead can intermingle with and teach those who have not received the Gospel in mortal life." (Latayne Colvett Scott, The Mormon Mirage:... Haunted Ground: Journeys through a Paranormal America [Joseph Smith's magic dowser worldviews] 10/30/2013 5:52:53 AM · by Colofornian · 6 replies Google.com ^ | 2013 | Darryl V. Caterine ...Former LDS historian D. Michael Quinn...Quinn's meticulous research, enriched by his access to LDS historical archives, paints a very different picture of Joseph Smith than that recounted by church elders. According to Quinn, Smith was a man deeply influenced by the Renaissance "magic worldview" imported from Europe and kept alive in America through the folkways of British and German immigrants. Quinn, who has since been excommunicated from the LDS, argued that the legend of the discovery of the golden plates reflected the practices and lore of early American dowsers. Had he, rather than Elder Mitchell, escorted me through the visitors'... The Paranormal Basis of Mormonism [The OTHER World Series] 10/30/2013 5:23:28 AM · by Colofornian · 7 replies BYU.edu ^ | February 1969 | Marcus Bach SEVERAL YEARS ago the Sons of the Pioneers, a Mormon fraternal organization permitted me to accompany them as the only nonmormon on a re-enactment of the original mormon trek from Nauvoo, Ill. to Salt Lake City. Our seven day trip was made in simulated Conestoga wagons, modern cars rigged up with rounded canvas tops and life-sized oxen carved out of plywood firmly clamped on each side of the hood. We followed the original Mormon trail which led over prairie roads and mountain passes -- 1600 miles over which the intrepid pioneers had trudged on foot, pushing their two-wheeled handcarts, defying... Mormonism, Goose Bumps and the Great Falling Away [Lds chase the supernatural above its God] 10/30/2013 5:02:50 AM · by Colofornian · 10 replies JenniferLeClaire.org ^ | Sept. 21, 2012 | Jennifer LeClaire I was once married to a bona fide, white-shirt-and-tie, bike-riding, garment-wearing Mormon missionary. And not just any Mormon missionary—a master soul-winner for this Christianesque cult. Of course, I had no idea when I met him that he was even a Mormon. All I knew was he had just returned from a two-year mission to Europe, he never said an unkind word about anybody and he had a sweet heart. He seemed righteous enough—more righteous than me. But I wasn’t born-again and I didn’t know the difference between a false religion that incorporated Jesus into the mix and true Christianity. My... 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