To: webheart; greyfoxx39
Here's the gist of the article, which draws heavily on the writings of
Daymon Smith, "Mormon antropologist":
- Churches should never incorporate, because it places the church under the authority of the civil government and not under God
- The LDS church (first) stopped being "under God" and sovereign in 1829, when Joseph Smith petitioned the state of New York for permission to form a church
- By 1880, Brigham Young and the apostles of the LDS Church had become distracted with managing the profit-making, monetary interests of the LDS church. Infighting among the apostles began. The "restored gospel" was no longer being preached or promoted by them.
- By 1887, the (unincorporated) LDS Church had grown so financially and politically powerful that it threatened the East Coast's "banking establishment"
- In 1887, under the influence of the banking establishment, the United States of America "dissolved" the LDS church legally, and seized all church assets. The LDS church ceased to exist. Ending polygamy was the "cover story" given to the public, but the real reason was ending LDS church control over western politics, economics, and resources
- By 1890, the LDS leaders "kissed and made up" with the Federal government to get their assets back
- The LDS leaders formed the LDS
church corporation in 1923 to protect their assets. All church assets would now (unlike before) be under the sole control and discretion of the LDS President/Prophet - Boyd K. Packer, the current LDS President/Prophet, is "obviously" "inherently evil".
17 posted on
11/30/2010 11:08:00 AM PST by
Alex Murphy
("Posting news feeds, making eyes bleed, he's hated on seven continents")
To: Alex Murphy
Boyd K. Packer, the current LDS President/Prophet, is "obviously" "inherently evil". Monson is still Prez...Packer, I think is next in line but I'm not sure.
19 posted on
11/30/2010 11:18:15 AM PST by
greyfoxx39
("People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them." Eric Hoffer)
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