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Mormon church-owned company buys huge swath of Florida land
Orlando Sentinel ^ | November 7, 2013 | Kevin Spear

Posted on 11/08/2013 11:51:18 AM PST by greyfoxx39

Edited on 11/08/2013 11:53:11 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

The Mormon church stands to own nearly 2 percent of Florida by completing a deal to buy most of the real estate of the St. Joe Co. for more than a half-billion dollars.

The megapurchase was announced jointly Thursday by a corporate representative of church, which owns the nearly 295,000-acre Deseret Ranches in Central Florida, and by the real-estate and timber business, which has built several communities along the Panhandle coast.


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To: 3Fingas
You or I may disagree with someone’s faith, but it is not for us to judge them.

True; judging THEM is not what is being done here.

Judging the things their chosen religion teaches and believes, however, is.

Notice that NO Mormon has been able to DEFEND their faith; only moaning and whining about me and others EXPOSING their dirty laundry?

201 posted on 11/09/2013 2:57:06 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: 3Fingas
Muslims would probably object to Mormonism ...

From the reply just above, you can SEE that the inverse is not necessarily equal...

202 posted on 11/09/2013 2:58:20 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: 3Fingas
I see most Mormons as conducting themselves in a positive way, even if I think their theology is wrong in my eyes.

It is NOT 'wrong' according to MY eyes; but according to the very clear teaching found in the Bible.


Here is a example of Joseph Smith's "translation" of the King James Version; known among MORMONs as the JST:


 
See some differences between GOD's Word and the Joseph Smith's 'translation'
 
 


Color coding explanation:
 
Added stuff... Changed stuff... Rearranged stuff... Removed stuff... 
 *(UNDERLINED stuff is the DISTRACTING reference on every tenth word or so that infuses LDS 'scripture' online.)

 
 
 
 

JOSEPH SMITH—MATTHEW
An extract from the translation of the Bible as revealed to Joseph Smith the Prophet in 1831: Matthew 23: 39 and chapter 24.
Jesus foretells the impending destruction of Jerusalem—He also discourses on the second coming of the Son of Man, and the destruction of the wicked.
1 aFor I say unto you, that ye shall not see me henceforth and know that I am he of whom it is written by the prophets, until ye shall say: Blessed is he who bcometh in the name of the Lord, in the clouds of heaven, and all the holy angels with him. Then understood his disciples that he should come again on the earth, after that he was glorified and ccrowned on the right hand of God.
2 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple; and his disciples came to him, for to ahear him, saying: Master, show us concerning the buildings of the temple, as thou hast said—They shall be thrown down, and left unto you desolate.
3 And Jesus said unto them: See ye not all these things, and do ye not understand them? Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left here, upon this temple, one astone upon another that shall not be thrown down.
4 And Jesus left them, and went upon the Mount of Olives. And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be which thou hast said concerning the destruction of the temple, and the Jews; and what is the asign of thy bcoming, and of the cend of the world, or the destruction of the dwicked, which is the end of the world?
5 And Jesus answered, and said unto them: Take heed that no man deceive you;
6 For many shall come in my name, saying—I am aChrist—and shall deceive many;
7 Then shall they deliver you up to be aafflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shall be bhated of all nations, for my name’s sake;
8 And then shall many be aoffended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another;
9 And many afalse prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many;
10 And because iniquity shall abound, the alove of many shall wax cold;
11 But he that remaineth asteadfast and is not overcome, the same shall be saved.
12 When you, therefore, shall see the aabomination of bdesolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, concerning the destruction of cJerusalem, then you shall stand in the dholy place; whoso readeth let him understand.
13 Then let them who are in Judea flee into the amountains;
14 Let him who is on the housetop flee, and not return to take anything out of his house;
15 Neither let him who is in the field return back to take his clothes;
16 And wo unto them that are with achild, and unto them that give suck in those days;
17 Therefore, pray ye the Lord that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day;
18 For then, in those days, shall be great atribulation on the bJews, and upon the inhabitants of cJerusalem, such as was not before sent upon Israel, of God, since the beginning of their kingdom until this time; no, nor ever shall be sent again upon Israel.
19 All things which have befallen them are only the beginning of the sorrows which shall come upon them.
20 And except those days should be shortened, there should none of their flesh be asaved; but for the elect’s sake, according to the bcovenant, those days shall be shortened.
21 Behold, these things I have spoken unto you concerning the Jews; and again, after the tribulation of those days which shall come upon Jerusalem, if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there, believe him not;
22 For in those days there shall also arise false aChrists, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch, that, if possible, they shall deceive the very elect, who are the elect according to the covenant.
23 Behold, I speak these things unto you for the aelect’s sake; and you also shall hear of bwars, and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled, for all I have told you must come to pass; but the end is not yet.
24 Behold, I have told you before;
25 Wherefore, if they shall say unto you: Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: Behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not;
26 For as the light of the morning cometh out of the aeast, and shineth even unto the west, and covereth the whole earth, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.
27 And now I show unto you a parable. Behold, wheresoever the acarcass is, there will the eagles be bgathered together; so likewise shall mine elect be gathered from the four quarters of the earth.
28 And they shall hear of wars, and rumors of wars.
29 Behold I speak for mine elect’s sake; for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be afamines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
30 And again, because iniquity shall abound, the love of men shall wax acold; but he that shall not be overcome, the same shall be saved.
31 And again, this aGospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto all bnations, and then shall the end come, or the destruction of the wicked;
32 And again shall the aabomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, be fulfilled.
33 And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the asun shall be bdarkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the cstars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
34 Verily, I say unto you, this ageneration, in which these things shall be shown forth, shall not pass away until all I have told you shall be fulfilled.
35 Although, the days will come, that heaven and earth shall pass away; yet my awords shall not pass away, but all shall be fulfilled.
36 And, as I said before, after the atribulation of those days, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth bmourn; and they shall see the cSon of Man dcoming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory;
37 And whoso atreasureth up my word, shall not be deceived, for the Son of Man shall bcome, and he shall send his cangels before him with the great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together the dremainder of his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
38 Now learn a parable of the afig-tree—When its branches are yet tender, and it begins to put forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh at hand;
39 So likewise, mine elect, when they shall see all these things, they shall know that he is near, even at the doors;
40 But of that day, and hour, no one aknoweth; no, not the angels of God in heaven, but my Father only.
41 But as it was in the days of aNoah, so it shall be also at the coming of the Son of Man;
42 For it shall be with them, as it was in the days which were before the aflood; for until the day that Noah entered into the ark they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage;
43 And aknew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.
44 Then shall be fulfilled that which is written, that in the alast days, two shall be in the field, the one shall be taken, and the other bleft;
45 Two shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken, and the other left;
46 And what I say unto one, I say unto all men; awatch, therefore, for you know not at what hour your Lord doth come.
47 But know this, if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to have been broken up, but would have been ready.
48 Therefore be ye also aready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.
49 Who, then, is a afaithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
50 Blessed is that aservant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing; and verily I say unto you, he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
51 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord adelayeth his coming,
52 And shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken,
53 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
54 And shall cut him asunder, and shall appoint him his portion with the hypocrites; there shall be weeping and agnashing of teeth.
55 And thus cometh the aend of the wicked, according to the prophecy of Moses, saying: They shall be cut off from among the people; but the end of the earth is not yet, but by and by.

KJV Matthew 23:38-39 24:1-51
39. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

1. And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3. And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4. And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8. All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15. When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16. Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17. Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18. Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20. But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21. For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25. Behold, I have told you before.
26. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32. Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33. So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39. And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46. Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49. And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50. The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51. And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
King James Version of the Holy Bible
Public domain

203 posted on 11/09/2013 3:01:33 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: hadaclueonce
It is pick on Mormon Day. I did not get the memo. Muslims still get a pass. Time to pile on Mormons!


How do you bully a 6-foot-5-inch, 312-pound man?

204 posted on 11/09/2013 3:03:31 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Jean S
Some Freepers have a pathological obsession with Mormons.

I see YOUR memo is also still being acted upon...



Office of First President & Living Prophet®:

April 21st, 2012

URGENT!

Fellow MORMON Freeper Christians!!
 
Hot diggity dog; our boy has MADE it!!
Now beware; for the media is gonna be on us like... well; you know the saying.

I've been getting lots of feedback from those of you on Free Republic (spit) about a certain ELSIE (or something like that), who is REALLY giving us a hard time there!
 
Why not try to point out to the uninformed how OBSESSED he seems to be.
 
Let's see if we can tangle him up so much trying to defend his reputation
that he'll no longer have as much time to post facts about MORMONism.
 
As always, Tommy M.  
 
(Keep pressing that we are CHRISTIAN and avoid anything MORMON like the DEVIL!!)

205 posted on 11/09/2013 3:04:49 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: mountainfolk
Observation for months of the repetitious postings by a group of like minded anti Mormon posters...

Your observing skills seem to miss that MormonISM is being addressed in each posting; but the ones who CANNOT defend it ALWAYS try to swing the 'discussion' around to MORMON individuals being the ones picked on or their 'religious rights' are being trampled on or some such nonsense.


Ain't it WONDERFUL that a handful of Christians, using easily obtained bible knowledge, can effectively frustrate the great LDS Religious Organization?

206 posted on 11/09/2013 3:13:56 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: mountainfolk
Since you asked, I do not diagnose, nor can I know, the cause of an obvious, sustained, confrontational attack on the religious faith of a particular denomination by any particular person.

Speaking of particular people...

...You've Got to be Carefully Taught!


 
 
Professor Robert Millet        teaching at the Mission Prep Club in 2004  http://newsnet.byu.edu/video/18773/  <-- Complete and uneditted

 
 
Timeline...    Subject...
 
0:59           "Anti-Mormons..."
1:16           "ATTACK the faith you have..."
2:02           "We really aren't obligated to answer everyone's questions..."
3:57           "You already know MORE about God and Christ and the plan of salvation than any who would ATTACK you."


207 posted on 11/09/2013 3:15:55 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: flaglady47
Are you a Muzzie lover?

How could you POSSIBLY get ME confused with Joseph Smith, Junior???

208 posted on 11/09/2013 3:17:25 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
How could you POSSIBLY get ME confused with Joseph Smith, Junior???

#198

209 posted on 11/09/2013 3:18:40 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

...You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYlHI8Ghkg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkUnyXkT5FQ


210 posted on 11/09/2013 3:27:59 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
Don't change the subject. The subject was declaring a fatwa on the poster of #165, because he expressed a 1st Amendment point-of-view, not your 1st Amendment right to do so.
211 posted on 11/09/2013 4:32:12 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Vigilanteman

It’s a shame that Jim allows these people to come on here and spew this kind of hateful garbage. They are an embarrassment to FR. The anti Mormon crap and the anti Catholic crap are why I cancelled my monthly donation. I still give some, but hesitate every time I see a thread like this.


212 posted on 11/09/2013 8:54:58 AM PST by pgkdan
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To: pgkdan
You aren't the only one. Same category as racism, IMHO.

OTOH, they show the world who they really are . . . which is good. Imagine anybody saying that [fill in the name of almost any other group] aren't really people and then skating!

Its nice to let them out themselves but, as you say, it reflects poorly on FR.

213 posted on 11/09/2013 9:17:51 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Elsie; 3Fingas; All
Would you object if I said I was Jewish? [3fingas]

Elsie:

Only if you THEN claimed that YOUR little group was the ONLY Jews, and all of the others are bogus. THAT, my FRiend, is exactly what MORMONism claims: that all OF Christianity (EXCEPT THEM) is apostate and hellbound. {Haven't you been READING the material provided here; directly from MORMON sources?}

Excellent response, Elz Heck; the big bullies in SLC won't even let OTHER 'believers in the book of MORMON' be called "Mormon"!

214 posted on 11/09/2013 9:34:43 AM PST by Colofornian
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To: Elsie; mountainfolk; greyfoxx39; All
Ain't it WONDERFUL that a handful of Christians, using easily obtained bible knowledge, can effectively frustrate the great LDS Religious Organization?

And, Elz, Ain't it WONDERFUL that a handful of Christians, using easily obtained bible knowledge, can effectively frustrate the great LDS Religious Organization that owns 2% of Florida?

Pick any infinitesimal fraction, and it'd be safe to say that describes most, if not all of the Inmans' land-ownership rights in Florida!

215 posted on 11/09/2013 9:37:51 AM PST by Colofornian
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To: pgkdan; Vigilanteman; Jean S; RFEngineer; 2ndDivisionVet; flaglady47; truth_seeker; hoosierary; ...
It’s a shame that Jim allows these people to come on here and spew this kind of hateful garbage. They are an embarrassment to FR.

"The sign on the door says Free Republic is a God, Country, Family, Life & Liberty site. And we seek to attract like-minded individuals. Those who campaign against us on our deeply-held traditional Christian conservative views are not like-minded and therefore not welcome.

God” referring to the one true Judeo-Christian God of the bible.

You are not my enemy. But those who wish to preach some other gospel other than the true Word of God as recorded in the KJV Christian bible will not be allowed to do so UNCHALLENGED on FR. I will not forbid our Christian members from challenging the words of Joseph Smith & Co.

Thus no LDS caucus protection. That’s just the way it is. Take it or leave it."

From a mormon-posted article entitled "The Condescension of Jesus Christ Post 146

216 posted on 11/09/2013 10:22:50 AM PST by greyfoxx39 (We can thank Mitt Romney for the present situation in our country. His feet are made of clay.)
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To: greyfoxx39; pgkdan; All

(And so, it’s pgkdan who’s all out of whack with the intentions of this site)


217 posted on 11/09/2013 10:25:16 AM PST by Colofornian
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To: 1rudeboy
Don't change the subject.

O...

K...

218 posted on 11/09/2013 10:26:13 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: pgkdan
It’s a shame that Jim allows these people to come on here and spew this kind of hateful garbage.

It’s a shame that Jim allows these people ...

Why not start your OWN web site and censor them!

219 posted on 11/09/2013 10:27:15 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: greyfoxx39

You’ve convinced me. No more Mormon-owned potato farms!


220 posted on 11/09/2013 10:27:22 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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