Mormon church-owned company buys huge swath of Florida land

Orlando Sentinel ^ | November 7, 2013 | Kevin Spear

[greyfoxx39]

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.

[CodeToad]

I saw a sign today, “I am who I am and your approval isn’t needed.”

[Elsie]

At least they would vote republican than socialist

[Elsie]

At least they would vote MORMON more than any other religion

[Elsie]

I get that Free Republic is your vehicle for punishing the Mormon church for your personal grievance against situations in your life.

Then you would be wrong in your thinking.

The founder of FR; a CHRISTIAN man; allows ALL viewpoints of religion presented here.

Until MORMONs abused that privledge in posting faux 'caucus' threads that backhandedly ATTACKED most folks beliefs, and complained when they fought back, you deceived folks enjoyed the FREEDOM of running your mouths.

Now you are reduced to whining about your loss (victim mentality) and bad mouthing us wonderful HATERS on FR.

[Elsie]

I am really very disgusted and annoyed that I am getting spammed by you and your co haters and request that you remove my name from your posting list.

Hey!

I can handle that request!

POOF!

you are NOT on my list.

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But, be warned; if you POST something on FR that rattles MY cage; I'll probably respond.

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MormonISM is a deceptive heresy.

[Elsie]

...every poster who is not anti Mormon into your wretchedness.

I suspect that you KNOW that 'mormons' do not get our wrath; but the damnable heresy they espouse: MormonISM.

[Elsie]

... you KNOW that 'mormons' do not get our wrath; but speaking of wrath...

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 132

51–57, Emma Smith is counseled (commanded) to be faithful and true; 58–66, Laws governing the plurality of wives are set forth.

 

51 Verily, I say unto you: A commandment I give unto mine handmaid, Emma Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you, that she stay herself and partake not of that which I commanded you to offer unto her; for I did it, saith the Lord, to ^aprove you all, as I did Abraham, and that I might require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice.

52 And let mine handmaid, Emma Smith, ^areceive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me; and those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be destroyed, saith the Lord God.

53 For I am the Lord thy God, and ye shall obey my voice; and I give unto my servant Joseph that he shall be made ruler over many things; for he hath been ^afaithful over a few things, and from henceforth I will strengthen him.

54 And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and ^acleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be ^bdestroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.

55 But if she will not abide this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him and multiply him and give unto him an ^ahundredfold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of ^beternal lives in the eternal worlds.

56 And again, verily I say, let mine handmaid ^aforgive my servant Joseph his trespasses; and then shall she be forgiven her trespasses, wherein she has trespassed against me; and I, the Lord thy God, will bless her, and multiply her, and make her heart to ^brejoice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Whatever HAPPENED to Emma???

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Eliza was a devout Mormon.

 

At age 38, she became Joseph Smith's 14th plural wife (in addition to Smith's lawful wife, Emma).

 

In 1842, after learning Eliza was pregnant, Emma Smith beat Eliza with a broomstick and

knocked her down a flight of stairs, causing Eliza to miscarry Smith's baby.

Wow!!

 

I guess ol' Emma got VAPORIZED by GOD!!!

 

We know that multiply him thing sure didn't work out!          

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Real weird that faith in the actual Christ is not cited as a factor that matters. But that would throw off a lot of religious folks.

[Elsie]

... butspeaking of wrath...

Mormonism is FULL of it!

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"Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives, and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned;

and I will go still further and say, take this revelation, or any other revelation that the Lord has given,

and deny it in your feelings, and I promise that you will be damned.

Brigham Young - JoD 3:266 (July 14, 1855)

[HiTech RedNeck]

Polygamy is fun fun fun isn’t it.

[Elsie]

I saw a sign today, “I am who I am and your approval isn’t needed.”

[HiTech RedNeck]

In fact so full of wrath that it’s extra tempting to answer it in the same manner.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Approved BY God. You aren’t being approved BY God when you are full of yourself.

[mountainfolk]

Sick. Sick. Sick.

Stop spamming me. Get help.

[Elsie]

Not the way I did it! (Serial, instead of parallel)

[Elsie]

Stop spamming me. Get help.

[Elsie]

Stop spamming me.

Evidently you failed to read (or understand) #465.

[Guenevere]

I shoulda skimmed.....(like you said) and not replied :(

[Colofornian]

I saw a sign today, “I am who I am and your approval isn’t needed.”

Actually "I am who I am" is essentially what Jesus said...with "I AM" being the divine Name He was repeating from the Divine One who appeared to Moses 3:14.

So saying "I AM who I AM" is Messianic in origin.

So what? You're another "messiah?"

[mountainfolk]

Mr. Elsie, I am not your new best friend.

Stick with posting back and forth with your Mormon co-haters who enjoy the repartee. They and I will all be happy with that arrangement and you can be the center of attention all day long.