The level of class envy here is sickening. Instead of throwing rocks at us Mormons for daring to be successful, go back to your crumbling and poorly funded churches and ask your priest there why they don’t take a lesson from us on how to become financially independent.
Ok, so we should extort 10% of a member's income in exchange for fast track to godhood. Not report the total income to members - keep them in the dark. Then take BILLIONS and invest it in a blackhole of a project in down town SLC, still keeping membership in the dark on the use of their money. . . .
You mean if we take a page from the Mormon General Authority playbook and tell our people:
(a) If you don't tithe, you won't get a temple recommend;
(b) If you don't get a temple recommend, you won't be with your family forever...(yes, we as the Mormon church have certain wealthy "ghettos" in heaven where some get to live with their families and wives -- and others don't)
(c) If you don't get a temple recommend, you also won't be eligible to live with Heavenly Father forever
(d) And if you don't get a temple recommend, you won't become a god.
So your very eligibility as a god; you're being the elite less-than-1% who gets to live with Heavenly Father forever; your eternal marriage and eternal relationship with your family...why all that depends upon giving 10%.
Just think what the Mormon church can do with a demanded 10% -- holding all the above over the heads of their membership.
Is that the page you're suggesting the Christian church copy from the Mormon playbook and begin implementing that?
(No thanks)
...crumbling and poorly funded churches...
Oh, and one more thing. Our church is God-made -- the very flesh and blood of His creative hand. The Mormon church and temples are man made -- and will indeed crumble and at the last day, burn away.
Our church has been sustained by Jesus Christ Himself. We are His body. The New Testament Greek word for "church" is ecclesia. It means "called-out ONES." "Ones" are not brick-and-mortar like the man-made structures of Mormondom. Christ-Ones will be resurrected. The Mormon church will not be.
29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. (Jesus, John 5:29)
Sorry, Grig. "Damnation" is not a "degree of glory." And those who have claimed that Jesus failed in His Mission to keep His church alive are accusing Him firsthand. Mormons need to repent of this accusation, or regret that eternally!
MORMON
ATTITUDES OF SUPERIORITY
1. I’m Superior; I have a special gift of the holy Ghost -- you don’t!
2. I’m Superior; I have God’s true priesthood power -- you don’t! 3. I’m Superior; I can go in God’s secret Temple -- you can’t! 4. I’m Superior; I’ve been Endowed with special Gifts and Knowledge -- you’re just normal! 5. I’m Superior; I’ll have my family with me in heaven -- you’ll be with strangers! 6. I’m Superior; I’m becoming a God -- you aren’t! 7. I’m Superior; My women know their place as servants of man and yours don’t. 8. I’m Superior; YOUR creeds are wrong because they come from man - mine comes from God (you can find each one printed in our Scriptures). 9. I’m Superior; I don’t HAVE a creed - I’ve got 13 Articles of Faith. 10. I'm Superior; I have 4 "Bibles"-- the standard works (5 if you count the JST) -- you've only got one: in as far as it is translated correctly. 11. I’m Superior; I can lie with impunity about such things as church membership, church growth, church doctrine, church history, church influence, etc. — -- You can’t. 12. I’m Superior; I am right (everybody knows) when I say 'evangelical' Christians are lunatics -- -- You’re a hideous narrow-minded bigot, who is persecuting me by practicing discrimination by saying I'm not a Christian.
13. I'm Superior; I have a testimony about a prophet -- you don't. 14. I'm Superior; I have a Scripture-producing Amos 3:7 prophet -- you don't 15. I’m Superior; I have a Living Prophet who talks to god every day -- you have a dim-witted hireling of Satan who only talks to himself. 16. I'm Superior; I have my calling & election made sure -- you don't. 17. I’m Superior; I have magic underwear to protect me from the bogey man -- you don’t. 18. I’m Superior; I have secret clasps and grips to give the angel so I get admitted to the celestial kingdom -- you don’t ;so you can’t. 19. I'm Superior; I know secret handshake codes for afterlife entrances-- you don't. 20. I’m Superior; I will see Joseph Smith setting on the right hand of GOD, when I get to Mormon heaven, and he will recognize me and judge me favorably -- You’re on your own; when you get to wherever you’re going! 21. I’m Superior; I’m going to hie to Kolob -- you’re going to who knows where. 22. I’m Superior; I get to have a harem and act like a celestial stud for time and all eternity -- you don’t. 23. I’m Superior; I have sun stones, moon stones, sky stones, cloud stones, Saturn stones, and the evil eye of Osirus guarding my temple -- You have nothing but a stupid cross.
24. I’m Superior; My church has billions in assets stashed away -- yours has taken a stupid vow of poverty. 25. I'm Superior; Last - we have the power to keep a whole race out of our priesthood if we wanted to reinsert our 148-year legacy (we ARE still keeping an entire GENDER at bay!) 26. I'm superior; I have the "higher law" -- everyone else "lives under the "lesser law' because I say so...(over and over). Revision 46.5
Semi-Official creed of the EXclusive club of Freeper Flying Inmans.
All rights liable to be abused.
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Those ain't rocks; but BIBLE truth pointing out HERESY.