Posted by
Phil E. on Friday, March 30, 2007 9:37:57 PM
A prophecy before General Conference
Unlike Joseph Smith and his civil war "prophecy,"
I'm making this one before the fact.
(If it comes true, does that make me a profit?)
The love of money is a root of all sorts of evil
I've written before that The Mormon church's General Conference—a biennial meeting in Salt Lake where Mormons get their marching orders from their "living prophet."—starts tomorrow, Saturday, March 31. If you're Christian and in the area, I strongly encourage you to stop by to pray and encourage the Christian Evangelists there. Meanwhile, I have a prophecy.
I prophesy that at least one speech during the Conference will be about money. Namely, that the Mormon church will act as though it doesn't have enough and specifically, that it's members have to tithe more.
It's not a hard prophecy to make. They do it every time. It's always about filthy lucre, isn't it. And mind control. Being a cult, they always have to keep you hopping. You can never do enough.
Throwing stones at glass houses (of worship)
Now, to be fair, the real Christian church has an unnatural love of money too. The Christian church in America is just like our government.. Neither has stayed focused on the few tasks assigned to it, as enumerated in their founding documents. (The Bible or the Constitution, respectively.) Instead, the church, like our government, has gone WAY beyond its God-given bounds. (Where, in the Bible, do you see a collection to pay off the mortgage? In fact, God is against borrowing!)
See Romans Chapter 13 for the short list of what God says civil government is to do. Remarkably, the Preamble to our Constitution echoes these few elements.
There are only a few financial provisions God calls the church body to make. The church is to provide for widows over 60, who have been in that church family, IF their natural families are unable or unwilling to take care of them. The church is supposed to provide for those who teach the Word, either missionaries sent out from that local body, or itinerant preachers who stop by, or elders who shepherd that flock. And that's it! (Individual believers are to champion the orphan, take care of the poor, seek Justice, etc.)
There is no such thing as a church taking a weekly "offering" in the New Testament, save for a
temporary call for weekly contributions to help the poverty stricken church in Jerusalem. The Apostle Paul meant for that to be a temporary collection. But like
a "temporarily" telephone tax dating back to the Spanish-American war, these collections almost never die.
Nor is there a "tithe" under the New Covenant, a fixed percent giving of your first fruits. That was for the Jews under the Old Covenant. Tithing was part of the law. A requirement. To not not tithe was to sin.
Now, you can still tithe if you still want to be under the law. But I have some bad news for you.. Christ will be of no value to you. (See Galatians 5:2)
No paid clergy?
I bring up money and the Mormon church because you can hardly find a Mormon blog where someone won't throw out the (incorrect) statement that the Mormon church has no paid clergy. Aside from the fact that that is NOT a Biblical requirement [in fact, the Apostle Paul said he had a right to be paid (
1 Corinthians 9:4 through 14)], where do you think the Mormon living prophet (not to mention their 12 Apostles) gets all his money? He's like the catholic pope. Only richer.
Oh, sure, technically he may not get a check from the Church of Je$u$ Chri$t of Latter-day $aints proper. Instead, he is made a Board member of a bunch of church corporations. (Just like Mitt Romney when he got out of grad school.) But he flies around in church owned planes, has a church credit card, church expense account, etc. You do know the main church business name is "
The Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."
Really, the Mormon church is so big and has so many shell corporations, and has no oversight, it's a good bet their "prophet" and "President" IS paid by "the church" in one of
its many manifestations.
What a bunch of hypocrites.
... all sorts of evil
And that was my main point. This is how Mitt Romney thinks. It's twisted. Which is a characteristic of being in a cult.
We can discuss later, why, Mitt Romney, like the Mormon church, is asking for money for his campaign when he already has a ton of money himself. He is a billionaire—with a "B"—you know.
Don't vote for Mitt Romney. Don't put a Mormon in the White House.
Please help me get the Word out.
Please copy and paste the following clip to your friends. (Because the link needs the http:// part in the address, not www.):
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Check this out:
http://romneyforpresident.townhall.com/
Like Mormonism, the blog isn't what it seems.
(Some funny photos too.)