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Posted by: stillanon ( )
Date: August 25, 2023 05:58PM

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/08/25/david-fights-back-against-goliath/


They can't outspend the church or even come close, but I hope the "inspired leaders" realize the downside of all the negative press and bad feelings they have created.

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Posted by: dagny ( )
Date: August 25, 2023 06:11PM

The church does not appear to care about bad feelings anymore. They don't need people except for appearance.

You can buy anything in the world with money. The money monsters eventually mostly care about ways to make even more money. They are past needing to be nice about it, IMO.

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Posted by: Heartless ( )
Date: August 25, 2023 06:37PM

The tithing money laundered through their law firm would have purchased a plot in an area in Cody zoned for the type of building they want.

It's about control and warning other cities to simply lube up and take it when the church comes to town.

Now I got to figure out how to donate to the folks in Cody.

Maybe that Romney guy suing the church will help them out

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Posted by: slskipper ( )
Date: August 25, 2023 06:40PM

Huntsman guy.

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Posted by: Heartless ( )
Date: August 26, 2023 01:37AM

At my age names blur.

Yesterday I kept calling the dog so we could go for our walk. The damn dog wouldn't come. He kept running around the house, barking all excited.

Finally I figured out I was calling for my son, who the dog likes more then me, and the dog was trying to find him.

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Posted by: Lot's Wife ( )
Date: September 19, 2023 02:13PM

That's hilarious.

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Posted by: Brother Of Jerry ( )
Date: August 26, 2023 03:20AM

I’m trying to make sense of your money laundering comment, and failing.

Money laundering is hiding the origin of illegally obtained money. Drug dealing, extortion, illegal gambling all require money laundering.

Tithing money is perfectly legal. Spending tithing to buy land for a temple is also perfectly legal. It’s already tax free, so there is no need to hide it to avoid taxes, though that is not what money laundering means anyway.

And you don’t launder money through a law firm. Typical ways to launder money are through casinos ( you give the casino your money under the table, and then they give it back to you, as gambling winnings. They take a cut of your money for doing you this “favor”), or through large real estate transactions, where you buy a property, you give a “purchaser” a big pile of money, and then they give it back to you by purchasing your property at a huge markup.

Bingo. You now have an explanation of how you “earned” all that money. The money has been laundered.

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Posted by: Lot's Wife ( )
Date: August 26, 2023 03:24AM

Walter and I always used a car wash.

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Posted by: sd ( )
Date: August 28, 2023 06:34PM

font in the temple is dual use. Baptizing dead people and laundering dead presidents. Oh, if only those oxen could talk.

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Posted by: elderolddog ( )
Date: August 25, 2023 06:40PM

"Having too much money
buys the best enemies."

    --California Penal Code 680.5

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Posted by: bradley ( )
Date: August 25, 2023 08:25PM

You can buy anything in this world with money.

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Posted by: stillanon ( )
Date: August 25, 2023 09:56PM

Expect respect. Well, LDS Inc. is going to have to spend billions to appease the pissed off non-mormons in Wyoming.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/25/2023 09:57PM by stillanon.

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Posted by: bradley ( )
Date: August 25, 2023 10:22PM

They could be taking a page out of the WWE playbook. Play the bad boys talking smack, then a good guy comes in to whoop their arse. One of the Q15 sets the middle managers straight and looks like a real prophet going against the evil bean counters.

TSCC could come out ahead by throwing the right person under the bus. But most likely they will double down.

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Posted by: messygoop ( )
Date: August 26, 2023 05:49PM

The church figures no matter what they do or say will be twisted by the convoluted press so they might as well act like dicks and try to get what they want.

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Posted by: Eric3 ( )
Date: August 26, 2023 10:25PM

"so they might as well act like dicks and try to get what they want"

You know, like Jesus did.

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Posted by: gemini ( )
Date: September 18, 2023 04:50PM

Just saw a headline that TSSC are getting their building permit after they threatened to sue again. So, just as everyone thought would happen, did happen.

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Posted by: Heartless ( )
Date: September 19, 2023 02:02AM

The city basically said the couldn't outspend the corporation, threw in the towel ...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/19/2023 11:37AM by Maude.

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Posted by: Lethbridge Reprobate ( )
Date: September 19, 2023 12:37PM

I imagine the Lethbridge McTemple will be as tall as HQ demands. Too many Mormons among Lethbridge voters to risk offending with a civic election a year away.

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Posted by: joebagodonuts ( )
Date: September 19, 2023 02:12PM

Let's say for a minute that the Hare Krishna's or a muslim group wanted to build a temple in Cody. It's not a good look to oppose the building of any religious building that is sacred to the people who want to build it. It doesn't really matter how rich or how poor the religious organization is. Maybe the citizens of Cody say, why don't you go and build that temple over here, where we think it poses less of an traffic and/or congestion issue. If it gets to the point of looking like religious discrimination, well then, that's what it probably is.

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Posted by: summer ( )
Date: September 19, 2023 05:19PM

Nope. The good citizens of Cody were simply asking the Mormon church to follow the zoning laws. The church wants to build the temple in a residential neighborhood. I would feel the same way.

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Posted by: Heartless ( )
Date: September 19, 2023 07:05PM

Exactly. The catch I think is that the land was donated to the church. So they chose to put a temple on it vs a stake center or chapel.

The whole fight comes down to all night lighting and a steeple in violation of the local zoning.

If they left the steeple off, and agreed to follow local dark sky laws, there'd been far less opposition.

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Posted by: cludgie ( )
Date: September 19, 2023 02:19PM

We readers of the NT all know how Jebus loved attorneys and lawyers. The church did what Jebus would have done, i.e. call in His lawyers from Kirton McConkie. Praise God.

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Posted by: messygoop ( )
Date: September 19, 2023 03:17PM

in TX

-We want this parcel zoned so we can build a temple. Neighborhood voiced concerns about traffic and fitting in with existing landscaping- all have walls with climbing plants/flowers.

-You don't understand our temples. They are only open several days of the week. There will be no significant increase in traffic. Our temple is closed on Sunday.

And here's what the church did.

After the land was rezoned, the church reneged and added a second building onto the original temple plot.

Now, there will traffic going to that church plot 6 days a week.

The church does not want a neighborhood wall around the site like every other zoned housing project in the neighborhood. It has a low wall and then a high black security fence protecting all of the temple and its grounds. They want their temple to be visible not hidden.

Yep, sure sounds like discrimination. The church, an organization which does not respect local ordinances and zoning laws.

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Posted by: donbagley ( )
Date: September 20, 2023 04:38AM

I've written about this. Mormon investors (the elite Mormons) buy land and get a temple built on it. They get it rezoned with bribes and make a fortune. This wouldn't work if Mormons were not dupes dying to live next to a temple.

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Posted by: bradley ( )
Date: September 20, 2023 11:28AM

"dying to live next to a temple"

Their dream is to die next to a temple.

It's not all bad. Property values will go up thanks to Mormons. I can't say as much about the quality of the neighborhood.

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Posted by: shakinthedust ( )
Date: September 27, 2023 05:26PM

Follow: "Preserve Our Cody Neighborhoods" on facebook to keep up on this issue or offer assistance

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