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#1 Valentinus

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 10:15 PM

A local church in Tolleson, AZ burned yesterday. Here is the AZCentral article

LDS Church Burns

This is very sad news for members of the church in this area.
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b. Do not turn away in pride, fear, or guilt from the One who seeks only the best for you and your loved ones. Come before your Eternal Creator with open minds and hearts and discover the blessings of the gospel anew. Be vulnerable to divine grace. -D&C 163:10

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 10:20 PM

if it was arson I hope they catch the up to no gooders

Edited by Duncan, 30 June 2012 - 10:21 PM.

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 10:34 PM

What a shame.
When you climb up a ladder, you...begin at the bottom...ascend step by step, until you arrive at the top...so it is with the principles of the Gospel--you must begin with the first...go on until you learn all the principles of exaltation. But it will be a great while after you have passed through the veil before you will have learned them. It is not all to be comprehended in this world. Joseph Smith

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Posted 01 July 2012 - 12:00 AM

View PostDuncan, on 30 June 2012 - 10:20 PM, said:

if it was arson I hope they catch the up to no gooders

I hope so as well.
10 a. Collectively and individually, you are loved with an everlasting love that delights in each faithful step taken. God yearns to draw you close so that wounds may be healed, emptiness filled, and hope strengthened.
b. Do not turn away in pride, fear, or guilt from the One who seeks only the best for you and your loved ones. Come before your Eternal Creator with open minds and hearts and discover the blessings of the gospel anew. Be vulnerable to divine grace. -D&C 163:10

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Posted 01 July 2012 - 02:24 PM

View PostDuncan, on 30 June 2012 - 10:20 PM, said:

if it was arson I hope they catch the up to no gooders

I for one sympathize more with this distinguished member of Monty Python:

"Look at arson - I mean, how many of us can honestly say that at one time or another he hasn't set fire to some great public building. I know I have."
Twisting God's work into my own hellish, slithering, mutatious...thing.

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 06:17 PM

Did it have anything to do with the wildfires?
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 02:27 PM

View PostValentinus, on 30 June 2012 - 10:15 PM, said:

A local church in Tolleson, AZ burned yesterday. Here is the AZCentral article

LDS Church Burns

This is very sad news for members of the church in this area.
I lived in a time when others who considered themselves Christian burned black Churches...at 16 I encounterd JB Stoner outside an ice cream shop trying to block the store because they served black people. I told him what I though of him...he called me a name that he thought would be an insult.  He later ran for State Senate...little did I know when I met that he was one of the men who blew up the Birgingham Church that killed four children. I don't know why that story just popped in my mind...but any Church burning for any reason hurts me so.
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 05:15 PM

I watched Fox10 News tonight. The police and fire departments have deemed the burning to be arson and found evidence of vandalism. No further evidence is being reported at this time.
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b. Do not turn away in pride, fear, or guilt from the One who seeks only the best for you and your loved ones. Come before your Eternal Creator with open minds and hearts and discover the blessings of the gospel anew. Be vulnerable to divine grace. -D&C 163:10

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 05:58 PM

View PostValentinus, on 06 July 2012 - 05:15 PM, said:

I watched Fox10 News tonight. The police and fire departments have deemed the burning to be arson and found evidence of vandalism. No further evidence is being reported at this time.
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Edited by Pa Pa, 06 July 2012 - 06:00 PM.

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Posted 07 July 2012 - 09:15 AM

Here's a news report confirming that it was arson: http://www.azcentral...eson-arson.html

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Posted 07 July 2012 - 11:17 AM

View Postmapman, on 07 July 2012 - 09:15 AM, said:

Here's a news report confirming that it was arson: http://www.azcentral...eson-arson.html
Whoever did this needs our prayers.
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