NEWS - NEIGHBORHOOD PROTESTS MORMON TEMPLE

 i wish i could say this was uncommon, but it isnt, its just fed to the media in a different light.

i can remember when i lived in Columbia, SC and the LDS temple went up there, that there was controversy as well.  and as i went to the open house for that temple, anti-mormons who were professing how the chuech is wrong, and untrue, and they were correct.

i can even reemmber, watching an anti mormon flip through the Book of Mormon and quoted me scripture by scripture to validate his point...

and i thought to myself..."wow! he knows this book better than me and he doesnt even have a testimony of it!" serioulsy, that amazed me.

but then, now, as ive grown in age and in wisdom, i understand that even lucifer knows the bible through and through, quoted scripture to the lord, and HE doesnt have a testimony either...well, in a way he does, he DOES believe that God is God, and Jesus IS Jesus, but he also thinks he can rule everyone and everything...

right now, hes got a pretty good strong hold on humanity. im my opinion. MICHELLE

Neighborhood Protests Mormon Temple Height

 Monday, 31 Jan 2011,

• By BRITT MORENO
  FOX 10 News

PHOENIX - A Phoenix neighborhood is taking its feud against a proposed Mormon temple to the streets because they are unhappy about the church's design.
The feud has gone on for more than a year.
Neighbors said even some Mormons are nervous about the size of the temple.
The temple would be built in a bedroom community where the same neighbors have lived for decades, just off Pinnacle Peak Road.
Northeastern valley residents enjoy the view of the mountains. But they are worried the quiet place they call home will be disrupted, along with the view.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has plans to build a temple on a dirt lot flanked by homes. Neighbors said the temple would be 56,000 square-feet and 30 feet tall. They wish the church would downsize the height and width of the temple.
But neighbors claim LDS won’t acknowledge their concerns.
On Saturday, they protested.
A wall of signatures was erected, along with a towering gorilla to represent how tall the spire would be on the top of the LDS church. Neighbors said it would be 120 feet tall.
FOX 10 contacted the Mormon church. They said:
“This new design, which was shared with neighbors in August 2010, complies with all zoning requirements including: building height, set-backs, landscaped open spaces, parking places and lighting. This design balances the needs of the church and the desires of the neighborhood.”
The Mormon Church said it is committed to being good neighbors to the people living off Pinnacle Peak Road. As for the spire, they said it will taper as it gets taller so that it will not obstruct mountain views.
Construction of the temple will take up to two years.