James 2:15-17
If a brother or sister be naked, and d e s t i t u t e of daily food,
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
This is the message of James. It is the message that the LDS keep throwing around as we the Christian here firmly cling to the teaching of Jesus that whosoever believes in Him has eternal life..
So what kind of example of caring for the poor is the LDS church? With less than 1% of their income going to help the poor they spend between 10 and 20 Million dollars on buildings dedicated to the salvation of the dead. The spend billions on a shopping mall in down town Salt Lake City, and now they spend half a billion to buy land in Florida (Salt Lake Tribune, November 08, 2013). Why so little to fulfill the teaching of the Apostle James, and so much on investments to gain even more income? Didn't Jesus teach us just the opposite
Matthew 6:19-21
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Maybe because mormonism is faithless even to the being it teaches to be Christ.. It's hard to be faithful to a God that just doesn't exist.. IHS jim