Quote Originally Posted by Gannon View Post
Southsider,

Have you ever heard of 'attempting to herd cats'?!

MOST of these folks who start storefront churches do so to avoid the accountability and bureaucracy of organized religion. Many of them are refugees of mainline religion. Some of them do it to live tax-free. A few are pure charlatans.


That said, since the Spirit of Detroit IS the Spirit of God...according to the scripture behind the famous statue...you might be onto something. Why's it got to be racist, though?! From careful observation, I've noticed that God isn't discriminating...and we've done a bang-up job of ending the original geographical and continental segregation of the races!


Look out for the ACLU to sue to get that scripture verse finally taken down, then. Seriously.


Cheers,
John
Many would put the founding fathers of the LDS church in this same group. Nonetheless, regardless of where you stand on the issue the church has thrived economically in spite of naysayers and developed a solid community in a state.