Men on a Mission Calendars

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by Tex

Do you think this calendar would've seen the light of a printing press had it NOT been about LDS missionaries? That very thing was what distinguished it from other similar calendars.

This I don't disagree with. But I'm not sure it is on the level with apostasy, adultery, embezzling consecrated funds, etc.

Originally Posted by Tex

And let's not pretend like Hardy was some bishop-in-waiting whose innocent side business got caught up in the nets of a bunch of bigoted, overbearing high priests. The attitude of the accused has a lot to do with how these councils deliberate, and I'm guessing his strident, unrepentant, go-ahead-I-dare-you tone had something to do with it too.

I'm not pretending this. I said right off the bat that he made this easy for them. He all but invited it. Still, that is a different question from whether they should have accepted his invitation. Doesn't the fact that they gave him just what he wanted send up a red flag that maybe they shouldn't have? Just hypothetically, why not disfellowship him if you have to do something? It reminds me of suicide by cop.

Originally Posted by Tex

By the way, I agree I don't think it was the most wonderful move from a PR perspective, but if it allows the church to fully divest itself when Hardy produces his next calendar (or who knows ... maybe a missionary porn video is next), it may have been worth it.
Perhaps my sarcasm detector is malfunctioning today, but I'm having a hard time believing you're serious.

I am being mostly serious. Had he done a missionary porn movie, now he is actually committed a sin in addition to simply embarrassing the church. I'm still at a loss to know what sin was committed here. You are correct about the overtones, but again, what sin? Maybe there is something I am overlooking. I just find the whole thing silly. Why give this guy any further platform. Why not just ignore him.