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Sleeping in EQ · 12-17-2007, 08:15 PM

make another great move:

http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/n...-use-new-media

creekster · 12-17-2007, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

make another great move:

http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/n...-use-new-media

Are you being facetious?

Sleeping in EQ · 12-17-2007, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

Are you being facetious?

Not at all. I'm a big fan of what Elder Ballard and the PAC have been doing with the media. They are spot on.

jay santos · 12-17-2007, 08:29 PM

I like it too. Brethren should continue to counsel those posting to be civil and empathetic while discussing Mormonism.

Based on what I read on the pastors4Huckabee blog that was posted here last week, doesn't look like we can show any worse than the Evangelicals are in this discussion. We can generally spell and use correct grammar and don't take joy in condemning everyone to Hell. Those are plusses.

creekster · 12-17-2007, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

I like it too. Brethren should continue to counsel those posting to be civil and empathetic while discussing Mormonism.

Based on what I read on the pastors4Huckabee blog that was posted here last week, doesn't look like we can show any worse than the Evangelicals are in this discussion. We can generally spell and use correct grammar and don't take joy in condemning everyone to Hell. Those are plusses.

Are you saying mny bad typing makes mormons look stupiud? That really ups the pressure, you know.

jay santos · 12-17-2007, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

Are you saying mny bad typing makes mormons look stupiud? That really ups the pressure, you know.

I think most can tell the difference between bad/fast typing and ignorant writing. I'm guilty because I know I use bad grammar sometimes when I'm typing fast and rambling and don't feel like correcting such as this sentence.

But the posts by the Evangelicals on that blog were horrible. Pashionate? Counterfit? etc.

Sleeping in EQ · 12-17-2007, 08:41 PM

I should mention that it pains me that creekster was wondering if I was being facetious.

Do I really come off as that negative?

creekster · 12-17-2007, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

I should mention that it pains me that creekster was wondering if I was being facetious.

Do I really come off as that negative?

Don't read too much into it. But sometimes you do like to bait folks (as do we all) and I don't like to be baited, so I asked. Besides, you're the media guru, so I thought it possible you saw something in the statement that I missed.

Sleeping in EQ · 12-17-2007, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

Don't read too much into it. But sometimes you do like to bait folks (as do we all) and I don't like to be baited, so I asked. Besides, you're the media guru, so I thought it possible you saw something in the statement that I missed.

The Church is making it's best media moves since Grandin printed the Book of Mormon. There are risks to be sure, but my professional judgment is that the Church is making the right call.

TripletDaddy · 12-17-2007, 09:08 PM

Interestingly, the article is silent on members using the "new media" to attack the Church itself, or its past, or its leaders.

12-17-2007, 08:15 PM	#1
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	Elder Ballard and the Public Affairs Committee make another great move: http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/n...-use-new-media __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

12-17-2007, 08:41 PM	#7
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	I should mention that it pains me that creekster was wondering if I was being facetious. Do I really come off as that negative? __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

12-17-2007, 09:08 PM	#10
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	Interestingly, the article is silent on members using the "new media" to attack the Church itself, or its past, or its leaders. __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

12-17-2007, 08:29 PM	#4
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	I like it too. Brethren should continue to counsel those posting to be civil and empathetic while discussing Mormonism. Based on what I read on the pastors4Huckabee blog that was posted here last week, doesn't look like we can show any worse than the Evangelicals are in this discussion. We can generally spell and use correct grammar and don't take joy in condemning everyone to Hell. Those are plusses.