09-25-2008, 04:10 PM | #1 |
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So who is next?
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09-25-2008, 04:15 PM | #2 |
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09-25-2008, 04:18 PM | #3 |
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I wonder if the church is actually combing through websites, doing whois searches for domain owners, trying to take these people down.
Yikes. McCarthyism. |
09-25-2008, 04:19 PM | #4 | |
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Besides the fact that it seems mean-spirited, excommunicating a guy like this just seems like it adversely affects the Church's image when it's reported in the press. It turns him into a martyr and makes the Church look like a cult -- just like with the missionary calendar guy. The Church should stand above the fray. |
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09-25-2008, 04:20 PM | #5 | |
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09-25-2008, 04:30 PM | #6 |
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Boy, we know the church hates long hair, facial hair, bandanas, and brightly colored shirts.
This guy is screwed. |
09-25-2008, 04:32 PM | #7 |
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
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09-25-2008, 04:34 PM | #8 | |
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When I lived in St. Louis and there was legislation regarding expansion of riverboat gambling, the Church asked us to donate money and campaign against the legislation. One of the more prominent, active members stood up in Priesthood meeting and said he didn't like being told how to vote and he wasn't going to participate. I don't think it ever occurred to anybody that he should be disciplined for this. Maybe if we had different local leadership things would have been different, though. I may be wrong, but I think the majority of the Quorum of the Twelve and First Presidency support an individual member's right to disagree on Proposition 8 or other similar issues. However, there are probably a lot of Bishops and Stake Presidents who feel differently. |
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09-25-2008, 04:44 PM | #9 | |
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Of course, I don't really think the excommunication matters in terms of this guy's eternal welfare. Maybe I am a Stage IV. |
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09-25-2008, 04:47 PM | #10 | |
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