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Tex · 01-12-2009, 01:18 PM

A decent feature, more or less, despite the fact that the apostles are chopped up into 15-second bits. That first snippet that makes Ballard look like a witchdoctor doing a rain dance was a little gratuitous, but I think the other bites were pretty good.

MikeWaters · 01-12-2009, 01:28 PM

That's funny--some of the stock footage contained a member of my stake, but it looks like the footage was from 10 to 15 years ago.

MikeWaters · 01-12-2009, 01:34 PM

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The Sealing Room is sacred but not too sacred for a political question. Is there room in Mormon theology for gay partners, shared health and death benefits and protection from discrimination?

"There is some very careful study, very careful evaluation being made, as to what would be appropriate and what isn't doctrinally," Ballard answers. "But if anything interferes with the basic fundamental principle of marriage being between man and a woman, doctrinally we're locked in. We don't have the capacity to call upon God and tell him to change his mind, that he made a mistake."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=99175018

Tex · 01-12-2009, 01:59 PM

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=99175018

Just out of curiosity, what do you read this to mean?

In other news,

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The Temple tour began in an ornate lobby, where worthy Mormons present a laminated card with a bar code known as a Temple Recommend.

I didn't realize temple recommends in Utah are now laminated.

MikeWaters · 01-12-2009, 02:02 PM

I have no idea what it means. Maybe they read my critique of their press release, and went back to the drawing board after deciding, just maybe, using a grandson's freshman term paper wasn't the best idea after all.

Tex · 01-12-2009, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I have no idea what it means. Maybe they read my critique of their press release, and went back to the drawing board after deciding, just maybe, using a grandson's freshman term paper wasn't the best idea after all.

Yes, I'm sure that's what happened.

MikeWaters · 01-12-2009, 03:05 PM

Tex, I am surprised you are criticizing Elder Ballard for citing an example of his ability to command the elements, or rather his ability to ask the Lord to command the elements. There are many recorded instances of such things happening.

I personally have prayed to find misplaced objects of importance. And have found them. But I've also not found some. Many, actually. I tend not to cite the times I didn't find them. Actually, I don't really cite either.

Tex · 01-12-2009, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Tex, I am surprised you are criticizing Elder Ballard for citing an example of his ability to command the elements, or rather his ability to ask the Lord to command the elements. There are many recorded instances of such things happening.

I personally have prayed to find misplaced objects of importance. And have found them. But I've also not found some. Many, actually. I tend not to cite the times I didn't find them. Actually, I don't really cite either.

I wasn't criticizing Ballard, but ABC News.

MikeWaters · 01-12-2009, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

Yes, I'm sure that's what happened.

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Originally Posted by Tex

I wasn't criticizing Ballard, but ABC News.

oh yeah, forgot. anti-Mormon media will just cherry pick the miracles Ballard cited, and choose the one that makes him look like, what did you say, a witch doctor? Surely there are more appealing miracles Elder Ballard cited they could have chosen.

MikeWaters · 01-12-2009, 03:22 PM

These two, btw, look very corporate, very severe, and very cocky. Making it rain. Defeating Prop 8. And very white.

I dare say GBH, with his folksy humor, is sorely missed in situations like this. GBH could make a rabbi laugh at a concentration camp joke (not that he would tell one).

01-12-2009, 01:18 PM	#1
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	Ballard and Cook on Nightline A decent feature, more or less, despite the fact that the apostles are chopped up into 15-second bits. That first snippet that makes Ballard look like a witchdoctor doing a rain dance was a little gratuitous, but I think the other bites were pretty good. __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young

01-12-2009, 01:28 PM	#2
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	That's funny--some of the stock footage contained a member of my stake, but it looks like the footage was from 10 to 15 years ago.

01-12-2009, 02:02 PM	#5
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I have no idea what it means. Maybe they read my critique of their press release, and went back to the drawing board after deciding, just maybe, using a grandson's freshman term paper wasn't the best idea after all.

01-12-2009, 03:05 PM	#7
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Tex, I am surprised you are criticizing Elder Ballard for citing an example of his ability to command the elements, or rather his ability to ask the Lord to command the elements. There are many recorded instances of such things happening. I personally have prayed to find misplaced objects of importance. And have found them. But I've also not found some. Many, actually. I tend not to cite the times I didn't find them. Actually, I don't really cite either.

01-12-2009, 03:22 PM	#10
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	These two, btw, look very corporate, very severe, and very cocky. Making it rain. Defeating Prop 8. And very white. I dare say GBH, with his folksy humor, is sorely missed in situations like this. GBH could make a rabbi laugh at a concentration camp joke (not that he would tell one).