Joseph Smith Rings

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by All-American

This isn't court, Rocky. Ease up a bit.

"A bit?" Were you hoping for just "What a weenie?"

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

lol............It is absolutely hilarious that you are so miffed about something so irrelevant and inconsequential.

This is fodder I shall use for sometime to come. Thank you for providing my laugh for the day.

SIEQ ...The man who's voice shall rise above and be delivered from the fetted and festering sewer of Mormon Culture. lol...........thank you...thank you for opening my eyes......lol

Something so irrelevant and inconsequential as... an anonymous post on CG that you are getting up in arms about?

[BlueHair]

Originally Posted by non sequitur

I find the rings tacky. I find everything about Deseret Books tacky. Personally, it doesn't offend me, but if were a believer I would be troubled that the Church has any connection to Deseret Book. The whole idea of an institution whose sole objective is to profit from someone else's religious belief should be galling to anyone who truly believes. I had a professor who told me once, "You know, I can remember back when the Church was a church and not just a corporation." If I were a member, I'd be very concerned with the direction the Mormon Church is headed.

It used to really bother me to see GA's write books for profit. I just don't see Jesus selling his gospel. His representatives shouldn't either. Of course, that's just my opinion.

[RockyBalboa]

Originally Posted by All-American

This isn't court, Rocky. Ease up a bit.

It was a joke...others can't a take a joke then it's their problem.

[RockyBalboa]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

Something so irrelevant and inconsequential as... an anonymous post on CG that you are getting up in arms about?

The only ones getting up in arms are those who can't take a joke and/or some sarcasm.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by BlueHair

It used to really bother me to see GA's write books for profit. I just don't see Jesus selling his gospel. His representatives shouldn't either. Of course, that's just my opinion.

Do GAs write books for profit?

[All-American]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Do GAs write books for profit?

I'll ask one, next time I see them.

Well, I probably won't.

I'll tell you this much: if the General Authorities are doing what they do in order to make money, they're going about it the wrong way. Most of them would never have left their jobs in the first place, if it was about the money.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by All-American

Most of them would never have left their jobs in the first place, if it was about the money.

My point, exactly.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

The only ones getting up in arms are those who can't take a joke and/or some sarcasm.

So you are saying you actually don't mean what you wrote?

And to think I thought you had balls. Welcome to the club of balls-less men. As you were technically the founder (by naming everyone to the club), you can now say you are not only the founder, but also a member!

[BigFatMeanie]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Do GAs write books for profit?

My bit of Mormon Folklore: LeGrand Richards used to insist that "A Marvelous Work and a Wonder" be sold at cost while he was alive. Once he died, the price of the book jumped up.

Deseret Book sells books for profit. Those books are written by GAs. If the GAs were only writing the book to convey their important message - why not sell the book at cost? Like BlueHair, this has always bothered me a bit. It doesn't bother me enough to get in a twist over it but there's just something "semi-priestcrafty" about the whole thing that I can't quite put my finger on.

I'd better shut up now before I venture into "speaking evil of the Lord's annointed" which is defined by the Brethren as "criticizing the Brethren". Again, a little too self-referential for my taste but...