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MikeWaters · 03-30-2009, 01:52 AM

This is the era of the micro-cause. You know, the person who dedicates hiw life to less use of plastic bags at grocery stores. Global warming. "Fair trade". Go down the list. Besides the #1 God on this planet, the love of power and money, there are people who have a sense that they should be doing more. Enter the micro-cause.

People won't always stare at their feet. The presence of the stars is too powerful not to look up in the sky eventually.

MikeWaters · 03-30-2009, 01:58 AM

I watched this last night.

Glenn Beck talks about friendship, love, warmth, change, baptism, God. He does not mention Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, the Holy Ghost, temples, eternal marriage, premortal existence, etc.

Not to say those things that didn't play a factor. But this fits with what seems to be the general strategy of communication--that we are a good church for your family with the power to change things for the better.

Archaea · 03-30-2009, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Levin

Cardiac's explanation was that educated souls find our founding stories ridiculous and unbelievable. You mean they're well-fed on education and so don't hunger for religious stories? I don't buy that at all. The gospel is a well-spring of intellectual adventure. But I sense you're bringing in materialism, which isn't the point. His point is education. But both are cetainly causes for contentment.

Not with our current leadership. Intellectual adventurism is discouraged, only intellectual conformity is allowed.

Levin · 03-30-2009, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

Not with our current leadership. Intellectual adventurism is discouraged, only intellectual conformity is allowed.

That's true; but I'd take you as an example of a person who didn't let leadership put a stop to the educational exploration. You have to appeal to their sense of personal initiative.

Archaea · 03-30-2009, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Levin

That's true; but I'd take you as an example of a person who didn't let leadership put a stop to the educational exploration. You have to appeal to their sense of personal initiative.

But I stand on the periphery mostly, being quiet most of the time, and trying not to stir up trouble, except perhaps on a friendly message board. In Church, I'm as quiet as a mouse, never uttering a peep, because it won't do any good.

03-30-2009, 01:52 AM	#61
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	This is the era of the micro-cause. You know, the person who dedicates hiw life to less use of plastic bags at grocery stores. Global warming. "Fair trade". Go down the list. Besides the #1 God on this planet, the love of power and money, there are people who have a sense that they should be doing more. Enter the micro-cause. People won't always stare at their feet. The presence of the stars is too powerful not to look up in the sky eventually.

03-30-2009, 01:58 AM	#62
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I watched this last night. Glenn Beck talks about friendship, love, warmth, change, baptism, God. He does not mention Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, the Holy Ghost, temples, eternal marriage, premortal existence, etc. Not to say those things that didn't play a factor. But this fits with what seems to be the general strategy of communication--that we are a good church for your family with the power to change things for the better.