Darth J wrote:bcspace wrote:
bcspace, can you quantify how far removed I have to be from profiting from pornography before I can be a General Authority?
Will the Church not accept tithing generated from say, the sale of stock in Anheuser-Busch?
Let's ask an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ what we should do:
Dallin H. Oaks, "“Brother’s Keeper”", Ensign, Nov. 1986
Christian standards should also apply to those who earn a living by selling or advertising products in the marketplace........
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if this same attitude of looking after the interests of others governed Latter-day Saints who are making a profit from the sale or promotion of alcoholic beverages? Consider the terrible effects of alcohol. Alcohol-related accidents are the leading cause of death of those under twenty-five. The physical, social, and financial effects of alcohol ruin marriages and family life. By dulling inhibitions, alcohol leads to untold numbers of crimes and moral transgressions. Alcohol is the number one addictive drug in our day.
The consumption of alcohol is increasing among youth. Targeting young audiences, advertisers portray beer and wine as joyful, socially desirable, and harmless. Producers are promoting new types of alcoholic beverages as competitors in the huge soft-drink market. Grocery and convenience stores and gas stations stock alcoholic beverages side by side with soda pop. Can Christians who are involved in this commerce be indifferent to the physical and moral effects of the alcohol from which they are making their profits?
Maybe another way to phrase your question would be, "Is there a limit at which the Church is not willing to trade its teachings for dollars?"
What was the error in correlation?
That the Church has anything to do with porn in connection with Marriott hotels.
Let's have a short recap of the extent to which the Church is in bed [no pun intended] with Marriott International:
--The head of Marriott International is a General Authority
--Marriott International operates a church-owned hotel in Hawaii
--The business school and the basketball arena at BYU are named after the Marriotts
Now, Marriott International has announced that it will stop offering pay-per-view whoredoms in its hotel rooms, but this is a recent development. Marriott has had a tradition of using pornography as a revenue stream as well as a history of being in bed, so to speak, with the Church.
So my question is still open. Do you actually have to be Bob Guccione before the Church will say you're not GA material or will not do business with you?