Another candidate for the "Banned from MAD" club...

[_Mary]

Cinepro, cause I won't now get the chance to say it over there. I loved your posts, and you had me rolling about laughing not a few times....



Maybe what with everything else going on, it's too sensitive a time to be overly critical, particularly if you are clever and funny with it... batten down the hatches..

Mary

[_antishock8]

Well, Cinepro, if it makes you feel better I was banned for calling Mr. Peterson "Mr. Peterson". That's right. I was banned for being respectful.

Crazy.

[_Scottie]

Yes, my wife knows about this board. She usually isn't interested in my online goings on.

As for the comment that got me banned, I didn't mean it to be offensive in any way. It was based on a simple observation that President Hinckley's tenure as Prophet was really a "golden age" for the Church's public image, with the Olympics and several Larry King interviews giving the Church unprecedented exposure. Even the Church's support of Prop 22 in California went largely unnoticed.

Then, within months of his death, we have the negative exposure brought on by Romney's run, followed in short order by the bungling raids on the FLDS (and the attendant public confusion and PR mess for the LDS), and then the riots of Prop 8 outside our Temples. And any hope of getting President Monson on Larry King to discuss these issues is dashed by Shawn King's untimely dalliance and sabatoge of the marriage.

Obviously, I don't really think President Hinckley saw the way 2008 would play out for the Church and speeded up his demise. (But even in that case, the recent bio of President Kimball mentioned President Kimball's expressed desire to slip to the next life as his body succumbed to advanced illness, so having a Prophet desire release from this earthly existence wouldn't be without precedent). Heck, President Hinckley was even talking about how anxious he was to be with his wife again, and he had such a prominent sense of humor I would bet a month's tithing that the spirit of President Hinckley laughed when he saw my post.

But ultimately, the idea was just a funny way to book-end the observation. And like I said, it was worth it to see my wife smile :). In the end, she's my harshest critic, not Juliann.

I think it was the "checked out" that did it, not the substance of the post itself.

The fact that you got a farewell thread shows just how loved you were over there. You were always one of my favorites.

[_Dr. Shades]

(In a discussion about the church's current PR troubles started by Scottie and titled "Mormon Message Control":)

Scottie has started PR troubles for the church? Wow, I didn't know he had that kind of power!

If anyone has any suggestions on what to do with the copious amount of free time that now presents itself to me, I'm open to suggestions.

I have a suggestion: You can exercise your wit and wisdom here on this board where you'll be properly appreciated.

**Liz, if Bob wants to pretend he is either a Moderator, a Diesel Mechanic or Napoleon, does it actually harm anyone?

Yes, it does. I was getting PMs asking me why I was making personal attacks, why I had gone back on my founding principles, etc. Thanks to his faux moderator notes, people were losing confidence in this board.

[_Wheat]

I would be more worried about God banning you from his presence. And considering how hard you work to persuade others to not believe, I'm sure you're heaping up quite a pile of condemnation for the day of judgment. At least you won't be doing it on the MAD board anymore.

Good riddance, I say.

[_Runtu]

I would be more worried about God banning you from his presence. And considering how hard you work to persuade others to not believe, I'm sure you're heaping up quite a pile of condemnation for the day of judgment. At least you won't be doing it on the MAD board anymore.

Good riddance, I say.

You really couldn't make this stuff up. A slightly sarcastic guy pokes holes in inflated spiritual claims, and you have him ripe for destruction. Classic.

[_Yoda]

I would be more worried about God banning you from his presence. And considering how hard you work to persuade others to not believe, I'm sure you're heaping up quite a pile of condemnation for the day of judgment. At least you won't be doing it on the MAD board anymore.

Good riddance, I say.

You really couldn't make this stuff up. A slightly sarcastic guy pokes holes in inflated spiritual claims, and you have him ripe for destruction. Classic.

See? This is why I love you, Runtu. You are so eloquent in how you put things.

I was just going to say that Wheat was being an ass. ;)

[_Ray A]

You really couldn't make this stuff up. A slightly sarcastic guy pokes holes in inflated spiritual claims, and you have him ripe for destruction. Classic.

Yes, but don't forget, Runtu, this is the same guy who wrote:

As far as Heber C. Kimball's proposed solution to pressing social problems _ sounds good to me. Hang a few gays, prostitutes, child molesters, defrauders, and the like in the public square, and before too long you'll have produced a much more hospitable environment for making and raising families. Start with the apostates ...

Thus saith the Lord's sponsor, and The Ambassador for Mormonism.

[_Runtu]

You really couldn't make this stuff up. A slightly sarcastic guy pokes holes in inflated spiritual claims, and you have him ripe for destruction. Classic.

Yes, but don't forget, Runtu, this is the same guy who wrote:

As far as Heber C. Kimball's proposed solution to pressing social problems _ sounds good to me. Hang a few gays, prostitutes, child molesters, defrauders, and the like in the public square, and before too long you'll have produced a much more hospitable environment for making and raising families. Start with the apostates ...

Thus saith the Lord's sponsor, and The Ambassador for Mormonism.

He was just being tongue-in-cheek, Ray. Everyone knows that.

[_Ray A]

He was just being tongue-in-cheek, Ray. Everyone knows that.

He has a cheek?