While the incident itself is absolutely deplorable (why am I trying so hard to be nice these days? What does it get me but banned from lds forums?), the newspaper report has "disgruntled old coot" written all over it. The jokes pretty much write themselves.
From the Ernest L. Wilkinson Diaries: "ELW dreams he's spattered w/ grease. Hundreds steal his greasy pants."
Blixa wrote:While the incident itself is absolutely deplorable (why am I trying so hard to be nice these days? What does it get me but banned from lds forums?), the newspaper report has "disgruntled old coot" written all over it. The jokes pretty much write themselves.
Yep.
So, do you think this old guy just wanted some clout with the church?
(I can't seem to help myself today).
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
He should have just told them point blank to leave his house.
WK: "Joseph Smith asserted that the Book of Mormon peoples were the original inhabitants of the americas"
Will Schryver: "No, he didn’t." 3/19/08
Still waiting for Will to back this up...
I assumed that anyone the Home Teachers would target would be of high enough caliber to not browbeat anyone.
"Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded."-charity 3/7/07