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President Monson's 85th birthday bash was on Friday. Although he attended and waved to the crowd at the end, his only remarks were in the form of a pre-recorded message, in which President Monson expressed his thanks to all who participated in the concert and to concert-goers for their expressions of love.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655 ... tml?pg=all

It is also interesting to note that President Monson will not be dedicating the Brigham City Temple next month. My money is on President Monson not dedicating the Calgary Temple in October (it's very unusual that NO announcement has been made that Monson will dedicate the Calgary Temple).

I don't think the Church has anything to fear from disclosing the truth regarding President Monson's mental/physical condition. On the contrary, there would be a massive outpouring of support and love from the members.

My hope is that someday the Church will not be afraid, ashamed of, or hide from the truth.

I agree. Get it out in the open now and get the members behind it. If they pull a Benson and pretend all is well, they end up looking shady and create a bigger PR mess.

Racer wrote:I agree. Get it out in the open now and get the members behind it. If they pull a Benson and pretend all is well, they end up looking shady and create a bigger PR mess.

These are successors in interest to JSJr. Which scenario to you think is more likely to play out?

for what it's worth, I was given the same "intel" in 2009 re: Monson and dementia. I never mentioned it in public both because my source was third or fourth-hand and out of respect for President Monson. But I believe the rumors are probably true.

It is a safe gamble. Twenty-eight percent of men age 85 have dementia in some form or another.

http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/1 ... 4.full.pdf

We will find out for sure a month from now.

Hi Everybody Wang Chung

Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
there would be a massive outpouring of support and love from the members.

I would imagine that there would be enormous support and expressions of love from many outside of the members as well.

Peace,
Ceeboo

Everybody Wang Chung wrote:.... his only remarks were in the form of a pre-recorded message, in which President Monson expressed his thanks to all who participated in the concert and to concert-goers for their expressions of love.

The media department gets an urgent call at the end of April from the office of the president.

"We need you to record President Monson making closing remarks for his birthday bash in August, NOW!!!"

Everybody Wang Chung wrote:It is also interesting to note that President Monson will not be dedicating the Brigham City Temple next month. My money is on President Monson not dedicating the Calgary Temple in October (it's very unusual that NO announcement has been made that Monson will dedicate the Calgary Temple)..

I also wonder how they will handle Pres. Monson's appearances for the upcoming general conference. Will he speak at all? Or will he not even be present? That will be interesting to observe.

Everybody Wang Chung wrote:I don't think the Church has anything to fear from disclosing the truth regarding President Monson's mental/physical condition. On the contrary, there would be a massive outpouring of support and love from the members.

I honestly believe that initially it would upset and confuse many active members. But knowing how TBMs think, I think they would manipulate it in their minds to become a very faith promoting experience / example.

They'd say things like, "This just strengthens my testimony that the Lord is in control. He foresaw things like this happening to our prophets in their old age and saw fit to ordain many to be Prophet, Seer, and Revelator on earth at the same time....and so on.... "

Then there would be an outpouring of love, support, and compassion for Pres. Monson and we'd hear story after story about others with Alzheimer's disease and there would be more faith promoting stories about that.

I think the entire thing would be more of a net positive than a net negative for the church. And, it would be a heck of a lot easier and less stressful than trying to cover it up and making excuses for his absence or strange behavior.

Does this now make Monson a lame duck President and, as he is sole owner of the assets of the Church is this situation covered by a living will of some sort or some contingency within the corporations articles?