Don't write or call the GAs.....

[_Inconceivable]

"..then we are at an impass." - Dread pirate Roberts

psst - it's "impasse"; this has been driving me nuts for a very long time. And it should also be "the Dread Pirate Roberts."

Skippy the Spelling Nazi

Heil Skippy.

Duh, me-o.

[_Trevor]

The LDS Church finally finds someone to man the phones and answer all of those knotty doctrinal conundrums.



Trevor, coming dangerously close to breaking Godwin's Law.

[_Gadianton]

The church leaders have got to be the biggest bunch of losers ever. Do they have to be a big step behind the times on everything? Just as large corporations and institutions are realizing the advantages of company leadership keeping in touch with the common man, the church, in all its horse-and-buggy depression-era niggardliness sends out an official declaration everywhere telling the people who pay their exotic salaries not to talk to them.

I found this article interesting:

http://email.about.com/cs/emailtrivia/a/pope_email.htm

Yep, you can write the Pope an email, or even send him a letter. Apparently, Pople John Paul found email to be a great way to extend his capabilities of keeping in touch with his flock.

Obviously, no large institution can answer every question and encourage everyone with interest personally. But, just by welcoming the correspondence, leaders can spot check and keep in touch with concerns of their flock directly, without being filtered. And those who write have the hope that they might have been listened to, and could in fact be responded to.

Mormon leaders are so tied to this outdate heirarchial model where all communication is between tier to tier. What a laugh.

[_harmony]

But, just by welcoming the correspondence, leaders can spot check and keep in touch with concerns of their flock directly, without being filtered. And those who write have the hope that they might have been listened to, and could in fact be responded to.

That would presuppose that the leaders want to keep in touch with their flock. Which has repeatedly been shown isn't the case, with the Brethren. The Pope wants to be in touch with his flock; the Prophet and the Apostles don't.

Good grief.

[_Gazelam]

Joseph Fielding Smith used to spend a great amount of time answering doctrinal questions in the mail. It really is unfortunate that we do not have a record of these. No copy machines before they were mailed off.

The church was a great deal smaller then.

Hey Nehor, there appears to be plenty of newly available women who want to be married down in Texas. And they have a firm testimony of Joseph Smith!

[_Roger Morrison]

Jason said:

... The Church is large and the leaders are few. They do have a lot of things to do both administratively and on the religious side too. I think saying they want you to try to solve it locally but if you cannot contact us through your SP is appropriate.

One point re "...leaders are few." I think Jesus called 12 to help him with a relatively small flock. IF the church was to do a # thing--ratio of members then to now--there might be a more efficient & effective organization. Let's see, 500+/- Flock: 12 Apostles; 13,000,000+/- Flock: YIKES!!

AND, working with unpaid, part-time amateurs... Really, it does meet THE Corporate objective: Keep new clients coming in with their dues. Service objectives are met by the energy and efforts of THE unpaid volunteers. So when service isn't up to par, whose to blame?? In LDSism, not the tenured CEOs.

As for contacting through the SP. IF the SP--a part-time, unpaid, amateur--actually will act as a conduit, not a censor, that might work?? Personally, i am at the moment standing in such a line, with not a lot of encouragement. He only meets constituents 2 evenings a week, for a short period of time?? I must travel 2 hours for that privilege, and am quite prepared to do so, when i am slotted in. Interestingly, he/SP was in my town this past Sunday, but was too busy to see me...

More confirmed by the day, and pronouncement: that odor is not coming from Denmark :-) Warm regards, Roger