Sethbag wrote:Keith K. Hilbig was the mission president for the entire second year of my mission. I liked him as an MP. I wonder what it would be like to talk to him now that he's been hanging out with the muckety mucks for so long, and become one of them.
edit: wanted to add that it does make my sick thinking about the modern Mormon meme regarding white shirts and lack of beards. It's really stupid, and I can't believe that Hilbig has bought into it so wholeheartedly.
Elder Hilbig was at a Stake Conference for us a few years ago. I liked him. He seemed friendly, caring and not really full of himself.
KimberlyAnn wrote:I find that super clean-shaven, bland hair-styled, white-shirted Mormon look utterly unattractive. The first representation of the fella with hair a bit longer and the fuller beard is the most attractive to me. Facial hair on men is hot. KA
by the way, it may be dangerous.
The first thing taught by my wife to our grandchildren : "pull the beard of grandpappy".
Usually they do it. The size fits to the hand of a two-years-old.
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
Keith Hilbig does not speak from or by personal experience. Neither do those he quotes. It is clearly academic to them otherwise they would have been inclined to relate their mighty change as did Alma, Enos and others. These characters, fictitious or otherwise set the standard for teaching the concept of being born again - they related their own personal experience to illustrate what they considered a life changing event.
Do you see a pattern?
White shirts and no facial hair. Shallow, outward appearance. Jesus related such to whited sepulcres.