David Achuleta will not follow the counsel of the prophet

[_Jason Bourne]

I was in the MTC same time two LDS actors were. One was Stewart Peterson who was in Where the Red Fern Grows and a couple of Disney flicks. The other was the red head kid Johnny Whitaker who was in the 60s sitcom Family Affair. Maybe neither of them had the fame of David A or Donny O, who was a year or two older than me and did not serve.

But really it makes sense from a benefit to the Church stand point. David likely can do more good for the Church by not serving. But it does conflict, sort of like holding up Steve Young and others who played football on Sunday then doing Church News or Mormon Times articles on other young LDS athletes who don't, skipped a career in the NFL or gave up promising college scholarship to serve a mission.

[_Polygamy-Porter]

And imagine his poor companions having to listen to the same conversation over and over. Ugh!

Not to mention his poor companions having to listen to his horrible music over and over.

HELL on earth... serving a mission and being forced to listen to his nasally singing.. uggh!

[_AtticusFinch]

kind of silly, really, the LDS excuses.

I served a mission in Honduras from 1984-1986. I was able to baptize people almost every weekend for my whole mission. I was in areas where there was not even a Church Building (we met in houses), but now there are large Church buildings. Heck, they are even now going to build a temple in Honduras. I know a few of the people I baptized went on to serve missions...and THEY baptized people.......and so on and so on. My point is, the work I did is STILL bearing LDS fruit...and the people in Honduras would probably still remember me. I say this because in 1992-1993, I was sent BACK to Honduras to Soto Cano Airbase as a member of the US Army. I visited my old areas and people still remembered me. Not because I am so great, because I am not, but because the people there REMEMBER their missionaries, no matter who we were.

Does anyone really believe that people will rush out to get baptized because of David Archuleta? Can you tell me how many people ran out to get baptized because of Donny or Marie (though, in the late 70s, I woulda become almost ANYTHING for Marie.....) Can you tell me how many people got baptized because of a touchdown pass thrown by Steve Young?

David could do MUCH more for the LDS Church by serving a mission.....

[_Polygamy-Porter]

But it does conflict, sort of like holding up Steve Young and others who played football on Sunday then doing Church News or Mormon Times articles on other young LDS athletes who don't, skipped a career in the NFL or gave up promising college scholarship to serve a mission.

EXACTLY Jason.

Many years ago as a stake missionary, I had problems with Steve Young being the primary spokesperson to promote the upcoming missionary open houses where Steve would be beamed into all of the stake centers to talk about how wonderful the gospel was.

Here is a man who never served a mission, made a living playing sports on Sunday, which is primarily funded by alcohol companies, oh and did I mention he was not married??

I always bagged on Steve for being a terrible role model for LDS males. He was the worst.

Then when he finally did get married it was at age 37 AFTER he completed all of his worldly goals involving not only his degree but his football career.

[_malkie]

No mission for this money making kid.

Unless you count his paid appearance with the Mo'Tab:

http://beta-newsroom.LDS.org/article/da ... as-concert

And how, pray tell, do you expect a thread like this to generate interesting conversation?

Simon,

You offered on another thread to serve as a mod on this board.

With this post being the 19th or 20th reply on this thread, would you like to say anything more about how you would add value in that position? (apart from hounding posters off the board, that is). Seems to me you don't have much of a handle on the way the board works - nor the fact that, for most posters, it does work well enough, if not perfectly.

by the way, did you ever get a response to your volunteering?

ETA: sorry, mods, if I'm overstepping my bounds by raising this issue - it just seemed interesting to me.

[_Tchild]

No mission for this money making kid.

Unless you count his paid appearance with the Mo'Tab:

http://beta-newsroom.LDS.org/article/da ... as-concert

Think of it has return on investment for the church. Is Archuleta better as a missionary schlepping around some S. American slums converting no tithe paying poor...or, unconventional missionary earning big money (big tithe potential money).

Simple math ought to clear up any confusion.

The less cynical interpretation is Cinepro's, which is probably better than mine, but not as jaded and accusatorial. Who wants balanced anyway. LOL

[_quaker]

Does anyone really believe that people will rush out to get baptized because of David Archuleta? Can you tell me how many people ran out to get baptized because of Donny or Marie (though, in the late 70s, I woulda become almost ANYTHING for Marie.....) Can you tell me how many people got baptized because of a touchdown pass thrown by Steve Young?

The biggest reason my mother listened to the missionaries was because she liked Donny, and because she heard about the church by hearing about him.

[_AtticusFinch]

Does anyone really believe that people will rush out to get baptized because of David Archuleta? Can you tell me how many people ran out to get baptized because of Donny or Marie (though, in the late 70s, I woulda become almost ANYTHING for Marie.....) Can you tell me how many people got baptized because of a touchdown pass thrown by Steve Young?

The biggest reason my mother listened to the missionaries was because she liked Donny, and because she heard about the church by hearing about him.

did she become a member?

And that does not at all take away my point. How many would he have reached had he served a mission?

[_Polygamy-Porter]

Just like the missionaries, I believe the Mormon celeb spotlight is more about retention of generational Mormons than it is about pulling in more suckers via the media.

How many blacks have joined because of Glady's career move?



All of that fanfare over Mormon celebs makes the tithe payin fools feel part of something bigger than themselves and thereby keeps the dough flowin.

[_cinepro]

Good news...


David Archuleta Suspends Music Career for Mormon Church

http://www.thewrap.com/music/article/da ... urch-33812