My Wife's Take on the New Mormon Media Blitz

[_consiglieri]

I just had an acquaintance tell me he saw an "I'm a Mormon" commercial last night on TV, about some woman in Texas with kids who texts and she's a Mormon.

I asked him what he thought about it. He shrugged his shoulders.

I asked if it made him want to become a Mormon. *Shrug*

I asked if it made him want to learn more about Mormons. *Shrug*

I asked if it made him think Mormons were less weird. *Shrug*

I asked him what he thought the point of the commercial was. *Shrug*


So, how much money is the Church paying for this ad campaign?

All the Best!

--Consiglieri

[_MsJack]

The Church is demonstrating that different types of people can be LDS.

Again, if that were all the church was doing, then I would expect to see advertisements showing other Mormons who live lifestyles that the church discourages.

I know for a fact, by the way, that the church has no desire to showcase members in interfaith marriages. It does not matter that such members exist.

I think the Church readily acknowledges there are exceptions to the rule that women should stay home with children when they're young.

It acknowledges that some married women with young children work because it's financially necessary. I've never seen it acknowledge women who work because they want to.

I'm not being rude. I'm just pointing out where you have come up short. Its helpful, or should be seen as helpful.

Given that you're 100% wrong, and apparently doing your usual thing of not even trying to understand someone else's perspective, I find it presumptuous, unhelpful and yes, rude.

[_Buffalo]

I don't know how much they paid, but they seem to have gotten the idea from the Scientologists, who are also desperate to try to convince outsiders that they're normal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs3Kje7EsYQ

I don't think it will work for either the Scientologists or the Mormons.

[_stemelbow]

Again, if that were all the church was doing, then I would expect to see advertisements showing other Mormons who live lifestyles that the church discourages.

As I said I disagree. There are "other" Mormons who live lifestyles the church discouraes. Indeed you linked, I believe, to what three women who worked professionally? And we already heard of the one woman who taught inner-city kids. What are these, not other Mormons? Ah well.

It acknowledges that some married women with young children work because it's financially necessary. I've never seen it acknowledge women who work because they want to.

I don't even see how your last sentence makes sense. Do you really think the Church won't acknowledge that there are women out there who work because they want to?

Given that you're 100% wrong, and apparently doing your usual thing of not even trying to understand someone else's perspective, I find it presumptuous, unhelpful and yes, rude.

Take it r leave it. It was meant to be helpful. We all have plenty to learn.

[_Equality]

I see nothing wrong with showing women working and still raising their children in the I am a Mormon series. IIt is based in todays realities. Many LDS women in the past also worked when they were raising children. They experienced no problems from the LDS church. It was a matter of choice.

Well, there you go again. You are speaking for the many Mormon women who worked while they were raising children and stating categorically that "they experienced no problems from the LDS church." This is patently false, as many LDS women have complained many times in many places over many years about the problems they faced from the LDS church when they chose to be working mothers. You must know this. You can't attribute this lie you keep telling to ignorance. The fact that many Mormon mothers work outside the home, and have done so throughout the history of the church, is not in question. Nor does that fact mean that they "experienced no problems" for the choice. You yourself have tried to heap on the guilt for the choice they have made. If you define "problems from the LDS church" as meaning only that they are not excommunicated for the choice, you are defining it far too strictly. They face all kinds of problems, not the least of which is being treated like second-class citizens in the Mormon culture. You know this is true, and you know this is why consiglieri's wife responded the way she did to the slick PR campaign advertisement. Yet you still continue to lie over and over and over again as you attack Ms. Jack and others in this thread for stating facts, which you respond to with falsehoods and the repetition of the same tired assertions that numerous commenters have thoroughly discredited.

by the way, your avatar is offensive to me. It makes me feel all yucky inside. You should have to change it to something that doesn't offend a large segment of this board's community.

[_MsJack]

Do you really think the Church won't acknowledge that there are women out there who work because they want to?

Well, yes, the church has "acknowledged" them---when it talks about how they shouldn't do it.

But I'm not sure that I have ever seen mothers who work outside the home because they want to referenced by church leaders in neutral or positive terms. You're welcome to prove me wrong.

We all have plenty to learn.

Not from you I don't.

[_stemelbow]

Not from you I don't.

You wouldn't know that. Sadly all you have is your harsh exterior that keeps you from learning from people like me. I ain't half bad as you like to paint me. I have things I've seen and learned. But, shut me out. Hold all your anger against me...assume I ain't worth listening too. Its cool.

Truth is I admit I have plenty to learn from all sorts of folks. I can't hold their hostility, like yours, agains them/you. I'm sure you have plenty to offer. It'll just take tons of work to shed some of those layers to find it. I ain't afraid to try though.

Settle down, love, appreciate, open up a little, break down those walls...it'll all be good for you.

Take that advice as you please. I won't hold my breath but I hope you do for your sake.

[_schreech]

Not from you I don't.

Hey, being a perpetually whiny malcontent while trying to convince others that you are "happy and open to learning" takes a lot of practice and work....we could all learn from the stem...

[_Rambo]

Not from you I don't.

You wouldn't know that. Sadly all you have is your harsh exterior that keeps you from learning from people like me. I ain't half bad as you like to paint me. I have things I've seen and learned. But, shut me out. Hold all your anger against me...assume I ain't worth listening too. Its cool.

Truth is I admit I have plenty to learn from all sorts of folks. I can't hold their hostility, like yours, agains them/you. I'm sure you have plenty to offer. It'll just take tons of work to shed some of those layers to find it. I ain't afraid to try though.

Settle down, love, appreciate, open up a little, break down those walls...it'll all be good for you.

Take that advice as you please. I won't hold my breath but I hope you do for your sake.

If it makes you feel better Stem I'm learning from you. I'm learning what the mind of a non LDS person is like. Oh and I think you can teach me how to be a nanny and whine.

[_stemelbow]

If it makes you feel better Stem I'm learning from you. I'm learning what the mind of a non LDS person is like. Oh and I think you can teach me how to be a nanny and whine.

Oh man, you're only learning from my negative qualities? Well shoot. That's a shame.