Aristotle Smith wrote:Today Mrs. Smith told me that the third hour combined lesson at her ward was on public relations (her exact words, not mine). The point of the lesson was to get people to answer church questions correctly.
Who taught the class? Did they give any indication on where the topic for the lesson originated?
Aristotle Smith wrote:Today Mrs. Smith told me that the third hour combined lesson at her ward was on public relations (her exact words, not mine). The point of the lesson was to get people to answer church questions correctly.
Who taught the class? Did they give any indication on where the topic for the lesson originated?
It was taught by the Stake Public Relations specialist. I don't know if there was any indication of where it came from. My impression was that it originated from outside the stake, but I wasn't there. I'll ask my wife for some clarification on this, if she can give any.
The point of the lesson was to get people to answer church questions correctly.
By answering from something most recently published by the Church on any given subject.
WOW. I never thought I'd see the day that the missive "Every Member a Missionary" would be temporarily suspended.
Most of what Bott said was correct. But the issue too politically sensitive to risk accidentally inserting one's own opinion like FAIR does on it's MormonVoices.org (tattoo etc.). Best to stick with the officially published material.
What is the OCD on how to respond to questions about the church? Please provide a reference to an OCP.
"And the human knew the source of life, the woman of him, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, 'I have procreated a man with Yahweh.'" Gen. 4:1, interior quote translated by D. Bokovoy.
Aristotle Smith wrote:Did they give any indication on where the topic for the lesson originated?
Mrs. Smith gave some more details about whether this is a local thing or whether it comes from Salt Lake. Bizarrely in the case the answer is probably both.
It appears that my area, Dallas, Texas, is the next market for the LDS church to roll out an "I'm a Mormon" media blitz. Because of this it may be the case that these instructions are limited to Dallas and any other media markets the LDS church is targeting at this time. But, even though this is local, it seems the instructions on how to handle this come from Salt Lake. They are the ones making the decision on where to run these ad campaigns and on how to handle them.
Aristotle Smith wrote:The kicker for me was that the class was instructed to NOT proselyte when people ask questions about Mormons, at least until the presidential campaign was over. Apparently the church does not want to be seen as using the Mitt Romney candidacy as a means to increasing church membership. One class member asked if this was a change in church policy/doctrine. His question was not answered.
This is remarkable. Do they really care more about getting Romney into the White House than everything else? Why is having a Mormon in power such a priority for the Lord's One True Church? Why should such a thing matter to the Brethren?
"[I]f, while hoping that everybody else will be honest and so forth, I can personally prosper through unethical and immoral acts without being detected and without risk, why should I not?." --Daniel Peterson, 6/4/14
Doctor Scratch wrote:This is remarkable. Do they really care more about getting Romney into the White House than everything else? Why is having a Mormon in power such a priority for the Lord's One True Church? Why should such a thing matter to the Brethren?
Let me take another swig of my Guinness. Ok, now I'm prepared to take on the mighty Scratch. I believe the church is actually worried that excessive zeal in the lay membership during the elections will actually look bad for the church. I don't think the brethren care too much about Romney. I mean, they love him for his conservative views but he is not their kingpin.
The PR campaign has been all about protecting the church image during the elections, not about protecting or supporting the candidate.
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)