Oh those poor Mormons! Businessweek mag lampoons the Mo'mall

[_harmony]

Silly boys. Mormonism is for girls.

Not so, SP. Mormonism is for men: bankers, businessmen, and accountants. The rest of us are left in the dark. Women don't come equipped with the correct genitalia.

[_Cylon]

Outrageous! How dare they impugn us like that?!

Mormons don't say 'Hallelujah'!

I understand your concerns and have modified it to have a more Mormon appropriate theme.

Thank you, Aristotle. That is much more appropriate to our great Mormon heritage.

Anti-Mormons and disillusioned members generally accept these societal norms as their own and don't take account of the genuine difference in worldview that underlies the tension. For the most part they are simply unaware of it. Many are easily converted to the idea that Mormon thought is simply weird, wrong, or laughable without recognizing the rationale behind it. When it comes to their own religion, they are illiterate, something for which I think the Church bears much of he blame.

I disagree. I for one am well aware of the still extant connection between the temporal and the spiritual within Mormonism. But looking at it from outside the belief structure, I am now far more aware of the implications of that framework. I recognize that many Mormons still really would prefer a theocracy if they could get it, and that the temporal/spiritual connections of prosperity theology are alive and well within 21st century Mormonism. I think satire is as good a vehicle as any of bringing those types of connections to light.

[_Drifting]

I notice that, whilst focussing on being upset about the magazine cover, no official or unofficial repudiation of the figures in the article is happening...

[_Fiannan]

I don't read Business Week magazine, but the cover seems a little mean spirited, for a credible business magazine. It's like something I'd expect from MAD magazine.

The net is killing the mainstream media. So perhaps we may see a fight to keep subscriptions by going tabloid. Next thing you know maybe they will copy "The Sun" and have a "page 3" of their own. In today's American economic climate I am sure there are plenty of cute out-of-work MBAs who could use such a platform as a means to obtain a job on Wall Street.

[_Spektical]

Why is the cover in poor taste? I think it's decent satire: the church's authority was presumably restored to save the world, and instead the church focuses its resources on for-profit ventures.

[_keithb]

I don't read Business Week magazine, but the cover seems a little mean spirited, for a credible business magazine. It's like something I'd expect from MAD magazine.

I agree. The cover is tasteless. I am surprised that a magazine devoted to business would demonstrate such clear prejudice against a religious group that participates in the same. What's the reason? Because tasteless slams on Mormons sell copy?

My guess is that this is it.

It's a clever cover, but I agree that it's pretty tasteless for a business magazine. Again, the day that they lampoon an Orthodox Jewish man (maybe one of the ones that runs De Beers) is the day that I will see this as anything other than an attempt to hit a soft target.

[_Polygamy-Porter]

Outrageous! How dare they impugn us like that?!

Mormons don't say 'Hallelujah'!

I guess you have never attended a temple dedication.

[_Cylon]

Outrageous! How dare they impugn us like that?!

Mormons don't say 'Hallelujah'!

I guess you have never attended a temple dedication.

They do a Hosanna "shout" at temple dedications. I've never heard anyone say Hallelujah there.

[_son of Ishmael]

I notice that, whilst focussing on being upset about the magazine cover, no official or unofficial repudiation of the figures in the article is happening...

+1000

[_Shixon1]

I found it interesting that people made such a big deal about the cover. I thought the article was pretty good for how transparent the finances of the church are. I think the church wanted to make a big deal about how offensive the cover was so that members wouldn't want to read it.