The Golden Age Of Temple Hyper-Expansion Concludes As God Hits The Snooze Button On Temple Announcements

[Everybody Wang Chung]

A concise, 30-second clip from today’s General Conference has captured the attention of Reddit, featuring Elder Oaks advising members on the need for the church to slow down and pull in the reins concerning temple construction. The statement, which signals an abrupt shift in the pace of expansion, was immediately reinforced by Oak's declaration that there will be no new temple announcements:

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comme ... ack_a_bit/

The timing is exquisitely delicious. Not even a week after Rusty's passing, the Lord apparently decided that the temple expansion needs to slow down. Call me cynical, but the immediate shift in God's priorities seems to suggest one of two things: either Jesus has a surprisingly short attention span, or Rusty was leading a massive, uninspired real estate boom.

[drumdude]

I think it’s quite clear to any honest TBMs that temple building and the demonization of the word “Mormon” clearly came from Russell Nelson the man, not the prophet. There’s a well known battle-of-the-egos that played out with the latter.

It was more than a little cringe inducing watching Mormons try to rationalize those obvious mistakes as divine revelations.

I have to give kudos to Oaks for walking it back so quickly. Though I suspect bringing back the word Mormon may take some more time.

[malkie]

I think it’s quite clear to any honest TBMs that temple building and the demonization of the word “Mormon” clearly came from Russell Nelson the man, not the prophet. There’s a well known battle-of-the-egos that played out with the latter.

It was more than a little cringe inducing watching Mormons try to rationalize those obvious mistakes as divine revelations.

I have to give kudos to Oaks for walking it back so quickly. Though I suspect bringing back the word Mormon may take some more time.

Do you think that "Mormon" will make a comeback? Could it be sold to the membership, or would that reversal be just too much?

[drumdude]

I think it’s quite clear to any honest TBMs that temple building and the demonization of the word “Mormon” clearly came from Russell Nelson the man, not the prophet. There’s a well known battle-of-the-egos that played out with the latter.

It was more than a little cringe inducing watching Mormons try to rationalize those obvious mistakes as divine revelations.

I have to give kudos to Oaks for walking it back so quickly. Though I suspect bringing back the word Mormon may take some more time.

Do you think that "Mormon" will make a comeback? Could it be sold to the membership, or would that reversal be just too much?

I'm old enough to remember vividly the "I'm a Mormon" campaign, which ran from 2010 to 2018. I would argue that the effort to demonize the word "Mormon" was a much harder sell to the members than restoring it would be.

You have people like John Pack Lambert looking like a complete buffoon pointing out every newspaper in the world which doesn't comply with the church's style guide. It's a Herculean effort to constantly correct everyone, and one which buys the church zero good will on the best of days, and negative on the worst.

I think the reversal will happen naturally as the church just lets the issue go.

[malkie]

Do you think that "Mormon" will make a comeback? Could it be sold to the membership, or would that reversal be just too much?

I'm old enough to remember vividly the "I'm a Mormon" campaign, which ran from 2010 to 2018. I would argue that the effort to demonize the word "Mormon" was a much harder sell to the members than restoring it would be.

You have people like John Pack Lambert looking like a complete buffoon pointing out every newspaper in the world which doesn't comply with the church's style guide. It's a Herculean effort to constantly correct everyone, and one which buys the church zero good will on the best of days, and negative on the worst.

I think the reversal will happen naturally as the church just lets the issue go.

Critics of the church could help by also letting the issue go.

Then wait till "Mormon" is normalized again, and bring back Pres. Nelson's opposition.

[sock puppet]

A concise, 30-second clip from today’s General Conference has captured the attention of Reddit, featuring Elder Oaks advising members on the need for the church to slow down and pull in the reins concerning temple construction. The statement, which signals an abrupt shift in the pace of expansion, was immediately reinforced by Oak's declaration that there will be no new temple announcements:

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comme ... ack_a_bit/

The timing is exquisitely delicious. Not even a week after Rusty's passing, the Lord apparently decided that the temple expansion needs to slow down. Call me cynical, but the immediate shift in God's priorities seems to suggest one of two things: either Jesus has a surprisingly short attention span, or Rusty was leading a massive, uninspired real estate boom.

Isn't that why Mormon God kills off prophets? When Mormon God changes His mind, but the current prophet is no longer receptive to the signal?

[sock puppet]

Since Russell is now dead, isn't everything he said "negotiable" by Mormons?

[sock puppet]

Sounds like the Mormon Lord has truly hit the "pause" button on His promise that His gospel shall be as the stone cut out of the mountain without hands which would roll forth and fill the whole earth, as Daniel saw in vision (see Daniel 2:31–45; D&C 65:2).

[Rivendale]

Do you think that "Mormon" will make a comeback? Could it be sold to the membership, or would that reversal be just too much?

I'm old enough to remember vividly the "I'm a Mormon" campaign, which ran from 2010 to 2018. I would argue that the effort to demonize the word "Mormon" was a much harder sell to the members than restoring it would be.

You have people like John Pack Lambert looking like a complete buffoon pointing out every newspaper in the world which doesn't comply with the church's style guide. It's a Herculean effort to constantly correct everyone, and one which buys the church zero good will on the best of days, and negative on the worst.

I think the reversal will happen naturally as the church just lets the issue go.

During the Michigan attack I was listening to the police scanner as the shootings were happening. There were some real life repercussions happening as the operator was transferring information to the police that were on site and it involved TCOJCOLDS. She kept saying the entire name and it cluttered the airwaves causing delays in the information getting out.

[sock puppet]

I'm old enough to remember vividly the "I'm a Mormon" campaign, which ran from 2010 to 2018. I would argue that the effort to demonize the word "Mormon" was a much harder sell to the members than restoring it would be.

You have people like John Pack Lambert looking like a complete buffoon pointing out every newspaper in the world which doesn't comply with the church's style guide. It's a Herculean effort to constantly correct everyone, and one which buys the church zero good will on the best of days, and negative on the worst.

I think the reversal will happen naturally as the church just lets the issue go.

During the Michigan attack I was listening to the police scanner as the shootings were happening. There were some real life repercussions happening as the operator was transferring information to the police that were on site and it involved TCOJCOLDS. She kept saying the entire name and it cluttered the airwaves causing delays in the information getting out.

The stupidity--and Nelson had already died and the don't-use-Mormon had become part of the dustbin of past prophet "revelations."