Mission pres suggests apostates will be trodden to death?

[_renewed]

Read this guy's post to the end. Don't know if it's true. If it is....Wow.

http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1016813

[_sunstoned]

The last exchange sounded very condescending. Not the kind of tone you would expect from a disciple of Christ.

[_renewed]

I know. The whole "as an added bonus" line. Stay classy, Prez.

[_Harold Lee]

The last exchange sounded very condescending. Not the kind of tone you would expect from a disciple of Christ.

My thoughts too. Actually handled pretty well on both sides up to the last exchange. I'm sure there were more exchanges than were posted also, that were probably also handled well or we would have heard about it. But up to the last obligatory condescending response, it seemed like he pretty well accepted that he wasn't interested in coming back and didn't want to waste both of their time.

[_Rollo Tomasi]

I know. The whole "as an added bonus" line. Stay classy, Prez.

The "added bonus" line really bothered me, too. It's almost as if the MP is a secret Danite making a death threat. I checked out the MP online, and he's obviously a very successful man, but his reference to apostates being trodden down until death, is way over the line, in my opinion. The MP's file leader needs to talk with him and inform him that high-profile leaders in the Church (and I think this would include MP's) cannot speak to anyone that way. The guy is on a power trip and must be reigned in.

[_MsJack]

The guy is on a power trip and must be reigned in.

Does this ever happen though?

[_Bazooka]

The guy is on a power trip and must be reigned in.

Does this ever happen though?

Only when the Church is publicly humiliated.

[_Rollo Tomasi]

The guy is on a power trip and must be reigned in.

Does this ever happen though?

Not as much as it should. Perhaps this former member should report the MP to the police for making a death threat? Now that would reign in the MP very quickly, in my opinion.

[_Everybody Wang Chung]

I know. The whole "as an added bonus" line. Stay classy, Prez.

The "added bonus" line really bothered me, too. It's almost as if the MP is a secret Danite making a death threat. I checked out the MP online, and he's obviously a very successful man, but his reference to apostates being trodden down until death, is way over the line, in my opinion. The MP's file leader needs to talk with him and inform him that high-profile leaders in the Church (and I think this would include MP's) cannot speak to anyone that way. The guy is on a power trip and must be reigned in.

I've known Kurt (the mission president) for years. The Kurt I used to know is definitely not the Kurt who wrote those letters.

I remember many years ago, Kurt's daughter died in a horrific accident: http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/30/local/me-40027

Kurt has never been the same since, which is completely understandable. This tragedy also drove him much deeper into the Church where he was able to find great solace. I wonder if maybe his tone of harshness in the letters is a reflection and belief that he has to try everything possible to "save" this individual.

[_Rollo Tomasi]

I've known Kurt (the mission president) for years. The Kurt I used to know is definitely not the Kurt who wrote those letters.

I remember many years ago, Kurt's daughter died in a horrific accident: http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/30/local/me-40027

That was truly awful; I have a great deal of sympathy for him and his wife; no one should have to go through that.

Kurt has never been the same since, which is completely understandable. This tragedy also drove him much deeper into the Church where he was able to find great solace. I wonder if maybe his tone of harshness in the letters is a reflection and belief that he has to try everything possible to "save" this individual.

I'll cut Kurt a break, but his bringing up Alma 30:59-60 to suggest this would be the ultimate destiny of the former member he was trying to "save," was way out of line, especially for a MP.