President Thomas S. Monson summoned to court in England
Wow. That's really funny.
So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
Supposedly this is the October Surprise. I'm surprised at how groundbreaking this is. It's set back surprising anti-mormon efforts at least three decades.Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
Awesomeness now has a name. Let me introduce myself.
it would be pretty bamf to have an international criminal for a prophet
Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.
You have got to be kidding.
So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
Don't think so, from what I gather. I didn't have high hopes in the first place, but this is pretty lame. Matches what Tom Phillips was saying about depositions and such.
I can't imagine that TSM ever sets foot in England over this.
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More grist for the mill with one person's opinion:
http://mormondisclosures.blogspot.co...-to-court.html
Lame. They're going to prosecute a religious leader for fraud, for encouraging his flock to believe in religious claims? There's plenty of those to go around. Mormondom seems like a small target.
Seems like a pretty clear conflict of interest for the prosecutor.Tom Phillips, the acting prosecutor, is a retired management consultant. A Mormon convert since 1969, he has served as a Bishop, Stake President and Area Executive Secretary. He received the unspoken and secret ordinance of the second anointing. He also served as the Area Controller for the British Isles and Africa as well as the Financial Director for the Church’s U.K. corporate entities.
Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
you should be charged with 1st degree stupidity.
“A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” ~ Steve Prefontaine
Sorry but I view this in the same light as those that sue McDonald's for making them fat. Just stupid.
"Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault
"Once I seen the trades go down and the other guys signed elsewhere," he said, "I knew it was my time now." - Derrick Favors
People are speculating that there are a whole lot of financial fraud allegations that go behind this. But I'm with you. Not impressed.
Awesomeness now has a name. Let me introduce myself.
LOL, and there are those in this country who admire the European system.
Ex-Mos are hilarious.
This could be a PR nightmare if the media run with it.
We all trust our own unorthodoxies.
Yes, good thing Sooner and SU aren't lawyers.
For who?
Awesomeness now has a name. Let me introduce myself.
Fraud? Is it a question of how the money is being used or how it is acquired?
"Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault
"Once I seen the trades go down and the other guys signed elsewhere," he said, "I knew it was my time now." - Derrick Favors
Exactly. Cameron could be the guy that finally getsCaponeMonson
"Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault
"Once I seen the trades go down and the other guys signed elsewhere," he said, "I knew it was my time now." - Derrick Favors
Oh brother
falafel, this appears to be a "private prosecution"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private...United_Kingdom
Maybe it is an income equality thing? I admit I don't understand European Socialism although President Obama is doing a good job of trying to teach me.
In Europe do the rich churches have to redistribute to the poorer churches? Perhaps the Church hasn't been reporting it's real income and defrauded the poorer churches.
The Steve Young thing was way better.
So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.
If I were representing TSM or the church, one of my strategies might be to encourage the CPS in the UK to take over the case and drop it as quietly as possible.
I hope he shows up. It would be a great addition to the scriptures.
The modern day Abinadi!
Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.
Here's how a *somewhat* similar case against Scientology played out in France:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...in-France.html
For the Church. Reports that President Monson was served in a fraud case, even one like this, are very bad. Your average person out there does not have the education, context, or inclination to look into a "story" like this in any depth. Journalists, who don't exactly love the LDS Church by and large, will frame the thing as they see fit. And worse, this sort of thing fits nicely into old tropes and stereotypes about Mormons.
I don't think this is the Nauvoo Expositor revisited, but in PR terms this isn't good. In legal terms, I assume the Church's army of lawyers will do everything they can to make even this summons go away.
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We all trust our own unorthodoxies.
If the jail in which he was residing were blown asunder I might reconsider my current position.
"Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault
"Once I seen the trades go down and the other guys signed elsewhere," he said, "I knew it was my time now." - Derrick Favors
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