Mormon Scholars Testify

[Solon]

A friend sent this along.

http://mormonscholarstestify.org/

The few I read came across to me as very sincere.

Are there any on there that aren't faculty at the byu?

[PaloAltoCougar]

Clayton Christensen's a professor at Harvard's B School. He was a freshman classmate of mine at BYU, though he went on to Oxford and Harvard while I stayed at a school with a better football program. I liked his story about moving from one residence in Cambridge to another, and he put out the call to the EQ for assistance with the move. One of the many who showed up was Mitt Romney despite having just lost his Senate race with Kennedy and having a broken collarbone (unclear if this was inflicted by Kennedy).

Clayton has done me some favors in the past and is a very good person, not to mention an the preeminent business professors in the country.

[Jeff Lebowski]

A friend sent this along.

http://mormonscholarstestify.org/

The few I read came across to me as very sincere.

Are there any on there that aren't faculty at the byu?

Looks like the Christensen guy is on the faculty of the business school at Harvard.

[wuapinmon]

[SeattleUte]

These are very long essays; as is customary, prolixity, verbosity and length seem to obscure what ought to be simple and sublime expressions.

No, I haven't read them and don't intend to. Does anyone of them just say they believe in the LDS Church because he believes Joseph Smith's stories or that the Book of Mormon is a genuine acient record? (TIP: Daniel Peterson is the best bet.)

[SeattleUte]

Looks like the Christensen guy is on the faculty of the business school at Harvard.

So one is a business professor and the rest are on the FARMS payroll?

[Jeff Lebowski]

So one is a business professor and the rest are on the FARMS payroll?

Looks that way.

[creekster]

These are very long essays; as is customary, prolixity, verbosity and length seem to obscure what ought to be simple and sublime expressions.

No, I haven't read them and don't intend to. Does anyone of them just say they believe in the LDS Church because he believes Joseph Smith's stories or that the Book of Mormon is a genuine acient record? (TIP: Daniel Peterson is the best bet.)

COming from a guy whose posts are always short and quick to read, I can see how prolixity would bother you.

[Moliere]

http://mormonscholarstestify.org/

Hm, not sure what the big point here is with the website. Is it that intellectuals and researchers can be Mormons? Is it supposed to be faith promoting? I guess I just don't want to take the time to read it since I don't think it will have any impact on me.

I would rather see the following:

http://mormonCPAstestify.org/

[Rosebud]

Christensen is accustomed to receiving incessant accolades and respect. He has served as a GA. He is the preeminent LDS "scholar" and is often interviewed by newspapers and magazines as such. He often publicly defended his friend Mitt Romney during his campaign. His testimony accurately mirrors the culture he lives in. He has a lot of power and will defend one of its primary sources in writing. Just sayin'....

[SeattleUte]

Christensen is accustomed to receiving incessant accolades and respect. He has served as a GA. He is the preeminent LDS "scholar" and is often interviewed by newspapers and magazines as such. He often publicly defended his friend Mitt Romney during his campaign. His testimony accurately mirrors the culture he lives in. He has a lot of power and will defend one of its primary sources in writing. Just sayin'....

Are you saying it's hard to separate their expressions of faith from personal social and economic intrests?

[Non Sequitur]

Couldn't find Orson Scott Card. WTF?

[CardiacCoug]

I actually really like this part of what Clayton Christensen wrote.

One of the curses that afflicts successful, prosperous people – many of whom have extraordinary talents and good hearts – is that they tend to live and work amongst similarly successful, prosperous people. They thereby become isolated from those who need their help. What I appreciate about the Mormon Church as an infrastructure for Christian living is that it puts me in touch with people I can help. I told a friend once, “If you truly want to live your life as Christ taught, then start coming to the Mormon Church. You don’t even have to believe what we believe. But if you want to practice Christianity, this is where the state-of-the-art is practiced.” This is why I choose to belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Sure, there are plenty of other organizations in which Christian principles can be applied. I'm not sure the Church really is "state-of-the-art" when it comes to this. But as someone who would focus exclusively on my career and family if left to my own devices, the Church helps give me some opportunities to meet and help people I otherwise wouldn't know about.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

These are very long essays; as is customary, prolixity, verbosity and length seem to obscure what ought to be simple and sublime expressions.

No, I haven't read them and don't intend to. Does anyone of them just say they believe in the LDS Church because he believes Joseph Smith's stories or that the Book of Mormon is a genuine acient record? (TIP: Daniel Peterson is the best bet.)

Is he related to Mark?

[LA Ute]

I actually really like this part of what Clayton Christensen wrote.



Sure, there are plenty of other organizations in which Christian principles can be applied. I'm not sure the Church really is "state-of-the-art" when it comes to this. But as someone who would focus exclusively on my career and family if left to my own devices, the Church helps give me some opportunities to meet and help people I otherwise wouldn't know about.

Agree 100%. When colleagues who don't know me well yet learn about the service activities that are commonplace among, they sometimes look at me like I just sprouted antlers. That's not a commentary on them , it just reminds me of how fortunate we are to have some real opportunities for perspective and balance in terms of our activites and those with whom we associate.