Conference open thread

[pellegrino]

S. Gifford Nielson -- is that the same as Giff Nielson?

He's the right age, he's retired from broadcasting, and he's been a stake pres. Now we just know about the first name he never went by.

I'm not positive, but I'd be shocked if there were another Gifford Nielsen in the church, much less another Gifford.

[All-American]

What would happen if it dipped to 1.9x the birth rate?

Clearly, we would stand in need of repentance. And we'd have to start recruiting better.

Prop 8 doesn't seem to have had an immediate effect on numbers, if that means anything.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

He's the right age, he's retired from broadcasting, and he's been a stake pres. Now we just know about the first name he never went by.

I'm not positive, but I'd be shocked if there were another Gifford Nielsen in the church, much less another Gifford.

Someone already updated his Wiki
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[pellegrino]

What would happen if it dipped to 1.9x the birth rate?

what is the birth rate of the church as a whole? I was a little surprised that there were so few new children of record on the books. I do question the accuracy of that number though because I know in our ward alone less than half of the kids born in 2009 are still not on the records.

[RobinFinderson]

He's the right age, he's retired from broadcasting, and he's been a stake pres. Now we just know about the first name he never went by.

I'm not positive, but I'd be shocked if there were another Gifford Nielsen in the church, much less another Gifford.

Lol! I've never understood this naming convention. 10:1, the ratio of GA's who go by their middle name vs the public at large.

[Viking]

why is it that only 50k missionaries are out? that's the same number as when i was in the field in 1991.

[Viking]

Lol! I've never understood this naming convention. 10:1, the ratio of GA's who go by their middle name vs the public at large.

It's kind of funny. When I first heard of Larry H. Miller as a teenager in Dallas, my first thought was that he was a GA. When I found out he wasn't, i realized it was just a great marketing tactic to a predominantly mormon customer base.

I'll thusly be: J. Viking Samuelsen

[RobinFinderson]

Someone already updated his Wiki
Gifford Nielsen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

LOL! I've been editing that page to remove bias. There was lots of unsourced stuff trying to relate him to 'legendary' coach Edwards, and other stuff trying to associate him with more famous BYU QB's.

[DU Ute]

craigohobson awesome. watching people sustain church leaders from their cars on the freeway. #ldsconf
half a minute ago from Tweetie

Only in Utah.

I wonder if anyone has ever had an accident and died from sustaining church leaders while driving? It would be kind of cool if it happened while sustaining a newly called Prophet, but not so cool during, say, the sustaining of the General Sunday School Presidency.

[Viking]

I wonder if anyone has ever had an accident and died from sustaining church leaders while driving? It would be kind of cool if it happened while sustaining a newly called Prophet, but not so cool during, say, the sustaining of the General Sunday School Presidency.

They immediately go to the celestial kingdom.

[pellegrino]

Lol! I've never understood this naming convention. 10:1, the ratio of GA's who go by their middle name vs the public at large.

Didn't you know that's how to fast track your son to becoming a GA?

I hate the LDS practice of referencing middle initials, not middle names. I've been sustained in Ward conference a few times and sometimes they've come last minute asking me my full name. Knowing why they want it I've told them that they can only use the full name, not my middle initial. I'm batting .500 in that request.

[SeattleUte]

Not as many on line as I'd expect. There must be lots of poeple playing hooky from conference.

[Mormon Red Death]

well Holland drew the porn talk straw

[Green Lantern]

Porn talk! Mark it, Elder Holland. 3:35 PM!

[All-American]

Sounds like Holland is the first to have the courage to finally address the great unspoken problem.