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"They" probably think they are advancing the mission of the church, or are at least trying to. (No snark intended.)“There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
― W.H. Auden
"God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
-- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
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I think the church's overall goals are the same as any big organization or business or corporationOriginally posted by pellegrino View Post
expand your consumer-base, grow your organization, protect your brand, tweak your product to maximize benefits while minimizing risks.
If a few malconents with keyboards in the US were capable of really hurting the product, I think we'd see a crackdown. But the church is focusing its attention on its emerging markets outside of the US.
There are a lot of potential consumers out there who are shopping for a religion. The US market is largely tapped. But there's a lot of world out there yet to market to. Sure there's a need to keep the US base engaged, but its loyalty to the brand is largely assured."More crazy people to Provo go than to any other town in the state."
-- Iron County Record. 23 August, 1912. (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...23/ed-1/seq-4/)Comment
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