Wear Pants to Church Day

[DrumNFeather]

This got posted to Facebook by a friend yesterday. I nearly responded by joining up with the ordain women group to rebut and troll her. (I try to keep my posts controversy free). I may yet do it. My wife probably will because she is an awesome troll when it comes to her friends.

(I do support OW, as does my wife, but not enough to open my Facebook feed for a nasty debate. Yet).

I've posted a few things without causing major kerfuffles, and I'm sure my comments on the FB page itself randomly show up on people's feeds. I think my extended family has written me off as a godless heathen anyway.

I see some self fulfilling prophecies coming in the near future!

[Mrs. Funk]

I see some self fulfilling prophecies coming in the near future!

Yup. Haven't heard that one before.

[wally]

There should be a wear no pants to church day thread. I could get with that. Buncha guys wearing shorts and sticking it to the system!

[DrumNFeather]

Yup. Haven't heard that one before.

What's your point then?

[Mrs. Funk]

What's your point then?

Only that I've been told a bunch of times to just leave the church, or if I really had a testimony it wouldn't be possible for me to support Ordain Women, or there's no fate for me but to leave the church. I'm not playing the victim, I promise. Your comment is just nothing new to me.

[DrumNFeather]

Only that I've been told a bunch of times to just leave the church, or if I really had a testimony it wouldn't be possible for me to support Ordain Women, or there's no fate for me but to leave the church. I'm not playing the victim, I promise. Your comment is just nothing new to me.

That's good, because that's not what I'm saying. If I wanted to tell you to leave the church, I would just come out and tell you that.

[Moliere]

Very clever. As he prepares the membership for the future shedding of tears, he lays the groundwork for the future apologist's argument that "this was never really doctrine".

I had the same thought. I especially noted this:

When all is said and done, the Lord has not revealed why He has organized His Church as He has.

This sounds oddly familiar to the reason given for the PH ban. We don't know why or how it was given, but it was given. The only difference is that women are still banned from participating/officiating in PH ordinances outside the temple.

I did find this sentence in line with my thinking:

When men and women go to the temple, they are both endowed with the same power, which is by definition priesthood power. “All who enter the house of the Lord officiate in the ordinances of the priesthood. This applies to men and women alike.” (End of excerpts from Elder Ballard.)

I'd say that an endowed woman (I'm not talking about 'napper style endowed ) holds the PH just as much as a man. I wouldn't be opposed to an endowed woman performing PH blessings or ordinances. It seems like, based on the words above, Elder Ballard would agree with me.

[Indy Coug]

If Mrs. Funk is in my ward, then I want her to leave the church, because seating for Sacrament is a nightmare.

[Mrs. Funk]

That's good, because that's not what I'm saying. If I wanted to tell you to leave the church, I would just come out and tell you that.

What a relief!

In that case, I may have misunderstood you. What did you mean by the self-fulfilling prophecy comment then?

[Moliere]

Only that I've been told a bunch of times to just leave the church, or if I really had a testimony it wouldn't be possible for me to support Ordain Women, or there's no fate for me but to leave the church. I'm not playing the victim, I promise. Your comment is just nothing new to me.

I think you should leave the church. No really, you should. I mean, at this time of the day there probably aren't any men in the building and women aren't supposed to be in the church without a PH holder around.

[Mrs. Funk]

If Mrs. Funk is in my ward, then I want her to leave the church, because seating for Sacrament is a nightmare.

I usually end up in the gym with our toddler during sacrament meeting. 1 pm church means no nap, which means a crazy kid. You can have your prime sacrament meeting seating.

[Indy Coug]

I usually end up in the gym with our toddler during sacrament meeting. 1 pm church means no nap, which means a crazy kid.

Yeah, I've repeatedly been there, done that. Our first child's naptime was 2 to 5 and that was exactly the time of our block schedule in SLC, so that was a regular barrel of monkeys. I never stayed for the other 2 hours.

[Mrs. Funk]

Yeah, I've repeatedly been there, done that. Our first child's naptime was 2 to 5 and that was exactly the time of our block schedule in SLC, so that was a regular barrel of monkeys. I never stayed for the other 2 hours.

I teach the YW the third hour, so mpfunk often ends up taking the toddler beast home. Or sometimes he falls asleep 10 minutes before church and that's lame. Anyway, never thought I'd be looking forward to 9 AM church.

[DrumNFeather]

I usually end up in the gym with our toddler during sacrament meeting. 1 pm church means no nap, which means a crazy kid. You can have your prime sacrament meeting seating.

We were involved in a seat saving incident last week in sacrament meeting, it was awesome. It also taught me this valuable lesson...no slight too small for me!

[Mrs. Funk]

We were involved in a seat saving incident last week in sacrament meeting, it was awesome. It also taught me this valuable lesson...no slight too small for me!

The etiquette is clear: if you put your scriptures on one end of the row, you reserve the whole row amiright?