183 Semiannual General Conference Thread

[Northwestcoug]

Wait, is this a sarcastic chest bump emoticon? Because if it is, I've been using it wrong

[UVACoug]

How do you think the process for giving conference talks goes? You think live over the air is the first time "church editors" get any of the material?

I don't know (or care) ... and no.

[UVACoug]

Yeah, you should always discount a Stack column. Especially when she quotes the church spokesperson about who edited Christofferson's talk. Her agenda is just too jaded to trust anything she says.

Where did I discount anything? I have no doubt that what she is reporting is accurate. I just think it is humorous that this is what she came away from conference with. Despite what gets said in the tiny bubble here, very few people give a crap about any of this stuff. It's no wonder the SLTrib is firing all its reporters.

[SeattleUte]

I finally had a little time to look at this thread. Good grief. Here is the progressive Mormon strategy: Find a GA to build a fire wall around and lionize as a courageous voice in the wilderness. Nevermind that he was ensconced at the top of the hierarchy during the institution's most embarrassing and regrettable times. Hence: Examples of good GAs are: Joseph Smith, David O. McKay, Hugh B. Brown. Bad GAs: Brigham Young, Joseph F. Smith, E.T. Benson, McKonkie, Packer. Now I see that Pres. Monson is a good GA; amazingly, he gets a pass on Prop 8. Prop 8 is all Pres. Hinckley's doing, though he was dead for what? a year before Prop. 8? He's now a bad GA. Uchtdorf is now the new Hugh B. Brown.

FWIW, my personal favorites are Smith and Benson.

[myboynoah]

I finally had a little time to look at this thread. Good grief. Here is the progressive Mormon strategy: Find a GA to build a fire wall around and lionize as a courageous voice in the wilderness. Nevermind that he was ensconced at the top of the hierarchy during the institution's most embarrassing and regrettable times. Hence: Examples of good GAs are: Joseph Smith, David O. McKay, Hugh B. Brown. Bad GAs: Brigham Young, Joseph F. Smith, E.T. Benson, McKonkie, Packer. Now I see that Pres. Monson is a good GA; amazingly, he gets a pass on Prop 8. Prop 8 is all Pres. Hinckley's doing, though he was dead for what? a year before Prop. 8? He's now a bad GA. Uchtdorf is now the new Hugh B. Brown.

FWIW, my personal favorites are Smith and Benson.

This is just plain awesome. You need to swear off ub5. Your best will always be here.

[YOhio]

I finally had a little time to look at this thread. Good grief. Here is the progressive Mormon strategy: Find a GA to build a fire wall around and lionize as a courageous voice in the wilderness. Nevermind that he was ensconced at the top of the hierarchy during the institution's most embarrassing and regrettable times. Hence: Examples of good GAs are: Joseph Smith, David O. McKay, Hugh B. Brown. Bad GAs: Brigham Young, Joseph F. Smith, E.T. Benson, McKonkie, Packer. Now I see that Pres. Monson is a good GA; amazingly, he gets a pass on Prop 8. Prop 8 is all Pres. Hinckley's doing, though he was dead for what? a year before Prop. 8? He's now a bad GA. Uchtdorf is now the new Hugh B. Brown.

FWIW, my personal favorites are Smith and Benson.

I sustain them all as prophets, seers and revelators. Totally blows up your ProgMo stereotype.

[jay santos]

I sustain them all as prophets, seers and revelators. Totally blows up your ProgMo stereotype.

This is the kind of Mormon I see YOhio as.

http://www.ldsmag.com/article/1/13489

[YOhio]

This is the kind of Mormon I see YOhio as.

http://www.ldsmag.com/article/1/13489

lol. That's a funny article.

[Jeff Lebowski]

This is the kind of Mormon I see YOhio as.

http://www.ldsmag.com/article/1/13489

Oh my. That is golden.

[SeattleUte]

FWIW, my personal favorites are Smith and Benson.

Clarification, Joseph Smith not Joseph F. Smith. Also, I forgot B.H. Roberts, the original progressive Mormon.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

Oh my. That is golden.

Yeah. "Golden." That's the word I was looking for.

I bet she's one hell of a Relief Society President.

[Clark Addison]

Clarification, Joseph Smith not Joseph F. Smith. Also, I forgot B.H. Roberts, the original progressive Mormon.

Did you know that aside from being the original Prog-Mo, he once disguised himself as a tramp to recover the bodies of two murdered missionaries from a mob in Tennessee? I believe there is even a picture of him in his get-up somewhere in the church archives or something.

[Sleeping in EQ]

I finally had a little time to look at this thread. Good grief. Here is the progressive Mormon strategy: Find a GA to build a fire wall around and lionize as a courageous voice in the wilderness. Nevermind that he was ensconced at the top of the hierarchy during the institution's most embarrassing and regrettable times. Hence: Examples of good GAs are: Joseph Smith, David O. McKay, Hugh B. Brown. Bad GAs: Brigham Young, Joseph F. Smith, E.T. Benson, McKonkie, Packer. Now I see that Pres. Monson is a good GA; amazingly, he gets a pass on Prop 8. Prop 8 is all Pres. Hinckley's doing, though he was dead for what? a year before Prop. 8? He's now a bad GA. Uchtdorf is now the new Hugh B. Brown.

FWIW, my personal favorites are Smith and Benson.

There's some truth in this.

[byu71]

I finally had a little time to look at this thread. Good grief. Here is the progressive Mormon strategy: Find a GA to build a fire wall around and lionize as a courageous voice in the wilderness. Nevermind that he was ensconced at the top of the hierarchy during the institution's most embarrassing and regrettable times. Hence: Examples of good GAs are: Joseph Smith, David O. McKay, Hugh B. Brown. Bad GAs: Brigham Young, Joseph F. Smith, E.T. Benson, McKonkie, Packer. Now I see that Pres. Monson is a good GA; amazingly, he gets a pass on Prop 8. Prop 8 is all Pres. Hinckley's doing, though he was dead for what? a year before Prop. 8? He's now a bad GA. Uchtdorf is now the new Hugh B. Brown.

FWIW, my personal favorites are Smith and Benson.

It is my hope and prayer that all those who have had their feelings hurt by GA's will find a way to get over it, move on and have a productive life whether that be as a member of the LDS faith or not.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

It is my hope and prayer that all those who have had their feelings hurt by GA's will find a way to get over it, move on and have a productive life whether that be as a member of the LDS faith or not.

May I suggest maybe a cathartic letter or two.


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