Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the News

[Jeff Lebowski]

Our son likes Hank Smith, so we've acquired a few of his talks on CD. He also went to an event featuring Bytheway, Smith, and a paraplegic lady whose name I forget.

Hank Smith and John Bytheway have been doing a weekly podcast (Follow Him) on the Come Follow Me lessons this year with the D&C. They have been fortunate to have a great series of guests. Weird that in the midst of that success he is dumb enough to engage in something like this. Yeesh.

[BigPiney]

Sounds like priestcraft to me.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Sounds like priestcraft to me.

It’s free!

[All-American]

It’s free!

So no gain. What about praise of others?

[smokymountainrain]

Yeah. Last week Hank made some really dumb post on twitter asking why people who leave the church still cling to some of the teachings of Joseph Smith. He said something like "pick a side already" and he got some well-deserved blowback - I mean why in the hell would you care if someone kept some beliefs? How on earth is that a bad thing?

Anyway, Calvin replied with "On behalf of my fellow mormons, I apologize to all the ex-mos for Hank Smith" or something like that. Hank then called Calvin "Korihor" in a reply. He quickly deleted the tweet and apologized, but the damage was done.

I like Hank Smith so this was painful to watch. An unbelievable lapse in judgement. One thing you NEVER - EVER should do, is publicly go after students. Calling one the anti-christ is beyond the pale. Especially a prominent gay student like Calvin. Calvin posts some dumb things occasionally, but he is a good kid with a big heart. And he was absolutely on the right side of this one.

i think another relevant aspect of he story was that in calling him a korihor, he was agreeing with one of the leaders of deznat, iirc.

[Moliere]

It’s free!

Calvin did post his Venmo in his Instagram story about the incident


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[smokymountainrain]

Calvin did post his Venmo in his Instagram story about the incident


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lol

[originalsocal]

Anyone who posts anything on the internet for public consumption is a total idiot.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Calvin did post his Venmo in his Instagram story about the incident

Wait... what?

[Non Sequitur]

I thought the same thing. She wants to make this about her practice as a therapist and the church leaders have consistently said that’s not at issue. In fact, it’s unusual that the church leaders would even make that statement in the letter, which tells me they would be fine if she supported gay marriage (I know a lot of members who openly support it) and practiced her therapy how ever she wanted.
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It’s unfortunate she was exed but it’s also a sort of badge of honor in among the Dehlinites.


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I found out yesterday that one of wife's friends is hard-core plugged into this story. Her friend is apparently a devotee of Mormon Stories and is outraged that this therapist was brought back to Missouri, a year after she had resettled in Utah, to be disciplined by her husband's ex-boss out of spite. As comically tragic as this friend's angst may be, I'm more interested by the fact that this is the same friend who is a member of a couple of different "patriot" groups and wears the red hat. Is this a coincidental combination or is there a real intersect of Dehlin fringe Mormon wackos and far-right political wackos?

[Moliere]

Wait... what?

He posted something along the lines of (I can’t remember the verbiage exactly) “one thing you can do to help” and had a picture of his Venmo QR code. I found it odd and kind of funny.

Don’t get me wrong, I still like the kid but I haven’t talked to him since a couple days after he got home from his mission outside of dms from them to time. I just know most of his early story is a bunch of lies.


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[Jeff Lebowski]

He posted something along the lines of (I can’t remember the verbiage exactly) “one thing you can do to help” and had a picture of his Venmo QR code. I found it odd and kind of funny.

Don’t get me wrong, I still like the kid but I haven’t talked to him since a couple days after he got home from his mission outside of dms from them to time. I just know most of his early story is a bunch of lies.

Venmo link? Geez, that is pathetic.

He took a couple of classes with my daughter and they both work for Terryl and Fiona Givens as research assistants. But she doesn't seem to keep up with his shenanigans. I asked her once about him and she said, "Yeah, I hear he is a big deal on twitter." She doesn't follow twitter much. Bless her heart.

[BigFatMeanie]

I participated in that thread. I posted something innocuous. I said "Can someone believe that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God, but that Polygamy was not from God but from Man?" And DesNat was quick to come back and tell me no. That whole thread got sideways fast.

To quote Tom Hanks in The Green Mile, "I just about believe that very thing"

[The_Tick]

To quote Tom Hanks in The Green Mile, "I just about believe that very thing"

Well then I am in good company.

[Shaka]

Well then I am in good company.

I'm open to polygamy being inspired but I mostly think it was Joseph trying to mimic biblical practices. You guys can count me in your number.