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

[falafel]

ASU is a leading law school? What is tosu? Nobody calls Penn Cary.

Ohio State

[old_gregg]

ASU is a leading law school? What is tosu? Nobody calls Penn Cary.

asu has been a top 20ish law school for a long time. the point is what things are named, not what they’re called.

[Northwestcoug]

Interesting but somewhat disjointed article in the Washington Post today:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/09/27/rise-liberal-latter-day-saints/

Looks like RMN has got his wish. And, superb missionary work last year fellas!

In August, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the religion colloquially known as Mormonism, issued a statement to its 19 million adherents around the globe: “We want to do all we can to limit the spread of these viruses,” wrote Russell M. Nelson, the church’s president, along with the two most senior apostles. “[W]e urge the use of face masks in public meetings whenever social distancing is not possible. To provide personal protection from such severe infections, we urge individuals to be vaccinated.”

[LVAllen]

Don't know if this counts, but Mitt Romney tweeted about the birth of his first great-grandchild, the son of his granddaughter Allie and her husband Joe Critchlow.

Looking forward to finding out what the kid's QB rating will be.

[Green Monstah]

Elder Gary Stevenson is set to make over $900mm based on his ownership of share of IKON/iFit if it goes public and folks are kind of losing their minds over it. Dude founded its predecessor over 40 years ago. I'm usually a little prudish when it comes to the church's finances, but in this instance, I've got nothing but love for a dude who built a company from nothing and is about to make bank on it (full disclosure: my otherwise talent-less brother-in-law has made a good living with IKON since 1986, so I've got nothing but love for a company that can turn a guy like that into a plant manager over three and a half decades...they've got to be doing something right).

[Bo Diddley]

Elder Gary Stevenson is set to make over $900mm based on his ownership of share of IKON/iFit if it goes public and folks are kind of losing their minds over it. Dude founded its predecessor over 40 years ago. I'm usually a little prudish when it comes to the church's finances, but in this instance, I've got nothing but love for a dude who built a company from nothing and is about to make bank on it (full disclosure: my otherwise talent-less brother-in-law has made a good living with IKON since 1986, so I've got nothing but love for a company that can turn a guy like that into a plant manager over three and a half decades...they've got to be doing something right).

Good for him!

[Jeff Lebowski]

Elder Gary Stevenson is set to make over $900mm based on his ownership of share of IKON/iFit if it goes public and folks are kind of losing their minds over it. Dude founded its predecessor over 40 years ago. I'm usually a little prudish when it comes to the church's finances, but in this instance, I've got nothing but love for a dude who built a company from nothing and is about to make bank on it (full disclosure: my otherwise talent-less brother-in-law has made a good living with IKON since 1986, so I've got nothing but love for a company that can turn a guy like that into a plant manager over three and a half decades...they've got to be doing something right).

I can't handle all of the dumb takes on twitter about this.

Here is a thought: if I had a billion dollars it would be incredibly difficult walking away from a life where I could fully enjoy that to a life where I am devoting literally the rest of my life to non-stop church service.

[MartyFunkhouser]

I can't handle all of the dumb takes on twitter about this.

Here is a thought: if I had a billion dollars it would be incredibly difficult walking away from a life where I could fully enjoy that to a life where I am devoting literally the rest of my life to non-stop church service.

Who gives a shit that he made a lot of money on his business. It isn't like he leveraged his position as a church leader to make that money. If he did then I could understand a complaint.

[All-American]

I can't handle all of the dumb takes on twitter about this.

Here is a thought: if I had a billion dollars it would be incredibly difficult walking away from a life where I could fully enjoy that to a life where I am devoting literally the rest of my life to non-stop church service.

If I had a tenth of that figure I'd probably never be heard from again.

[Pelado]

If I had a tenth of that figure I'd probably never be heard from again.

Your wife would have you assassinated?

[falafel]

If I had a tenth of that figure I'd probably never be heard from again.

Yep, I'd kill you in heartbeat.

[Bo Diddley]

This thread has taken a dark turn. I'm glad I'll never be rich--at least that's what I tell myself.

[clackamascoug]

If I had a tenth of that figure I'd probably never be heard from again.

Don't worry - I'll never leave you guys after this next year.

[BigPiney]

Don't worry - I'll never leave you guys after this next year.

Speaking of which. My daughter will need a NIL sponsorship when she gets back from her mission in 14 months. I'll be sure to remind you when the time comes.

[Moliere]

I don’t know much about the story but if this windfall is from a company he started 40 years ago and built up, then I don’t understand what all the fuss is about. He’s going to not enjoy much of that money since he’s working 7 days a week until the day he dies. I would also expect a lot of that money will go to charitable causes.