"Hold my root beer" - the Russell M. Nelson thread

[Dwight Schr-ute]

Well, this isn’t going to create any kind of confusion. I wonder what sort of payout the REAL Church of Jesus Christ offers the other one.






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[LVAllen]

Well, this isn’t going to create any kind of confusion. I wonder what sort of payout the REAL Church of Jesus Christ offers the other one.






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Don't forget that all emails will contain the full name of the Savior, e.g. joseph.smith@churchofjesuschrist.org. And Mormon Newsroom is now
Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

[Donuthole]

Turn back now, Pres Nelson! It's not too late! You have made some fantastic, historic changes. For those changes alone, you will go down in the annals as one of the greats. But history will not be kind to this change. There is no need to leave this stain on an otherwise sparkling legacy.

[creekster]

Turn back now, Pres Nelson! It's not too late! You have made some fantastic, historic changes. For those changes alone, you will go down in the annals as one of the greats. But history will not be kind to this change. There is no need to leave this stain on an otherwise sparkling legacy.

Its hard to argue with the reasoning behind the name change issue, but man I hate ti see that URL get so long and complicated. LDS.org is such a nice, simple, brand associated URL.

[jay santos]

Turn back now, Pres Nelson! It's not too late! You have made some fantastic, historic changes. For those changes alone, you will go down in the annals as one of the greats. But history will not be kind to this change. There is no need to leave this stain on an otherwise sparkling legacy.

Yep.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Well, this isn’t going to create any kind of confusion. I wonder what sort of payout the REAL Church of Jesus Christ offers the other one.






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[cowboy]

To conform with the wishes of our beloved, 2-hour church prophet, I will stop telling people I'm a Mormon. I'll even stop saying I'm LDS. Still, given the need to state my religious affiliation in less time than it takes to read a Dickens novel, I need an abbreviated descriptor. Hence, from this point forward, I am declaring myself 'CJC'.

Random Person: What religion are you?
Me: I'm CJC.

Different random person: What church to you attend?
Me: The CJC-LDS church.
or
Me, if I'm in Utah: The CJC two blocks down the next street.

On a somewhat related note, I always thought Mormon was a good dude, but he apparently crossed President Nelson somewhere. I'm waiting for the Book of Mormon to be changed to,

"Another Testament of Jesus Christ

Abridged by Mormon"

[beefytee]

It's kind of funny how some complain that the church has too much of a corporate feel (I'm guilty), and now some are complaining about not paying enough attention to branding and such.

My position is similar to Creeksters above. It is annoying, but I can really argue with the reasoning behind it when it is right there in the scriptures that we believe.

[Jeff Lebowski]

It's kind of funny how some complain that the church has too much of a corporate feel (I'm guilty), and now some are complaining about not paying enough attention to branding and such.

My position is similar to Creeksters above. It is annoying, but I can really argue with the reasoning behind it when it is right there in the scriptures that we believe.

I am guessing we will get used to it soon enough.

[falafel]

Its hard to argue with the reasoning behind the name change issue, but man I hate ti see that URL get so long and complicated. LDS.org is such a nice, simple, brand associated URL.

The solution is easy. Just keep using lds.org. they won't abandon that important piece of IP and it will certainly redirect.

[Bo Diddley]

The solution is easy. Just keep using lds.org. they won't abandon that important piece of IP and it will certainly redirect.

It's clear to me that we're seeing a sifting of the wheat from the tares-- those who will use the name of the Lord and those who will take unsanctioned shortcuts.

Actually, I've been listening to that book Saints, and it strikes me how often the early saints used the term Mormonism, to include the leaders.

[mtnbiker]

Its hard to argue with the reasoning behind the name change issue, but man I hate ti see that URL get so long and complicated. LDS.org is such a nice, simple, brand associated URL.

Right, but at least after a couple of times typing it in, your browser will remember and auto-fill for you.

[Donuthole]

It's clear to me that we're seeing a sifting of the wheat from the tares-- those who will use the name of the Lord and those who will take unsanctioned shortcuts.

Actually, I've been listening to that book Saints, and it strikes me how often the early saints used the term Mormonism, to include the leaders.

This whole situation reminds me of that time when God decided that, rather than refer to the priesthood by its actual name, i.e. The Holy Priesthood After of the Order of the Son of God, he would give it a nickname and instruct that the saints use that out of respect or reverence to the name of the Supreme Being and to avoid the too-frequent use of His name.

Yet here we are.

[Northwestcoug]

Why isn't anyone talking about the terrible font for the church of Jesus Christ at the bottom of that screenshot? Horrendous.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Do they abandon mormonandgays.org completely or change it to churchofjesuschristandsamegenderattractives.org?

Oddly enough, if you go to mormonandgays.org you still have a large title "Mormon and Gay."