Comments on: LDS-EXpress – Coming Soon to Mass Transit Ad Space Near You http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/09/30/lds-express-coming-soon-to-mass-transit-ad-space-near-you.htm Thoughts and Asides by Peculiar People Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:54:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Paroled from the Primary Presidency http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/09/30/lds-express-coming-soon-to-mass-transit-ad-space-near-you.htm/comment-page-1#comment-92415 Paroled from the Primary Presidency Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:09:44 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=976#comment-92415 Hey—I think Orwell has found the way to get my husband to become a card-carrying Mormon! Even though he's opposed to tithing of any kind (and he thinks taking it as a tax write off works <i>against</i> the original sacrifice) he might be willing to acquiesce if he can play World of Warcraft while attending a virtual Sacrament Meeting. It's much harder to disagree with the tenants of a religion when you're only giving it about 3% of your attention. And was Orwell insinuating that being "Sunday School President" will "elevate your status in the eyes of men"? Since when is this an elevation? Don't people run from that calling like they do nursery leader? ; ) I've always maintained that serving in leadership positions basically mean you have more to learn than those humbly cleaning up after rug-rats every Sunday. If God is willing, I learned everything about humility that I needed to know by serving as RS President for 11 1/2 months. [Stay posted as I am sure I will now be extended a humility-driven calling any minute for this statement!] Hey—I think Orwell has found the way to get my husband to become a card-carrying Mormon! Even though he’s opposed to tithing of any kind (and he thinks taking it as a tax write off works against the original sacrifice) he might be willing to acquiesce if he can play World of Warcraft while attending a virtual Sacrament Meeting. It’s much harder to disagree with the tenants of a religion when you’re only giving it about 3% of your attention.

And was Orwell insinuating that being “Sunday School President” will “elevate your status in the eyes of men”? Since when is this an elevation? Don’t people run from that calling like they do nursery leader? ; ) I’ve always maintained that serving in leadership positions basically mean you have more to learn than those humbly cleaning up after rug-rats every Sunday. If God is willing, I learned everything about humility that I needed to know by serving as RS President for 11 1/2 months. [Stay posted as I am sure I will now be extended a humility-driven calling any minute for this statement!]

]]> By: Orwell http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/09/30/lds-express-coming-soon-to-mass-transit-ad-space-near-you.htm/comment-page-1#comment-92398 Orwell Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:20:29 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=976#comment-92398 <strong>Tagore</strong>: Your ward choir director sounds absolutely brilliant. Any choir director worth his or her salt knows that is the only way to get any results out of such a ragtag band of misfits (metaphorically speaking, of course). This isn't a case of absolute power corrupting absolutely, but rather an instance of the cream rising to the top. So, no, not an extension member. Probably one of the 144,000, actually. <strong>annegb</strong>, "commercializing God" hits the nail on the head. <strong>DKL</strong>, in my own little world, I like to think that, for those few moments that you are rolling on the floor, you can have respite from that constant preoccupation with politics. <strong>Bookslinger</strong>, I'll take that as a compliment. Great to know I'll have something to fall back on if supreme ruler of the earth doesn't work out for me. Those two things dovetail rather nicely, don't you think? <strong>Bro. Jones</strong>: Of course you can surf in another window. Think Saturday sessions of General Conference. And, well, Primary, you can forget about that. The Perfecting the Saints Committee needs backup members. Tagore: Your ward choir director sounds absolutely brilliant. Any choir director worth his or her salt knows that is the only way to get any results out of such a ragtag band of misfits (metaphorically speaking, of course). This isn’t a case of absolute power corrupting absolutely, but rather an instance of the cream rising to the top. So, no, not an extension member. Probably one of the 144,000, actually.

annegb, “commercializing God” hits the nail on the head.

DKL, in my own little world, I like to think that, for those few moments that you are rolling on the floor, you can have respite from that constant preoccupation with politics.

Bookslinger, I’ll take that as a compliment. Great to know I’ll have something to fall back on if supreme ruler of the earth doesn’t work out for me. Those two things dovetail rather nicely, don’t you think?

Bro. Jones: Of course you can surf in another window. Think Saturday sessions of General Conference. And, well, Primary, you can forget about that. The Perfecting the Saints Committee needs backup members.

]]> By: Bro. Jones http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/09/30/lds-express-coming-soon-to-mass-transit-ad-space-near-you.htm/comment-page-1#comment-92395 Bro. Jones Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:11:31 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=976#comment-92395 If LDS-EXpress will let me attend Sacrament Meeting online (i.e. websurf in another window while the talks go on in the background), then I fully support it. And if I could conduct Primary by instant messenger... No, no. Just kidding. I think. If LDS-EXpress will let me attend Sacrament Meeting online (i.e. websurf in another window while the talks go on in the background), then I fully support it. And if I could conduct Primary by instant messenger…

No, no. Just kidding. I think.

]]> By: Bookslinger http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/09/30/lds-express-coming-soon-to-mass-transit-ad-space-near-you.htm/comment-page-1#comment-92387 Bookslinger Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:23:32 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=976#comment-92387 Orwell, you have that marketing lingo down pat. Orwell, you have that marketing lingo down pat.

]]> By: Tagore http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/09/30/lds-express-coming-soon-to-mass-transit-ad-space-near-you.htm/comment-page-1#comment-92375 Tagore Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:04:49 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=976#comment-92375 Orwell (7): Interesting. I wonder if this is also true of ward choir directors. I have a friend who has the Kim Jong Il of ward choir directors. He's a self-proclaimed tyrant that actually refers to himself as "Dear Leader." Clearly he's an Extension Stake member that has infiltrated our ranks? Or is this an authentic LDS ward choir director exhibiting the "absolute power corrupts absolutely" axiom? Orwell (7): Interesting. I wonder if this is also true of ward choir directors. I have a friend who has the Kim Jong Il of ward choir directors. He’s a self-proclaimed tyrant that actually refers to himself as “Dear Leader.” Clearly he’s an Extension Stake member that has infiltrated our ranks? Or is this an authentic LDS ward choir director exhibiting the “absolute power corrupts absolutely” axiom?

]]> By: annegb http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/09/30/lds-express-coming-soon-to-mass-transit-ad-space-near-you.htm/comment-page-1#comment-92369 annegb Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:36:33 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=976#comment-92369 I've been clicking on some of those gospel channels and have noticed that they all ask for money. Maybe they consider that tithing, but it seems to commercialize God. I’ve been clicking on some of those gospel channels and have noticed that they all ask for money. Maybe they consider that tithing, but it seems to commercialize God.

]]> By: Orwell http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/09/30/lds-express-coming-soon-to-mass-transit-ad-space-near-you.htm/comment-page-1#comment-92363 Orwell Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:15:06 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=976#comment-92363 Actually, Tagore, now that I think more about your question, it worries me even less. Illusions like this usually break down pretty quickly under the flimsiest of interrogations. For example, I have a friend that used to work for the "State Department of Early Education and Care." He thought this made him sound like a sissy, so he would routinely tell people that inquired about his employment that he worked for the "Department of Education." He even went out of his way to avoid using official stationary, such was his aversion to his employer and their official logo (the <a href="http://www.eec.state.ma.us/docs/EEC_FactSheet.pdf" rel="nofollow">Happle</a>, I believe it was called, a Frakenstein monster of a thing, the result of unethical genetic experiments that created grotesque animal-plant hybrids). Needless to say, he never fooled anyone that actually worked for the Department of Education. He didn't fool many other people either, so porous was his web of lies. Actually, Tagore, now that I think more about your question, it worries me even less. Illusions like this usually break down pretty quickly under the flimsiest of interrogations.

For example, I have a friend that used to work for the “State Department of Early Education and Care.” He thought this made him sound like a sissy, so he would routinely tell people that inquired about his employment that he worked for the “Department of Education.” He even went out of his way to avoid using official stationary, such was his aversion to his employer and their official logo (the Happle, I believe it was called, a Frakenstein monster of a thing, the result of unethical genetic experiments that created grotesque animal-plant hybrids).

Needless to say, he never fooled anyone that actually worked for the Department of Education. He didn’t fool many other people either, so porous was his web of lies.

]]> By: Orwell http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/09/30/lds-express-coming-soon-to-mass-transit-ad-space-near-you.htm/comment-page-1#comment-92360 Orwell Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:51:23 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=976#comment-92360 <strong>Tagore:</strong> Well, obviously the whole draw of LDS-EXpress is the ability to masquerade as a full-fledged member. I’m not sure about in-fighting, though. Real members could spot an Extension member a mile away (that Penguin Classics Edition of the Book of Mormon is a dead giveaway). I’m sure a hierarchy or caste system would naturally evolve. <strong>John W:</strong> No, there’s no prohibition against caffeinated drinks. Extension Members need to keep up the appearance of being Mormon, so cola drinks and anything coffee flavored are out (i.e. coffee-flavored jelly beans, even if it is with the bishop, Tagore), but caffeine is fine. There is no spirit of the law here. Besides, you’re missing the great loophole of the “any five commandments” clause. Just leave that “Thou shalt not bear false witness” off your list, and it makes it a lot easier to whitewash the sepulchre. (P.S. Devyn S., that’ll help you get over the tithing rate as well.) Tagore: Well, obviously the whole draw of LDS-EXpress is the ability to masquerade as a full-fledged member. I’m not sure about in-fighting, though. Real members could spot an Extension member a mile away (that Penguin Classics Edition of the Book of Mormon is a dead giveaway). I’m sure a hierarchy or caste system would naturally evolve.

John W: No, there’s no prohibition against caffeinated drinks. Extension Members need to keep up the appearance of being Mormon, so cola drinks and anything coffee flavored are out (i.e. coffee-flavored jelly beans, even if it is with the bishop, Tagore), but caffeine is fine. There is no spirit of the law here. Besides, you’re missing the great loophole of the “any five commandments” clause. Just leave that “Thou shalt not bear false witness” off your list, and it makes it a lot easier to whitewash the sepulchre. (P.S. Devyn S., that’ll help you get over the tithing rate as well.)

]]> By: DKL http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/09/30/lds-express-coming-soon-to-mass-transit-ad-space-near-you.htm/comment-page-1#comment-92356 DKL Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:42:56 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=976#comment-92356 ROTFLMAO. My favorite part: Real callings like “Alternate Member of the Elders Quorum Committee for Perfecting the Saints,” and “Sunday School President.” ROTFLMAO. My favorite part: Real callings like “Alternate Member of the Elders Quorum Committee for Perfecting the Saints,” and “Sunday School President.”

]]> By: Jon W http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/09/30/lds-express-coming-soon-to-mass-transit-ad-space-near-you.htm/comment-page-1#comment-92352 Jon W Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:43:38 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=976#comment-92352 Hmm certainly have to negotiate on the the idea of no caffeinated drinks. Otherwise, I have been some of those callings. Ah the Redeeming the Dead committee, I know it well. Hmm certainly have to negotiate on the the idea of no caffeinated drinks. Otherwise, I have been some of those callings. Ah the Redeeming the Dead committee, I know it well.

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