BookofMormonLuvr Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 Has anyone else heard of this?!http://guardianpost.net/2015/06/08/elder-richard-g-scott-to-leave-mormon-leadership/
ttribe Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 [sigh] This is not true, and his illness is being shamelessly exploited at a time when he should be left to say his goodbyes to his loved ones in peace. Now they are going to have to deal with this hurtful, public, nonsense.
JLHPROF Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 Has anyone else heard of this?!http://guardianpost.net/2015/06/08/elder-richard-g-scott-to-leave-mormon-leadership/ It almost reads like a satirical piece...maybe it is. ETA - even the anti's over on Reddit are calling this crap. Apparently the writer is a publicity monger that will do anything to promote his blog.
ttribe Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 It almost reads like a satirical piece...maybe it is. It's a crappy attempt at one.
BookofMormonLuvr Posted June 8, 2015 Author Posted June 8, 2015 I can usually spot satire fairly easily. The site doesn't seem satirical. This may just be flat out lying.
Coreyb Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 This started as a post on the exmormon reddit and they didn't even believe it.
bluebell Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Such a horrible rumor to start. Some people are shameless.
Kenngo1969 Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 If the first place I see something being published is the British press, I automatically take it with a grain of salt until I verify it with other sources.
Tacenda Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 This is indeed shameful or shameless, and very sickening.
PeterPear Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Guardianpost.net is a blog. At the bottom of each page is a link to Wordpress which is a blog tool.It's not a news source. It's a fabrication.
Calm Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 If the first place I see something being published is the British press, I automatically take it with a grain of salt until I verify it with other sources.It is not the British press, he is attempting to get some credibility by mimicing. A fraud in every way.
Gray Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 I can usually spot satire fairly easily. The site doesn't seem satirical. This may just be flat out lying. That seems to be the case
ALarson Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 This is about as low as someone can get. I notice there are no comments for this blog post and I'm wondering if this guy refuses to publish any of them?
sheilauk Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 If the first place I see something being published is the British press, I automatically take it with a grain of salt until I verify it with other sources.Whilst this is a blog, this is still a sensible approach - generally, the British press is unreliable! Apologies for the derail. As for the blog...ugh!
Robert F. Smith Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Has anyone else heard of this?!http://guardianpost.net/2015/06/08/elder-richard-g-scott-to-leave-mormon-leadership/It is about as true as the claim in the Guardian that there has been "a mass exodus of its members for doctrinal and historical issues." That's in the same article. However, if Elder Scott wants to retire from the Twelve for health reasons, I see no reason why he cannot. There is now a Pope Emeritus living in retirement, while a new Pope is in office. Why not? It makes good sense, even if it is unusual.
Robert F. Smith Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Whilst this is a blog, this is still a sensible approach - generally, the British press is unreliable! Apologies for the derail. As for the blog...ugh!The BBC news has been very reliable.
sheilauk Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Whilst this is a blog, this is still a sensible approach - generally, the British press is unreliable! Apologies for the derail. As for the blog...ugh! The BBC news has been very reliable.by press, I was referring only to the newspapers which are generally poor at news reporting - the Guardian whose name this blog steals is somewhat of an exception, perhaps the reason the blog writer uses the name? The BBC is probably the best of the British media. But I think I'm derailing this thread.
strappinglad Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 I was going to report this blogger to my local Danite chapter where OPR 's great-great nephew Mahonri presides. Then I reconsidered because it really is not a big enough issue to poke that bear over.
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