let’s roll Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 37 minutes ago, 6EQUJ5 said: Here is a mind tickle for today: Who is showing more loyalty and devotion to the Savior: 1. A Christ-like gay man who shows kindness and love but still refers to the improper name of the Church ... or 2. A modern-day pharisee who looks for every opportunity to divide the Saints and show his/her own superior piety? Since they both need the cleansing power of the atonement (as we all do), I’d suggest it is the one who most effectively utilizes the power of the atonement. 2
Scott Lloyd Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, california boy said: Just read this quote from you from the John Gee thread. You totally distorted what I said there to apply it to your own purpose. What I mean by “the singular they/their” is the use of those plural pronouns to apply to a singular noun as in “one of the attendees at the last session left their wallet in the classroom.” I didn’t see anything like that in the news story Duncan cited. Edited August 26, 2019 by Scott Lloyd
Damien the Leper Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Scott Lloyd said: What evidence do you have that it “does nothing more to promote the book”? Why wouldn’t someone hearing about the book for the first time and not knowing anything about it gain information about it from the subtitle? Then why wasn't it there in the first place? Did the LDS church decide "Book of Mormon" wasn't good enough and needed an additional marketing tool? Didn't you say that the book was self evident? It's not simply "All of the above".
Scott Lloyd Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 17 minutes ago, Valentinus said: Then why wasn't it there in the first place? Did the LDS church decide "Book of Mormon" wasn't good enough and needed an additional marketing tool? Didn't you say that the book was self evident? It's not simply "All of the above". I can only assume that it took a while for it to occur to the Brethren that it would be a good thing. A good idea is not discredited just because one is late in arriving at it.
Damien the Leper Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 Just now, Scott Lloyd said: I can only assume that it took a while for it to occur to the Brethren that it would be a good thing. A good idea is not discredited just because one is late in arriving at it. To quote my high school geometry teacher and my Philosophy 101 professor: Never assume anything.
Scott Lloyd Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 25 minutes ago, Valentinus said: To quote my high school geometry teacher and my Philosophy 101 professor: Never assume anything. My journalism teachers would have said the same thing. For what it’s worth, here is a link to the general conference talk in which the addition of the subtitle was announced. Note the context in which the work of making the Standard Works a more cohesive and unified instrument through the creation of the Topical Guide and other study aids is discussed. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1982/10/scriptures?lang=eng
Scott Lloyd Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 53 minutes ago, Valentinus said: Then why wasn't it there in the first place? Did the LDS church decide "Book of Mormon" wasn't good enough and needed an additional marketing tool? Didn't you say that the book was self evident? It's not simply "All of the above". The character of the book as another testament of Christ is self-evident to one who has explored and internalized it and gained a spiritual witness of it but not necessarily to one who knows nothing of it and is being introduced to it for the first time.
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