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Posted by: knotheadusc ( )
Date: March 18, 2011 07:15PM
In Japan, the Mormon network gathers the flock (link)

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/18/6292170-in-japan-the-mormon-network-gathers-the-flock

Check this out...

An LDS friend of mine posted it on Facebook. The comments are very interesting.

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Posted by: Topper ( )
Date: March 18, 2011 09:16PM
Re: In Japan, the Mormon network gathers the flock (link) (n/t)


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Posted by: knotheadusc ( )
Date: March 18, 2011 11:13PM
Re: In Japan, the Mormon network gathers the flock (link)

The Mormons are bragging about everybody being accounted for in Japan... and now that they're all accounted for, they're rolling up their sleeves and helping out...

Hmmm...

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Posted by: Levi ( )
Date: March 19, 2011 12:47AM
Yeah....that was a hoot

the article said that they had accounted for all but 1,000 of the 125,000 members in Japan.

Um, I think not.

Impossible.

Meaningless.

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Posted by: knotheadusc ( )
Date: March 19, 2011 09:00AM
Re: Yeah....that was a hoot

Your comment makes me chuckle... not that the situation in Japan is funny, just that the LDS church is trying to use it for PR. Ick.

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Posted by: Simone Stigmata ( )
Date: March 19, 2011 10:49AM
Re: Yeah....that was a hoot

With a 75% inactivity rate, it really seems incredulous that they located all but about 1,000 in a few days. OTOH, maybe the thought police really do keep good records now on everyone who has ever been put on the rolls.

When I was a missionary there, long ago, we lost track of people all the time. Seems like a PR spin from TSCC. I wouldn't be surprised though if no "active" Japanese Mormons died in the tsunami - there are so few of them relative to the population.

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Posted by: vivo ( )
Date: March 19, 2011 12:05AM
Re: In Japan, the Mormon network gathers the flock (link)

The truest phrase about the missionaries.

“But they are not equipped to be particularly helpful."

With their "Super Garments" and "Priesthood Powers" they are not particularly helpful at all.

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Posted by: xr ( )
Date: March 19, 2011 09:29AM
Re: In Japan, the Mormon network gathers the flock (link)

like!

cognitive dissonance at its best with all the priesthood crap.

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Posted by: xr ( )
Date: March 19, 2011 09:28AM
Re: In Japan, the Mormon network gathers the flock (link)

I was going to post about this before. The comments on the Jeff Holland youtube clip made me feel ill, such was the severity of the "us and them" mentality of the TBMs.

"Substantial donations": I wish they were more specific. They up it to $10 per member this year?

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Posted by: knotheadusc ( )
Date: March 19, 2011 10:30AM
Re: In Japan, the Mormon network gathers the flock (link)

Wow... the Mo's are all up in arms. Some of the comments are really nasty.

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