Engage your suspension of disbelief to follow along.

(inspired by responses to my post re: the 3.5 years between JS's death and BY's coronation as the next president)

Assuming you're a member of a religious/ spiritual / social group, how would you like to pick the new leader?

A) raising of arms to the square in a world-wide GC broadcast?

B) fight to the death, beheading, and a "quickening" lightening bolt as in the Highlanders movie

C) white smoke up the chimney

D) Winner of a televised Wipeout competition

E) other. Please explain.



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If they can survive a hanging, they are good enough to lead.

The Catholics use smoke. Mormons might as well use mirrors.

Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Hanging is addressed in the post above. And as long as we get a massive amount of women in ponds distributing swords, mandating that we take them, I think it would work in a governmental sense.

He hasn't got sh!t all over him.

A duck.

Speaking of Monty Python, did you ever see the movie Jaberwocky? Remember how they searched for a champion to fight the monster. Then they noticed they were killing off all the knights, so they switched to a game of hide-and-seek.

That would be another fun way for this conclave to sort it out. Last cardinal found is it.

(Yeah, I know, different movie.)

A desperate battle for possession of the CTR ring

Ahhh preeeeeeciousssss....my precious.

Let's have a kiki!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhMOtePtzSY

ROFL!

I say we have an inquisition and make the candidate admit and confess that they have no prophetic powers or link to god of any kind.

This proves that they are honest and would make a great leader that can be trusted by the members of the church.

Then, because they have admitted that they have no power or link to god, we burn them at the stake because we can't have some goof ball with no special godly powers leading us.

Dancing With the Stars. You have to have a range of skills to win: charisma, a killer work ethic, adaptability, political savvy, and serious dancing chops.

I think whoever has the biggest flaming sword should win.

They already have cameras all over City Creek Mall. Just shut the place down and turn them lose in there.

Who ever gets the sword of Laban may have an advantage. But I am sure B.KKK Packer would get enough sponsors he could have a little parachute with the leahona on board showing the location of his prey sent to him.

The Nelson / Maxwell alliance would try and hold the Cheese Cake Factory.

Oaks could go " Catness" on them with Nephi’s steel bow.

The mo tab choir would of course provide mood music “On Ward Christian Soldiers" etc...

Wouldn't that give Holland the edge as no one would notice the Dodo walking around making cawing sounds?

two ideas...

#1- choose them on the basis of their Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent

or

#2 - get all the leaders and potential leaders, and those who want to be leaders and lock them in a room. then throw away the key...

By secret ballot of the membership. In outlying areas it can be done by secure computer balloting but otherwise done at church buildings. Members should, of course, have valid picture IDs. Balloting during a three-hour period on Sundays. Vote between nominees and a run-off if no-one receives a majority of all votes in the first round. No use of names of political parties permitted but each candidate should provide a statement of belief.



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Don't care about the other details, but some sort of fight to the death would be acceptable so long as it featured "Amok Time" music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rl46Dpy-P4