Posted by:
steve benson
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Date: March 23, 2015 11:22AM
In another thread--where I was reminiscing about visiting with my grandfather ETB when he was Mormon Church president back in the 1980s and had come to Phoenix for the swearing in of eventually-impeached Arizona Mormon governor Ev Mecham--poster "lvskeptic" chimed in:
"The closest thing to a GA that I ever saw fly on Delta was Hulk Hogan....on a flight from SLC to Atlanta.....first class, of course.
"Any thoughts on Hulk Hogan livening up Conference?"
http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,864659,1543882#msg-1543882Since I thought that was a great question and decided it would be nice if it had its own thread, I've popped it to the top. In answer to the above question, here's what I said in that other thread:
"A fake wrestler would still be better than the fraud of Mormonism. They're certainly a lot more entertaining--especially since everyone knows its a big make-believe act and enjoys the ride without blinders on.
"And when I say everyone knows it's a big make-believe act, that "everyone" includes (I would suspect) most seasoned GAs--with some exceptions. I think my grandfather was one of those exceptions.
"Knowing him and spending as much time with him as I did, I think he genuinely believed the Mormon Church was true. (I think he possessed that mindset through a combination of ingrained, lifetime brainwashing, a fervent desire to believe and perhaps a bit of self-denial to maintain a life in a culture and tradtion that he enjoyed, valued, was comforatble with and was used to).
"He wasn't Church president long enough before he became so physically and mentally incapacitated that he truly didn't know what was going on--which kept him from going the full stint as Mormon Church 'prophet' without ever having talked face-to-face with Jesus. (He became Church president in November 1985, was basically out of its day-ot-day administrative action by no later than 1989 and died in 1994)
"Discovering that the Mormon Church was, at its historical and doctrinal core, a fraud would have been a complete downer for him--one that I suspect he would not have shared with anyone else except maybe his therapist. And he didn't have a therapist (at least not one that he ever told me about. See?)"
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Take it away, ex-Mo sistahs and bros.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2015 11:25AM by steve benson.