Due to the removal of one Boyd K Packer.

now if god would only take out the REST of the trash ...

In days gone by, enemies used to hold the tongue and pen until the stiff body was laid into the earth.

Today, news of one's death seems to ignite the flow of the most vitriolic murmurs possible.

Out of respect for family and friends, I will withhold my opinions of the judgmental old coot until the last attendee has wiped the dry tears away.

A true church would never have men (only) 'serve' long after they are dynamic, capable and inspiring.

What other institution on earth hangs on to and displays so many gasping, skeletal heroes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA

Most eloquent ElderCarrion wonders...

"What other institution on earth hangs on to and displays so many gasping, skeletal heroes?"

I'd say there are at least two such institutions.

The reindeer farming tribes of north Siberia hang on forever to their Shamans till they croak.

And the drum-thumping Ashanti Africans revere their witch doctors right into the old farts' graves.

The atavistic architects of MorMasonry took a page from books of savages.