Apostles, 70s, even Relief Society general presidents, they all write books for sale at Deseret of Bookcraft or wherever.

Seems wrong somehow, like preying on a built-in audience.

Mormon Kitsch;

the more your LDS guests/visitors see in your home, the Better Off U are/ will be!

I always had a problem with this, even as a TBM. To me, this is priestcraft, pure and simple, by the mormins' own definition. http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Priestcraft

Of course!!! After all it is all about the money! Isn't it?

Why not? Besides, it gives the TBM something to buy for each other for gifts (they don't buy that stuff for themselves).

They’ve been doing it since JS began selling his BOM & got rich.



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The notion that your 'ethical' and their 'ethical' must agree is not a realistic point of view.

Whenever I have a question regarding ethical behavior, so that I'll have some guidance on how to proceed, I call the Alphonse Capone Ethics Recreation Project, to get their input.

If they're pocketing $ written while they were on the Morg's clock (paid employees), that would be somewhat unethical as far as the members concern(s).,.

BUT THEY DON'T COUNT IN MORLAND!

Most politicians use ghost writers. I don't like that, either.

I look at this two ways.

Back in the 60s/70s when GAs were commonly on business boards or had jobs, yes some kept their day jobs, it seemed normal.

I remember Le Grande Richards donating the profits of "A Marvelous Work and a Wonder " to the missionary fund.

Now that the GAs not only have Ghost Writers but have a rather generous "living allowance" I see it as part of their job to be on the cover and thd church reaps thd rewards.

A follow-up thought: Using a corps of ghost writers, along with an integrated board of editors, is consistent with correlation and the desire for standardization of the LDS product line. Bear in mind, I'm not ex-Mo, so I'm not conversant with some of the strange and controversial titles that apostles and others wrote, and probably in their very own "write." "The Miracle of Forgiveness," perhaps? Benson and his politics also comes to mind.

Thus, keeping such writing in-house guards against some otherwise respected G.A. or apostle from wandering off the reservation, and reduce the chance the president-profit has to say, "I don't think we've ever taught that." This way the flock is fed spiritual porridge, each serving a variation on a small group of tried, true, safe recipe. This also protects against different strains of folk Mormonism, or competing "schools" of doctrine.

Pollythinks (above), I like your suggestion that they give each other the books, but rarely read them. It brings to my mind the idea of re-gifting, taken to a most unfortunate extreme.

Last thought: Let's acknowledge that we don't know for a fact that these officials use ghost writers. It's a reasonable speculation, but unless somebody can establish that as fact, it is, after all, just a good educated guess.



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I see nothing wrong with it.

I heard about a LDS guy who picks up a bunch of used BoMs at DI and then sells them on Amazon for a profit. That's one way to "share the gospel."


You'd think GA's would give their wisdom for free to their flock, but no. They have to fleece the sheep.

"You'd think GA's would give their wisdom for free to their flock"

This is a really simple, clear, profound assessment! Yes, why are they selling these books if they are apostles????