I think they are very concerned about members leaving the church, and young missionaries leaving their missions. I think all of the recent major decisions have been attempts to address those concerns -- greater equality for women in the endowment ceremony, the lowered mission age, the weekly phone calls home for missionaries, the change to 2-hour church, and the introduction of "home church" and home ministers. I think the latter items are an attempt to glue young people to the church through the power of their parents. The big dogs are trying their best to keep people in.
summer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > The big dogs are trying their best to keep people > in.
Well if the TSCC cares for the well being of all its members,creates decent human beings and is a source of true happiness (not the fake variety)
That should not be a problem at all,the WWW etc etc is only a tool.Having said that this applies to all religions.
Very often in the recovery board and I myself had come across bishops that are not decent human beings,let alone Christ-like That would be another story.
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summer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > change to 2-hour church, and the introduction of > "home church" and home ministers. I think the > latter items are an attempt to glue young people > to the church through the power of their parents. > The big dogs are trying their best to keep people > in.
Ironically these changes just further illustrated to me that there was no place nor community for singles. With the short 10 minutes or less break between hour one and two they did away with any chance for socializing also.
Mel, I really wish that this website gathered and archived all the posts of "Deenie the Dreaded Single Adult." You would have really empathized with her chronic mistreatment at the hands of her ward. Here is a sample --
summer, > the posts of "Deenie the Dreaded Single Adult
Summer thank you so much for all the links to her posts. I read them all! What a smart and talented lady able to find humor in so much awfulness. So sorry she lost her battle but so glad she did not waste her precious few years in tscc.
Reading her makes me very happy I did not waste more time inside.
It is amazing as she said that married think singles have so much time and money when in actuality they are having to do everything alone without the help and support that marrieds take for granted daily.
I'm glad you enjoyed them, Mel. One of her stories was referenced in the post but not fully told (I wish we had the original.) She was at a ward supper and the singles (after making their own contributions to the buffet) were jointly told to go to the end of the line after the married people. After they got their food (which was basically the leftovers/scrapings) there was no place for them to sit a the tables, so they sat together on the stage steps.
I'm glad the Mormon church was not able to crush Deenie's beautiful spirit -- it was not for lack of trying!
The news report I saw about the missionaries phone call change was with Dieter. I thought he had been put out to pasture, but I guess he still gets to speak sometimes. I wonder if it was his idea to change this policy?
I think that some of the older ones are yearning for the good old days (30 years ago) when the church didn't have to worry about about progressive groups within the church. I think they hate that they have to watch what they say and do.
I think they are tiring of having to spend time they don't want to spend trying to put together their lying, false Mormon puzzle which is falling to pieces in front of them. You can bet your money they would rather spend their money gained from dutiful tithing paying gophers and more of their time on an agenda which includes traveling, golfing, a massage or two, dining out, Mormon-style-Bingo, etc. etc.
Perhaps their go-to-fall-guy Marlin K. Jensen is even complaining, or hold on, refusing to be the fall guy who I've heard has been assigned to listen to nearly 200 members go on and on about their faith awakenings. He does seem to cut his listening time shorter than he should because it has also been rumored by many that the answer he gives is very brief....his "standard reply" being he does not have the answers and the deal is we'll all have to wait until such information arrives.