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Lot's Wife
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Date: March 19, 2023 12:46AM
> Nelson did not - he was general president of the
> sunday school and a regional representative (now
> that position would be area seventy)
More importantly, he was the heart surgeon who saved Kimball from what we are assured would have been a premature death.
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> Oaks did not He was president of BYU, then Utah
> suprene court justice before becoming an apostle.
I think being president of a church university is considered the equivalent of serving in the first quorum of the seventy.
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> Bednar did not. He was an area seventy, then
> president of BYU-I, then became an apostle.
Ibid.
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There are extant charts showing the nepotistic connections between today's apostles and past church leaders. I wish someone could point us to them.
Meanwhile, there is this, based on Quinn's research, from before Uchdorf was quickened:
"How does the current Presidency and Quorum of Twelve Apostles measure up? 100% of them are related in some way to current or former general authorities of the LDS Church. In the top 2 leading quorums – consisting of 15 men (The First Presidency and the Quorum of Twelve Apostles), five of these men are directly related to each other. Four are related to each other by marriage. Four are directly related to former LDS Presidents. Five are directly related to former apostles. Two are married to wives who are direct descendants of former presidents. Five are married to wives who are directly related to former apostles. Seven are married to wives who are relatives of current general authorities or of their wives. The only apostle who has no blood ties to any other general authority is Apostle Richard G. Scott. But, true to form, his wife is related to several current general authorities and even descends from a former LDS apostle."
https://www.mrm.org/nepotismAlso worse a gander if not a goose:
https://lifeafterministry.com/2016/01/nepotism-in-the-mormon-church/