I've noticed that any and all information that doesn't dovetail with Mormon teachings is labeled "anti-Mormon." They play very loosely with the term. So I like to spring quotes on Mormons that certainly seem anti-Mormon, but come straight from LDS sources. It really plays with their minds. But they finally dismiss it all as, "Well, he was just speaking as a man." That response is also worn rather thin.
Villager Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What the heck is a Franklin Planner? > > People still use those?
I wonder if the OP post was satire. If you were a member 35-40 years ago then you were aware of the preferred use of those planner style notebooks. If you were a male aspiring to climb the rungs of church leadership, then you would carry your planner and probably flaunt it at every opportunity.
I was never a planner type of guy. However, I received a planner as I got ready to serve a mission from one of my siblings. He/she was miffed that I didn't reciprocate greater enthusiasm for such a "gift". I had much disdain for such a planner. My planner wasn't from the Franklin, but a knock off version- it had the price tag of 90 bucks so I know it was a worthy gift to impress my mom.
It came with me to the MTC. I gave in and tried to get my new missionary life organized while in Provo. Right away other missionaries ridiculed and ostracized my use of my phony planner. Yes, they made fun of me using a knock-off brand and I stopped using it and carrying it around with me. I was too afraid to mail it home (it might end up on my parent's coffee table in front of my sibling's eyes) so I chucked it one day. Later, I had a slight fib prepared that it was on my bike which had indeed been stolen, but my planner never came up again when I returned home.
You will be happy to learn, Villager, that the good folks at Amazon can still supply you with a genuine Franklin Planner for the eminently reasonable price of just $73.95.
You really want the refillable version. Then no need to buy everything annually. My company force feed us 7 Habits Training at one point. I was underwhelmed at a company trying to teach me common sense.
I found Covey's stuff appalling. It was watered down Mormonism/Christianity posing as meaningful business stuff. Seemed like money changers in the temple.
My boss and I would refer to it as the 7 habits of highly defective people. Because if what they were teaching was a revelation to you, something in you was really off.
I once asked my Bishop what he meant by ‘Anti Mormon Propaganda’ he said,’Anything that contradicts the official version of church history.” I said,”So the original account of the First Vision is Anti-Mormon PRopoganda?” He said,”Well they all agree in the most fundamental aspects.” I shook my head No and he said,’They don’t?’ I said,”No they don’t. In fact they differ in the most fundamental detail, who was there? In the original version, Joseph ably made mention of the Lord, singular. It was the only version written in his own hand. The official version is actually the heavily edited 4th version, written under duress, while he was in jail awaiting trial and needing to add legitimacy to his dying church after every one of the original witnesses had abandoned the faith.” He said,”Well, I didn’t come here to get into a big contentious argument about doctrine.” I said,”I’m not arguing, just stating the facts.”
> He said,”Well, I didn’t come here > to get into a big contentious > argument about doctrine.” > > I said,”I’m not arguing, just > stating the facts.”