I know the answer but the question is worth while thinking about.
"Why would God or Jesus need a spokesperson when they have a true living prophet that speaks for them?" Are we not taught that Jesus guides his Church through his prophets? Are we not taught in D&C 1 that what the prophet says is the same as if they, God or Jesus was speaking? So how can the new PR guy be a spokesman for the Church. He is not a prophet. So what he says should not be taken as the will and the word of the God yet it seems to be.

The word of ghawd often needs to be “massaged” so that it can be properly received by people not in tune with Holy McGhost and thus the need for an inspired wordsmith.

He is not the originator of the word but he is crucial in explaining the word.

It’s a very humbling process . . .

Plus, Jesus often has trouble with coming up with the right words. Hey, I understand-sometimes I can’t remember the right word, and I’m nearly two millennia younger than Jesus. When Christ was advising Joe to avoid coffee and tea, he somehow couldn’t remember the words “coffee” and “tea,” so he said “hot drinks.” If a PR guy had been there, we could have avoided the confusion about how ice tea was a hot drink and hot cocoa was not.

That's a pretty hilarious post start to finish!

I would liken it to Moses and Aaron.

Not all the prophets (remember they have at least 15) are capable of good public relations.

For those few old enough remember J Golden Kimball.

Time is another factor, no one person can handle all the PR. Tye current head of PR doesn't do it all alone either.

Like any government or large corporate head, PR is regulated to minions.

Wouldn't you want someone to wash the mud off your pig before you tried to sell it?

    “Let your pig so shine
    before men, that they
    may see its good meats,
    and glorify your Father
    which is in heaven”

             --Matthew 5:16

"In pigs, everything's good to eat" has been the motto of French farmers (whom we call peasants with no pejorative insinuation...) for centuries - and they do indeed know how to use all parts of a pig to the delectation of gastronomes everywhere.

Mormonism, not so much.



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I'll pass on most of any pig, but Thanks Anyway

SCRAPPLE! “Everything but the oink!”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapple

Having grown up around farm animals, my grand dad always said, "only part of the pig that's not used is the squeal."

:-)

You can fire the PR person when a shitstorm threatens to swallow the church.

How do you fire or censure a prophet who may be guided by his senility?

You just prop him up like Conference Weekend at Bernie's and pretend he is functional. The guys in charge will speak for him and pretend they are saying what the prophet wanted to say.

It's not like it hasn't been done before.

It was certainly done as Boyd "Fudge" Packer was nearing the end. (If you've ever seen "Intolerable Cruelty", Packer reminded me of the movie's "Senior Partner".

Don't forget the literal propping up of Ezra Taft Benson once he lost all his capacities.

I'm sure it must've been done before those two. Even on their deathbeds, "prophets" must appear to be busy a-workin' for de Lawd. [cue the song]

It's like Elon Musk. He takes credit for when his scientists get something right and fires them when they get something wrong. (Messygoop phrases this nicely above.)

I think the whole prophet shell game came crashing down when GBH denied being one during the 60 minutes interview with Wallace. GBH really came across as a smug arrogant dumbass. He made no bones about being sustained as a prophet, but not acting like one.

My magic show came to an end and I told church members that Hinckley denied a lot of church doctrines and values. They thought GBH had outwitted the slimy journalist, but I thought he came across as the village idiot.