Show Public opinion or Gods God's whose matters most J Jeff err Dixon Supervising Editor Last week on ABC News the Church according to host Martin Bashir opened their doors for extremely rare access in an attempt to dispel some of the myths surrounding their faith Its It's hard to know who invited whom to do a astory astory astory story and what if any terms were discussed as a condition of such extremely rare access which was granted to other members of the media We do know that the revealing visit included I a complimentary teriyaki chicken dinner which the Church people themselves have rare access to as chicken along with other meat is only seasonally appropriate per DC But I digress Not part of this extremely rare access was access which would be truly rare cameras in the temple No ABC was given the Churchs Church's standard-issue standard video tour of the Draper Temple which isn't all that inaccessible Then ABCs ABC's Dan Harris had a no-holds- no barred chat with the Church ups higher-ups Russell Ballard and Quentin Cook dispatched to set the record straight on a number of issues First they attempted to explain how baptisms for forthe forthe forthe the dead give the spirits of the deceased including Holocaust victims the hitherto un-had un but by no means binding option to become members That is by dipping someone else's earthly body in a warm pool spirits will have an option they couldn't possibly have in heaven unless that persons person's name hasn't been recorded in which case they're sol But the option thing That's not quite what I was told when I was twelve and doing baptisms for formy formy formy my own ancestors Back then we were told that baptisms made that person a posthumous member in heaven What we were doing was kinda like accepting an Oscar for fora a dead actor But the lord does work in ways once Jewish and Catholic leaders decry your religious practice But still The lord Mystery Revelation I mean how about not letting black men hold the priesthood until the By sheer coincidence as the IRS was preparing to revoke the Churchs Church's tax-exempt tax status for this exclusionary practice in 1978 the sky over State Street and South Temple opened the angels sang and god did his mind on this too saying that all worthy men could hold the priesthood and the church could remain tax-exempt tax miracles They just dont don't stop happening to the bless Harris didn't dare press them on this or other conveniently- conveniently timed revelations from which the Church has temporally benefited over its history ABCs ABC's extremely rare access also didn't include any revelation from Ballard or Cook to tous tous tous us gentiles about exact grip of the handshake you MUST KNOW in order to pass through heavens heaven's gates Cook admitted that some things that happen in inthe inthe inthe the temple might seem a little strange if taken out of context Harris didn't see the opportunity to pounce there and ask about any of the other creepy but since-phased-out since rituals like pretending to slit ones one's throat and belly and swearing not to tell anyone of what happens in the temple on penalty of death Your finest journalists America And of course the issue of gay marriage came came explained that they arent aren't singling out any particular group cough but butare butare butare are protecting the five thousand year history of marriage being between a aman aman aman man and a woman Or in inthe inthe inthe the context of the church years since it used to tobe tobe tobe be between one dude and anda a girl for every day of the week maybe even more Weve We've heard the reasoning before and it just doesn't cut the mustard when you put it next to the US U.S. Constitution But they have money and they have power The persecuted has become the persecutor And the cycle of abuse continues They need something to hate They seem surprised at atthe atthe atthe the backlash of resentment for being so active in their pursuit of discrimination The Church is best served when it controls the message and isn't being asked all sorts of pesky questions although Harris Harris' queries could hardly be called that Regardless questions scrutiny and analysis are not the Churchs Church's friend Its It's better just smiling a strained smile and serving hot cocoa and keeping its properties clad in earthly opulence for all to see If the Church is doing gods god's work though thought why does it care so much about convincing non-members non of its rightness W Who o do they wish to please And if they must remain so obstinate why the media blitz Why own so much media It all seems a little too worldly for an entity whose mission is other It cant can't resist that need to be loved by its fellow humans or at least understood Gods God's comfort it seems isn't enough Yet when you try to persuade people to believe of like something that defies all logic the next best thing is to resort to methods that all the other of Bad Things do either make it sexy or make it scary The Church has been going scary since its inception and its it's slowly losing its desired effect Heres Here's looking forward to toa toa toa a change in approach Oh Speaking of THEM You know the you- you know who do you-know-what you in inthe inthe inthe the you know THEY're trying to partake in OUR rituals as though they too were capable of voluntarily forming loving couples forever devoted to one another On top of that absurd notion they want to enjoy the rights and responsibilities we orthodox fornicators do 52 percent of the voters in California Republic thankfully did their part to stop this scourge before it ruins everything America stands for But the judicial activists arent aren't accepting the peoples people's mandate And the you know may just be closing in on equal rights California Attorney General Jerry Brown is admonishing the State Supreme Court to overturn Proposition 8 because he feels it unconstitutional unconstitutional un constitutional Hey the people voted for font it so its it's legal End of story Just as with Hamas' Hamas majority in the Palest Palestinian nian government its it's not about rule of law its it's about majority rule And we the people are scared of that lifestyle and want that fear codified But we need to be prepared in case the worst happens Straight couples get married Now Love can come later For if you wait and they get to share that right with us then you know they'll be beable beable beable able tobe married Then what Like what about our marriages Probably won wont won't t teven even something |