tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237022755882574439.post4902897968677536987..comments2023-06-06T10:02:21.561-05:00Comments on Weightier Matters of the Law: Brief thoughts on the first day of Confererence October 2008Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544954353921319940noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237022755882574439.post-90840110461653226302008-10-08T15:29:00.000-05:002008-10-08T15:29:00.000-05:00I just wish more women spoke in General Conference...I just wish more women spoke in General Conference...Caroline Tung Richmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668185436035686911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237022755882574439.post-15434143502009891792008-10-08T14:06:00.000-05:002008-10-08T14:06:00.000-05:00http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_10664599Just as a su...http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_10664599<BR/><BR/>Just as a suspected....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544954353921319940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237022755882574439.post-9494427153692623892008-10-08T13:58:00.000-05:002008-10-08T13:58:00.000-05:00Michaela, I never said that Elder Oaks' comments a...Michaela, I never said that Elder Oaks' comments about white shirts were not well-explained. But if keeping sacrament meetings focused on the Savior is the concern, I have several suggestions that might help and having the men and boys wear white shirts is at the very bottom of that list. If someone is seriously distracted from the sacredness of the occasion by non-white shirts, that person may need Ritalin. The whole white shirt issue seems to be to be soooo superficial and a convenient way to ignore the real problems with our meetings (noise, bad talks, etc.)<BR/><BR/>On the positive side, I hope to hear a great many more talks in the vein of Elder Christofferson's. It has been a long time since a GA talked so seriously and clearly about the economic implications of our idea of Zion. It was a favorite topic of Hugh Nibley's, but he was never a GA. We have constantly been told to be frugal and live within our means, but Elder Christofferson suggested to what end we do this- not just to save our own hides. IMO, as the Millennium approaches, it will be the law of consecration, in the economic sense, that separates the sheep from the goats in the Church, not abortion or SSM or any of that other highly politicized nonsense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544954353921319940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237022755882574439.post-88256907899537779702008-10-06T09:19:00.000-05:002008-10-06T09:19:00.000-05:00Count me as really surprised that something more o...Count me as really surprised that something more overt was not said about Prop 8. The allusions to it (Ballard, Nelson) were subtle enough to be missed by members of the Church that either don't live in California or don't follow the blogs much. However, I heard on one of the open threads that there is some kind of broadcast just for CA Mormons (or maybe just for leadership) that will probably be 100% Prop 8-related (kind of like an extra session of Conference).<BR/><BR/>And I agree that we'll see at least 2-3 major posts on the big blogs on Elder Nelson's talk in the next week or so. I thought the denigrating of other people's non-temple marriages stepped over a line of good taste, but I am sure that others will have detected more substantive problems.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544954353921319940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237022755882574439.post-40966827510576099322008-10-05T23:02:00.000-05:002008-10-05T23:02:00.000-05:00Do you know how close Kansas City is to Independen...Do you know how close Kansas City is to Independence, Missouri? We're getting closer! Ooo! Ooo! <BR/><BR/>Elder Corbridge's talk was actually quite hebraically poetic, especially at the beginning where he was doing the contrast thing. As a listener it was easy to see where he was going with it, and even easy to predict what he would say and I think this helped me to grasp it. <BR/><BR/>I agree that Elder Christofferson's talk about building Zion was really good. We'll be hearing a lot of that as time goes on, I think.<BR/><BR/>Now, Elder Oak's talk- the bit about wearing white shirts I thought was very well explained and that's the best reason I've ever heard for guys wearing white shirts to church. I think if you're trying to get out of wearing a white shirt to church because of his lawyer-ness... well I think you might be pushing it there.. (You're such a rebel! ;-) )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237022755882574439.post-88050915702901417512008-10-05T16:52:00.000-05:002008-10-05T16:52:00.000-05:00I had a lot of the same thoughts as you. I'm just ...I had a lot of the same thoughts as you. I'm just waiting for the FMH response to Elder Scott.<BR/><BR/>Now that Conference is over (okay, practically over--I'm writing this during the closing hymn of the last session), I admit that I'm surprised at the relative lack of Prop 8-related content. I think Ballard alluded to it, and then Nelson addressed it somewhat, but Nelson's broader topic was celestial as opposed to civil marriage, rather than traditional as opposed to same-sex marriage. (Although, I suspect that Nelson's talk will be controversial for other reasons.)<BR/><BR/>And I agree that Priesthood session tends to be a bit of a letdown.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06261411264695719660noreply@blogger.com