Still using
the present prominence of General Conference as a tool to increase visibility,
in this latest piece of Salt Lake Tribune tripe, Peggy Stack seems to think
her opinion of what should be talked about is desired by others: “With a new
president and new apostles, Mormon General Conference is sure to make history,
but will speakers touch on timely topics?” Well, no, we don’t care what topics
Peggy thinks should be covered.
She also
quotes a couple of self-appointed spokespeople, eager to bring greater
attention to their own opinions. Most of the people Stack quotes are unorthodox
liberals or activists, often extremist feminists or academics looking to push
for (undesired) change.
In this
case, most of the article is fairly innocuous, simply being Stack’s review of
what SHE thinks will or should occur during Conference. And her quotations of
the academic are not that troubling, but another of her (obviously activist feminist)
sources of opinion seemed eager to criticize, and is what has earned this piece
the genuine label of utter tripe:
Most Mormons
aren’t counting on current headline-grabbing hot button issues being addressed,
says April Young Bennett, a writer for the Mormon magazine Exponent II.
“Gun violence is
important to a lot of people right now,” the South Jordan resident says. “As
much as they want to hear about it, they don’t expect to.”
That may be
because the LDS authorities are mostly “old white men, which is part of the
problem,” she says. “Sexual assault and gun violence are topics of concern to
youth, people of color and women of childbearing age, but they are not speakers
we expect to hear from in General Conference.”
Speakers need to
better represent the diversity of the LDS populations, Bennett says. “As long
as they don’t, topics that people [in these groups] want to hear won’t be
covered.”
No—what
speakers need to do is what they already do, tell members (and the world) what
they have learned that the Lord wants them to know. Do we demand to have our
ears tickled with what we want said, or, do we humbly plead to be told what the
Lord would have us hear? You can go to any other church, and for your money,
they will tell you what you want to hear. That is easy to find. What is unknown
in this world outside of General Conference is being told what God would have
you do.
Saying that old white men are the
problem is offensive and ignorant. The Lord calls whom He calls to apostolic
office; affirmative action has no place in the kingdom of God. We do not act
like members of a civic or activist organization, club, political party, or
other worldly group that does things by man’s standards and methods. We are
disciples of Christ being directed by a prophet who receives revelations from Heaven.
Somehow, this most basic of truths never seems to seep into the feminist
activist mind. People who get their values, judgments, and conscience from
modern society are always going to be at odds with church doctrine, policy and
practice. There remedy is to push their warped, twisted, worldly value system
on the church—Peggy Stack and her cronies modus operandi. It is Salt Lake Tribune Tripe, also known as
fake news.
The First
Presidency and Twelve are very concerned about the physical, mental, and spiritual
safety and wellbeing of members and missionaries; however, they do not allow
themselves to be distracted from their ministries by the constant commotion of
the world. They put safeguards and measures in place to the best of their
ability to protect the saints and provide for their welfare (especially in
emergencies and disasters), but they know we live in an increasingly
contentious and tumultuous world where Satan holds great sway over his own. Brother
Packer told a story that illustrates this point, and teaches a principle that
social and political activists and other extremists are either angered by or cannot
fathom:
I think the uneasiness [contention
in the world], by and large, is there. . . . [in many] places, but I don't
think you notice much great concern on the part of the Brethren. I recall not
too many years ago riding to the office one morning and turning on the radio as
they were excitedly announcing that the front doom of the temple had been "destroyed."
Remember that? Most of you don't because it is just not that important-it isn't
worth remembering. We were then using the parking lot north of the Relief
Society building; and as I went to the office, I glanced across the street.
There was a lot of action around the temple-people, police cars, fire trucks,
and everything. But I was late to a meeting; so I had to resist the temptation
to go over and see what was going on. I was in meetings with a combination of
the Brethren all day. As I went back that night about 6:30 or 7:00, there was
no one at the temple; but there were some big sheets of plywood over the place
where the doors had been. And then it struck me that all day long in meeting
with the Brethren, not once, for one second, was that thing ever brought up. It
wasn't even mentioned. And why? Because there was work to do, you know. Why be
concerned about that?
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