Comments on: Conference and Rumors of Conference http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/28/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/ A Mormon Blog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:31:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mormon Mentality - Thoughts and Asides by Peculiar People » Continuing Revelation http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/28/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20162 Tue, 22 May 2007 15:15:08 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20162 [...] the same time that we “Utah Mormons” began passing rumors around about how historical our LDS General Confe…, our restoration cousins of the Community of Christ church (known until April 2001 as the [...]

]]> By: Talon http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/28/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20161 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:12:45 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20161 I held out for the announcement of a new static free fabric for garments being introduced, but was left disappointed…..maybe next time. :-)

]]> By: DanM http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/28/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20160 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:59:35 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20160 The length of the closing prayer is determined by the time left before the hour is up, due to broadcast issues. Same with the closing song. The church has network broadcast time to fill and they can’t leave a 5-minute gap, although they sometimes leave a minute or so that can be filled with extra commercials (Deseret Book! food storage! BYU housing! if you’re in Utah)

On Sunday afternoon, the choir stretched their closing hymn elegantly to try to fill in the time, and the poor brother left with all that prayer time did an admirable job of blessing everything and everyone. I had a friend who was involved in the translation process for conference and he explained that those who give prayers are asked to keep an eye on the time. Hence the 2-sentence prayer on Saturday, when the hour was up, vs. the 5-6 minute prayer Sunday afternoon. I suppose you can be inspired to fill whatever time is required.

]]> By: Randy B. http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/28/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20159 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:41:47 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20159 Kevin, it’s my general sense that GBH often ends the conference with just a few comments in summary and wrap up.

I don’t remember how long the closing prayer was for the last session, but the Sunday morning session closing prayer consisted of just a couple sentences, IIRC (exactly as it should be). That the last prayer was long-winded doesn’t tell us much — par for the course.

Here’s one final thought: If GBH ever wants to be the first to spring some exciting news at the close of conference, I suspect we won’t see rumors generated by the Q12 about history (with a capital H!) in the making. Instead, we will hear about it in the first instance from GBH.

]]> By: Guy Murray http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/28/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20158 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:24:23 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20158 Guess he figured Ronan need a few more years of Sunday School afterall.

]]> By: Kevin Barney http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/28/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20157 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:22:43 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20157 OK, here is a conspiracy theory for you to consider. The big thing, whatever it was, was supposed to come from GBH at the end of the second Sunday session. Normally Pres. Hinckley gives a substantive address in that slot to end the conference. This time he just gave some superficial concluding remarks, and the conference would have ended 10 minutes early if not for a lengthy closing prayer (much longer than the morning session’s). And we all know that these conferences are all tightly scripted.

So what if GBH got skittish about whatever it was and he pulled the plug at the last minute, thus leaving the apparent hole in the proceedings near the end? Is that possible?

And while we’re at it, what about that grassy knoll thing…

]]> By: Randy B. http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/28/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20156 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:37:28 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20156 I think the lesson here is some folks have a different definition of Historic with a capital “H” than one might think. That said, the Saturday afternoon session was far away the best, at least in my view.

]]> By: Ian Cook http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/28/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20155 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:33:12 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20155 Not Nielsen ratings, but spiritual feeding. But does it work if they trick us into being spiritually fed?

]]> By: KyleM http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/28/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20154 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:07:11 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20154 Ryan,

Perhaps you should ask your wife and a family lawyer. At least the lawyer would think you were funny.

]]> By: MCQ http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/28/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20153 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:44:43 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/03/conference-and-rumors-of-conference/#comment-20153 Yeah, cuz the church is all about Nielsen Ratings.

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