Comments on: Conference Open Thread

By: Eskimosik

Eskimosik — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:33:41 +0000

Hello

What do you think about this? When it happens?

By: MBD

MBD — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:41:08 +0000

Kudos to lds.org for providing an American Sign Language video of the Priesthood Session this year. The audio quality stinks, but that kind of goes without saying…

By: Not a cool kid

Not a cool kid — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:23:43 +0000

MCQ -

my point proven.

By: MCQ

MCQ — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:02:09 +0000

No, see, I know you weren't trying to be funny. I used to think you were inadvertently funny. Now I'm just bored by you.

By: Not a cool kid

Not a cool kid — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:51:12 +0000

MCQ -

I wasn’t trying to be funny. It’s the truth. As for the large audience BCC has – well, the number of regular commentators isn’t really that many more than the number of people in the athletic clique (or the artsy kids clique) at a large high school.

Once one comes to that realization, BCC (or any large group blog) is much more enjoyable. I was just trying to give one newbie some advice on how to “get” BCC before being branded a troll.

By: Haggis Never Dies

Haggis Never Dies — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:44:31 +0000

In the spirit of one of the prevailing themes from this conference, I will not procrastinate in proffering an apology for my earlier comment, which would have been adequate w/o the negative editorial on the perceived insular nature of this site, which may or may not be true but in any case is completely irrelevant to the topic at hand. I’m sure that sentance is a violation of some rule in English grammar. Another apology.

I do enjoy reading the posts here at BCC – thanks to all who participate. I will trundle over to Kristine’s post and play in that sandbox for awhile.

By: queuno

queuno — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:46:12 +0000

Wikipedia states it so well (I’m looking somewhere for a list of FP changs): “The First Presidency which included Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson, and James E. Faust served from 12 March 1995 until 10 August 2007 (the date on which James E. Faust passed away), and was the longest consecutive First Presidency (no change in president or counselors) in the history of the church.”

I can’t find an exact timeline, but I’m pretty sure that the last time we had an apostle called to the First Presidency *without* the president passing away was .. Gordon B. Hinckley (when President Kimball selected him as the 3rd Counselor).

So this weekend was particularly notable.

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:21:58 +0000

Excellent points, queuno.

By: queuno

queuno — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:12:16 +0000

Ray – WRT your question about the gap in attention given Eyring’s and Cook’s callings … I had a theory on this over on the other blog where you asked this, and I’ll repeat it here.

(a) Eyring is a known commodity. Cook is not. Bruce Olsen at the end of the press conference made reference to the fact that they would have an extended bio of Cook posted as soon as they could meet with Cook to write it.

(b) It’s been quite a long time since a new counselor was put in the FP without also calling a new prophet. This is noteworthy in its own right.

(c) Given the differences in ages and health, there’s a decent chance Eyring is “running the Church” in a few years as the lone functioning counselor, similar to how Hinckley did it.

(d) Eyring is well-acquainted with the media, given his work with the Public Affairs committee, the MMM speech, etc. Cook is very capable, but is a little less known. Cook didn’t say much during the press conference, deferring to Eyring.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:52:44 +0000

Ronan #11 — Agreed. Am I struggling to understand the heights and depths of non-Mormon Christianity as vigorously and sympathetically as I expect non-Mormons to consider the complexities of Mormonism? It’s a two-way street.