Originally Posted By jonvn "I'll do the same thing tonight. If that doesn't work, nothing will." What about a class action lawsuit? maybe you can get some bucks out of it.
Originally Posted By Elderp "I did a write a new letter last night though, and wrote that some guy named "Elderp on the internet promised me that my name would be removed once and for all so I expect it will be done now. Hope that does the trick." I hadn't thought about that one. I'll do the same thing tonight. If that doesn't work, nothing will."" That's cool, I hope you both certified the letter. I hope you don't take that in the wrong way. As you can see I am of the opinion that if you want out you should go. Life is too short to be unhappy or do things against your belief. Again, I sincerely wish you both the best.
Originally Posted By Elderp "What about a class action lawsuit? maybe you can get some bucks out of it." That would be intresting, I think it is a waste of time, but it would be interesting. I have to agree with some of the posts here in that I have known some local church leadership can be wishy washy too on dropping members. This is not right in my opinion, but I have never seen a clearly written letter of intent to SLC fail in producing the desired results.
Originally Posted By jonvn OH no. Not a waste of time. If you keep telling the church to leave you alone, and they don't, that could be harrassment. A lawsuit might just get the practice to stop. Especially if it is in the tens of millions of dollars range that a class action lawsuit might bring.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I hope you both certified the letter. >>> Should they have reason to believe that it won't be acted on if there's plausible deniability about it having been received?
Originally Posted By SuperDry There was a segment on 60 Minutes last Sunday about the Mormon church. It was a repeat segment from 1996, and featured an interview with Gordon Hinkley, which is why it was replayed now. Most people probably missed it because of the Super Bowl. But you can watch it online at: <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/31/60minutes/main3775068.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories /2008/01/31/60minutes/main3775068.shtml</a> Hinkley definitely lived a long life, as he was old in this interview and made it another 12 years until his recent death. The segment gave a broad overview of the church and discussed many topics. It's 13 minutes long. Give it a watch!
Originally Posted By Elderp It is a very good video, my only problem with it would be that it is 11 yrs old (wouldn't want to people to think we are outdated) and the church video footage they used is even older than that. Other than that I think it was an ok video and did a fair job in portraying the church. The comments some people posted after the article in my opinion are really out there but the video is pretty decent.
Originally Posted By SuperDry ^^^ I thought that Utah must be really outdated - the video is 11 years old, but it's been at least 20 since I've seen haircuts like that! The church video about the missionaries must have been much older than that. I don't remember missionaries wearing suitjackets when making their rounds even 25 years ago. <<< the video is pretty decent. >>> I thought so too. I though there was a good balance between showing the good aspects of the church and also addressing some of the controversial ones. <<< The comments some people posted after the article in my opinion are really out there >>> I didn't read any of them. In my limited experience, the "comment on this article" feature on most news websites is less than worthless - they're complete junk. We think that we have problems here in WE, but at least we have some sense of community and for the most part people aren't totally stupid.
Originally Posted By Mr X SD, you should read some of the stuff people write on the YouTube "comments" section (or maybe you shouldn't! lol)... Nothing I've ever seen in WorldEvents comes close to the nastiness, the vitrol, and yes the utterly STUPID commentary that goes on there! I have a friend who is a woman of transsexual experience, and upon reading the comment section on a news article about a transsexual who was murdered, she was so horribly offended and SCARED that she practically became suicidal because of the absolutely HATEFUL stuff people wrote!
Originally Posted By jonvn This board is filled with fairly intelligent people, actually. You go out and see what sorts of things are going on in the heads of most of the public. It is depressing to say the least.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Agreed jonvn. Despite some of the key debates and arguements that transpire on LP, the majority of this community are bright and mainly considerate. It is why I continue to frequent the site even when I do get tired of what Disney is doing lately, I do still enjoy the company of LPers.
