Facebook event - "WE LOVE YOU President Boyd K. Packer" rally

[DaveinJapan]

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157010880987998

Over 10,000 attendees for the rally thus far...apparently bigotry loves company!

[RandomThoughts]

1. That is a really great way to start a web page.

Are they the guys that go around in groups of two's to houses?

I saw a couple people, on the bus one day, and out walking once, are they the white shirt and ties guys on bikes, or is that the Jehovah witness group?

and

:loveya: also :D

[mrcheerful]

2. 1 who is Boyd K Packer and why should I care.

2 Could you provide a bit more info then a bigot rally for those of us that don't have a face book account and don't do face book?

[DaveinJapan]

4. He's the (a?) Mormon President who last week made a homophobic speech...

these are his followers rallying to his defense (although in fairness a larger number than usual of devout Mormons HAVE spoken out against his hateful rhetoric).

additionally, the official transcript of the speech was altered to soften some of the offensive stuff.

I'm sure you can google up the rest of the story if you're interested. :)

[RandomThoughts]

11. LDS that's Morman.

I think they are 'works' orientated. Many of them do have some strong biases on some issues. And like many groups many traditions.

Traditions can help a person focus there thoughts on topics. The magic underwear for instance, if you have something tangible to associate a thought with, it becomes easier for some people to associate something like protection through such a thing.

So having a tangible material item in the tradition lets a focus to the spiritual concept of armor of light be more easily thought of. It is the use of a material tradition to support a spiritual thought.

Basically every time they think about the wardrobe item, they have a supporting thought for the faith of spiritual armor. Most religions have material items that have that kind of function. It can be a crutch, but whatever works for them.

It also matches how some masons use symbols to focus spiritual thought.

Although it also is how some groups most religions think of as bad used talisments. However that depends how the person thinks of it. If they think some item actually contains power, that is more like a talisman.

Catholics also often have saints medallions along that same thought process.

It is a concept of some material item having a value in the spiritual, because it is thought to have that value. The only time such traditions cause problems is when people think the item itself is imbued with power, or if they don't think of the spiritual aspects and think the material itself has some value and forget the spiritual aspects.

Traditions like that are much the same in many beliefs.

Sometimes traditions can be a way to draw people away from the concept of better spiritual source, that happens in some situations with traditions, where people think some ritual or tradition itself is the value, instead of the feeling and thought of the traditions.

It is an interesting topic.

[Beaverhausen]

5. I think he is the current head of the Mormon church...

...and a great big homophobe.

[mrcheerful]

8. Thanks for the info I don't pay much attention to religious leaders, all I know about the current

pope is he was in the Hitler youth in the good old days when R's openly supported fascists.

[FreeState]

9. He's second in line currently n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. Who is 'Boyd K. Packer'?

[DaveinJapan]

6. Best comment in the comments section, by far!

"Reading this wall is like stumbling into the kool-aid line at Jonestown"

rotfl

[Umbral]

7. He's not the president, but rather one of the general authorities. They have a shit load of those.

[FreeState]

10. He is however next in line to be the President should he not die before the current Prophet (Monson)