What is the cross but a "dead tree?"
"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God." (1 Cor. 1:18)
"But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." (Gal. 6:14)
Therefore, I am not ashamed to be associated with The Church of the Dead Tree--for it is the gospel (the "good news"). The "good news" is not an elaborate "system" of every belief under the Mormon sun that a 12-year-old LDS "deacon" is supposed to know before he dies. It's not every law, commandment, ordinance, precept, etc. in the LDS "scriptures," it is simple trusting in the true God and the true Jesus Christ (John 17:3).
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; [LDS note: It doesn't say to "everyone that worketh" or "everyone that obeyeth"]; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." (Rom. 1:16)
Signed
Ex-Proud member of the Church of the Dead Tree, where the blood of my Savior died for my pride, for my flesh, for my guilt, for my actions done to "change" a Divine Mind who already knows everything about me and my heart, for my...[Well, let's just say the list gets long]
“And actually, you know what? there is one unoffensive title in the list LDS assigns to us: The Church of the Dead Tree”
What list is that? I’m afraid I’ve never come across it.