Puny Earthling!!
Posted on 05/27/2008 8:26:20 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
Can Mormon women wear pants when visiting a temple? Can men wear cummerbunds during a marriage ceremony? Are vasectomies an appropriate birth control option? The answers to these (no, no, and not really) and similar questions about Mormon practice and leadership might not seem to be especially secret, but the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn't pleased about secret church documents hitting the Internet.
In this case, the cause of the displeasure is the confidential Church Handbook of Instructions, published by Wikileaks on April 16. The church is currently trying to get the information pulled down using copyright infringement notices, but Wikileaks doesn't respond to such requests. The church has turned instead to targeting other sites that host or link the handbook.
Scribd, a sort of "YouTube for documents," has already taken down a copy of the material after receiving a copyright infringement notice from the Intellectual Property Division of the Church (who knew churches had such divisions?). The church has also gone after the Wikimedia Foundation, the group that oversees Wikipedia and Wikinews (it has no connection to Wikileaks). What's interesting about the takedown request is that the Wikimedia Foundation did not actually host or even cite the material in question; a Wikinews article published on April 19 simply mentioned the existence of the handbooks at Wikileaks and provided a link to it. In response, Wikimedia also received a copyright infringement notice from Intellectual Reserve, the church's IP division. The link was subsequently removed.
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MAybe the others would not have listened anyway...
Only Mormons in good standing are allowed inside the Temple to attend the wedding. There are many times that the parents of the bride or groom are prohibited.
My grandmother could not attend my Temple Wedding. She admitted to her Bishop that she had been drinking tea, and was unable to pay a full 10% tithe on her fixed income of Social Security.
Puny Earthling!!
Were the pleats up or down??
Dunno. The Policy came directly from Source - L. Ron Hubbard - himself.
I downloaded it, it has some eyeopening sections regarding excommunications.
Sideways, actually.
I wonder what Jesus thinks of such things?[VA Ridgerunner]
VR, doncha know? The Intellectual Property Division is part of the overall "restoration" of the original New Testament. (You see, Judas was the most tight-fisted one & didn't want anyone veering in on Jesus' financial action...so Judas was named "IPDAM" -- "Intellectual Property Division Apostle-Manager"...I know I missed that verse in my Sunday School lessons growing up...maybe you did, too?)
Omigosh, that’s a riot. I was interested in the Masonic/Mormon connection. Hmmmm.......
Depends on what numbers and what church. If you want to see useful numbers (not just giving or broad budget categories) in our church, you're probably going to have to visit the church office - or at least ask a church officer. Most of the numbers are available to members, but they aren't passed out to those who don't ask.
Now, I have seen churches that post fairly detailed numbers on their web site.
In that case, it looks like Romney's pro-abortion stance is consistent with the Mormon church. Bet the Mormons don't like this part getting out.
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