(To Ansel12) Re: Your Post #49: Did you forget the sarcasm tag?

(And your post #40): I always thought Mormons were strong in their faith. Guess not. What a shame!!

Ansel12 responded to you Din Maker in post #49 "they are. See post #29"

(All: That's why Din Maker asked Ansel if he had forgotten the sarcasm tag)

Allow me, Din Maker, as a descendant of both faithful and unfaithful Mormons, to 'xplain what Ansel12 is getting at.

I've numerous FR threads where FREEPERs assumed that Harry Reid was/is either...
(a) a jack mormon (an inactive Mormon)...[Btw, he's not]
(b) or some maverick Mormon well off the Mormon reservation [No, here's a man even invited to speak to the entire BYU campus in 2007]
(c) Or some faithless marginal Mormon who the Mormon church eschews and keeps at arms-length [not only can Ansel12 and I BOTH point to the 2007 BYU speech, but we can also point out how the Mormon church officially sanctions Harry Reid as an official "home teacher" in the D.C. area].

For (b) & (c) if you don't want to take either myself -- or Ansel12 at our word -- see the links below yourself. ********************************************************

So here's what I've said before in previous threads of years back...just slightly edited:
(1) Does BYU usually invite faithless or “jack Mormons” to speak at all-student body, all-faculty rallies? (‘Cause guess what? That’s exactly what BYU did in October 2007 – ensuring Reid spoke to over 4,000 on campus. Here’s the FReeper story on that Reid gets warm reception at BYU

From the above linked article, written by the Lds church owned Deseret News: At the end of his speech, Reid earned a standing ovation from a small percentage of the crowd and applause from the rest.

Plus, do BYU students & faculty usually applaud ALL faithless or “jack Mormons” like they did @ that BYU speech in Fall 2007?

(2) The Salt Lake Tribune ran an October 2009 article – here. Harry Reid: A Mormon in the Middle

Here were two “interesting” comments by fellow Mormons about Reid, including one from Sen. Orrin Hatch: …Orrin Hatch, says it's not fair for fellow Mormons to disparage Reid as anything but a devout Mormon..."I can personally tell you that Harry is a good member of the LDS faith and he was expressing a personal opinion that his side feels very deeply about," Hatch says

Well, there ya go. You wouldn't want to be "contentious" against the likes of faith Mormons like Sen. Hatch by calling him a liar – or mistaken – re: his eval of Reid, would you?

(3) Btw, that same Salt Lake Trib article also mentioned how ”Today, Reid, with his security escort in tow, likely will be making his home teaching rounds after his ward's three-hour service. Anyone who questions his Mormon credentials should see that, says Jim Vlock, his home-teaching companion

There ya go, yet another Mormon “testimonial” about Reid that claims he is a bonifide Mormon. (Of course, we all know how mistaken those Mormon testimonials are all the time about another Mormon leader – a Mr. Joseph Smith – so I guess Mr. Vlock can be wrong just like all the other Mormon testimonials, eh?)

Oh, and one more Mormon testimonial about Reid: LDS blog names Harry Reid as Mormon of the Year

So, given these testimonials by Harry Reid's security detail...Sen. Hatch...BYU’s speaker invite committee...The Local Lds leaders who authorize Reid to officially represent the church as a home-teacher...The Lds bloggers who named Reid as “Mormon of the Year.” Not sure you're in ANY position to challenge them OR Ansel12.

So you see...Harry Reid is a genuine, authentic, temple recommended, bonifide, Mormon leader-in-good-standing with his church!

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For my kicker, see my tagline below -- a quote from Harry Reid himself when speaking to the BYU campus in Fall 2007