https://freerepublic.com/tag/legalistic/ en-us Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:32:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2635172/posts Rise Of The Institutional Church In 1961 Church headquarters announced a new program that it called “Correlation.” This new way of doing things was introduced in conference by apostle Harold B. Lee. It was described as a benefit, sold as a way to coordinate and unify all the various programs of the church. What it ended up being was a stifling means of control, not only of individual wards, but also of many individual members. The policies of correlation took decades to fully implement, and most of us didn't even notice the subtle changes. Although it was begun during... Pure Mormonism https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2635172/posts#comment Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:32:50 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392385/posts ROCHESTER, Minn. - The decision to literally turn the lights out on Rochester public high school baseball this spring was not a school district issue nor a city of Rochester issue. It was complying with federal law, specifically Title IX. That, Rochester school officials say, was the reason all home baseball games for Century, John Marshall and Mayo must be played under natural light exclusively for the first time in years. A couple of weeks ago Mayo players were the first to experience the baseball blackout when their game was suspended because of darkness. Despite the Mayo Field lights being... Duluth News Tribune (Star & Sickle of the North) https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392385/posts#comment Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:48:00 GMT