Businessweek decides to see how offensive they can be to Mormons

[PeppermintPatty]

Originally Posted by Descalzo

Minuscule is the opposite of droves, yes. And we're back to subjective measures. Who will challenge this one?

you, apparently.

[Whiskey]

Originally Posted by The Cuddling Wingman

Ghana has 25,000,0000 people

14,000 is one in 1,785 people

DROVES!!!!!

[Dr T Non-Fan]

Originally Posted by FashionableFedora

News to me. I thought religions were built on blood. In the case of Christianity, that of its founder and practitioners; in the case of Muslims, that of their victims.

Hmm, maybe it's the second floor...

[mr coffee]

Originally Posted by FashionableFedora

And women cannot be physically priests, just as they cannot be fathers. It has to do with nature, not inferiority.

Ummm....what the hell are you talking about?!?!?!?

[twig93]

Originally Posted by Actuary321

Was that cover of the Pope in the German rag talking about finding the leak in the Vatican offensive?

to Catholics? (ones who are serious about their faith anyway, which is only a subset of people who call themselves Catholic) Um... I would certainly assume it was.

[twig93]

Originally Posted by soyleche

Why do they keep using the phrase "so called" when describing the names of offices in the Church (the Presiding Bishopric and the Quorums of the Seventy are the ones that come to mind).

ETA: I did see it and my earlier guess was wrong. I guess to make it clear that terms like "Presiding Bishopric" are Mormons' terms - not Bloomberg's.

Lots of churches have "bishops", so the term and its meaning are familiar. I've never heard of a Presiding Bishopric before - it's not a term that non-Mormons know.

[twig93]

Originally Posted by George L. Costanza

For the most part, people consciously choose to be Mormons; not so with African Americans.

OK, substitute Jewish and God telling them to eat brisket and wear funny hats and work in the banking profession. I think that would be just as offensive, even though it is a group that has - per your definition - "chosen" to be Jewish. (As others have noted, children don't choose their religion when they are young.)

[twig93]

Originally Posted by FashionableFedora

The Church teaches women are equal to men, and many women have had an influential role in Church history. Example: St. Catherine of Siena. The genders are different though. To deny that would be contrary to a very obvious fact of life. Women cannot be fathers. Men cannot be mothers. And women cannot be physically priests, just as they cannot be fathers. It has to do with nature, not inferiority.

You were doing well up until the bolded part. At the risk of derailing the thread, it's difficult to defend why having a penis is a necessary component of being a priest without sounding sexist.

It's quite easy to explain why having a penis is a necessary component of being a father.

[PeppermintPatty]

Originally Posted by twig93

You were doing well up until the bolded part. At the risk of derailing the thread, it's difficult to defend why having a penis is a necessary component of being a priest without sounding sexist.

It's quite easy to explain why having a penis is a necessary component of being a father.

Or at least, why you need testes and not ovaries to be a father.
Yeah, that was a really bizarre statement. So bizarre I'm not sure I even want to engage on the topic.

[soyleche]

Originally Posted by twig93

ETA: I did see it and my earlier guess was wrong. I guess to make it clear that terms like "Presiding Bishopric" are Mormons' terms - not Bloomberg's.

Lots of churches have "bishops", so the term and its meaning are familiar. I've never heard of a Presiding Bishopric before - it's not a term that non-Mormons know.

I understand that. The phrase 'so-called' just doesn't seem like the best way to do that though.

It's not a big deal - it just seems weird to me.