Comments on: Poll: What’s a Mormon?

By: Rider

Rider — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:19:26 +0000

“Rider and I can still get together for hot-dogs over the weekend.”

Sounds good to me :)

By: SingleSpeed

SingleSpeed — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:00:01 +0000

Seriously, though, “mormon” only has negative connotations if you want it to. I thought it was stupid when the church got on that “Don’t call us mormons” kick ~10 years ago. I’ve always been mormon and i probably always will be, and I’m proud of what the title implies. No need to get angry, though. Rider can be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; I’ll be a mormon. …and Rider and I can still get together for hot-dogs over the weekend.

By: SingleSpeed

SingleSpeed — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:54:19 +0000

mmmm.. chicken pot pie…

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:43:41 +0000

Deca,

What do you think of the Baptist claim that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are not Christian?

By: Deca

Deca — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:40:08 +0000

Saying I am a chicken pot pie does not make me one. I still think there needs to be some formality, like an LDS baptism, you know, some choice, not just "I am one because I say I am."

Christians are a category, like saying "I'm a North American" not a yellow-pages type church.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:35:52 +0000

Are you serious?

Members of the church have been called Mormons for nearly 200 years. It makes complete sense to use a phrase, even if it is disparaging, in a campaign that over time is designed to get the public to switch from that term to a different time.

How would you recommend the church get people to switch from using "Mormon", which they'd used for 150 years prior to the campaign, to using the name of the church if the church cannot use the term "Mormon"?

By: rick

rick — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:30:07 +0000

Are you serious?

It makes absolutely no sense to use a phrase which is insulting toward the organization on a commercial designed to increase interest in the organization.

In the vernacular of the vast majority of the world, 'the mormons' is who the members of the church are, for the very reason that they used the phrase in those commercials.

Other than exposure to the phrase on TV, most people wouldn't even know about the church at all.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:32:42 +0000

That all depends on the reason it was used.

My understanding was that the use of Mormons was part of a phased campaign to get the public used to the name of the church. It started with "The Mormons", progressed to "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: The Mormons", and is now "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."

This doesn't mean the church wanted to be called "The Mormons".

By: rick

rick — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:38:24 +0000

You can’t argue that you don’t want to be called something that your own organization has used in its’ PR campaigns…

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:34:05 +0000

I thought the same thing. ;-)