There are anecdotes that he advocated for the defrauding Missouri merchants and a story of him purchasing nice suits in St. Louis on credit, then refusing to pay. Perhaps. Smith was ordained an apostle and replaced Cowdery as. Open acceptance of his own hypocrisy? Reading his process back to church membership filled me with empathy and admiration, knowing how difficult and humbling it must have been. My first thought was that he probably would not be LDS any more, having been excommunicated, and it is unlikely he would have undergone the rigors of the process to become rebaptized. The Hyrum Andrus Lectures - Miscellaneous - Mormon Dialogue Answer (1 of 12): Let us look at who the 11 witnesses were. He further thinks Newts hypocrisy goes deeper, because he cheated and divorced two then ill wives and then converted to Catholicism, a faith that is historically quite harsh on divorce. He and Gail have been very generous to many other institutions and individuals about which they have chosen to remain anonymous. So, from that one example and there was another similar situation that he was involved in that make me wonder about things. I would be VERY interested to hear from a Mormon who prefers Newt over Romney. Yesterday during the Superbowl, my dad and I discussed this. Yet, if I compare our cultural views of repentance to a more stringent process such as corporeal mortification, practiced by only the most devout Catholics, I dont necessarily find that more empathetic or more admirable. The flat out hypocrisy with which he did all these things speaks to an unstable and compartmentalized mind I would want nothing to do with personally or professionally. Also, consider this: All three *witnesses* were eventually excommunicated from the Mormon church. Probably it depends more on where we live too, small towns are more judgmental and know each others business. Maybe its as much Newts style as his past that repulses Mormons. Autore dell'articolo: Articolo pubblicato: 16/06/2022 Categoria dell'articolo: rockin' the west coast prayer group Commenti dell'articolo: working at charles schwab reddit working at charles schwab reddit Hes complaining that he understands religious persecution (compared to Romney, no less) and is tired of having to support tolerance of other religions while Christianity is being attacked so badly in the USA?!?! M. Russell Ballard, the current Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church, is also a direct descendant of Smith. Joseph replied that "it was not expedient for him to tell more than had already been told about the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, and it was not well that any greater details be provided. For decades he strove to empower people to effectively govern their personal and professional lives. In 1983 he co-founded the Franklin Quest Company to produce the planner and train individuals and organizations in the time management principles on which the planner was based. It is hard that more than a few religious people find a serial adulterer of ill wives, more normal and acceptable than a Mormon. Smith was born Oct. 16, 1943, in Salt Lake City, and grew up in Honolulu. Why should anyone be that surprised? I do believe the recent one was, but I admit I havent seen any source documents myself clarifying that. I think our toughness on adultery leads to that kind of conclusion for many LDS. I find him to be a loose cannon in the political realm. * International Entrepreneur of the Year by Brigham Young Universitys Marriott School of management in 1993.

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