Google + Wikipedia + a whole lot of ignorance

22 August 2008 @ 1:16 am in Asides, Mormon | 3 comments

Google + Wikipedia + a whole lot of ignorance = Why the Mormon-Facebook Rumor Made Sense

A lot of these subsidiaries are rationalized by the fact that they have benefit to members of the church. The insurance company can sell insurance to the church members at a discount, the radio and TV chain can provide all-Mormon all-the-time entertainment. The farm and nut producer can be used to feed the flock on missions as well as the starving folks of the world. I still haven’t figured out how a tourist attraction in Hawaii can be justified, but I’m sure if you ask the Mormon PR folks, they’ll give you a decent answer.

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  1. Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins’s avatar

    Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins on 22 August 2008 at 2:44 am

    Ignorance? Really?

    Did I get my facts wrong? Did I not provide evidentiary links to all my claims?

    I suppose it would be better if I lobbed a one liner allegation and left it at that.

  2. David H. Sundwall’s avatar

    David H. Sundwall on 22 August 2008 at 7:27 am

    Mark,

    It’s true that the Church has a for-profit business arm but they are run strictly as investments. From what I can see there are no ulterior “Church” purpose behind them.

    The Church does not sell us insurance (I believe they just self-insure their own properties), the broadcast properties are almost entirely secular (except for one cable station that I’m aware of), and I have never heard of the Church feeding us nuts.

    I think it would have been helpful if you sought out a Mormon or two before expounding on the Church and its practices. It looks like you googled the Church a little and let your speculation do the rest to defend the rumor.

    I think Louis Gray nailed it that anyone familiar with the Church would laugh at the notion that it would blow a sizable chunk of its rumored “fortune” on something as ridiculously valued as Facebook.

    Thanks for asking though.

  3. David B’s avatar

    David B on 24 August 2008 at 5:09 pm

    Buying the Coca-Cola Company, on the other hand, now that would make *perfect* sense!

    [pause]

    Okay, okay, fine: :-)