tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post4838243782787497525..comments2024-03-24T00:27:42.082-07:00Comments on mormonomics & mormonethics: The Grand Old National Socialist PartyRoger Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833699821255820282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-20853801055785182772016-08-03T21:49:22.783-07:002016-08-03T21:49:22.783-07:00Today Meg Whitman, former Republican candidate for...Today Meg Whitman, former Republican candidate for California governor and major GOP fundraiser, endorsed Hillary Clinton. In the past, she has likened Trump to Hitler and Mussolini. So, I guess I'm in pretty good company.Roger Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01833699821255820282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-47968996286435704122016-08-03T21:44:34.674-07:002016-08-03T21:44:34.674-07:00Owen, if you've been reading my material for t...Owen, if you've been reading my material for that long, you are very patient. And you will certainly have noticed that, while I was always a nonconformist, my views on many things have evolved over the years. Working for seven and a half years in the bowels of the bureaucracy in Salt Lake and then spending the next ten years editing and studying Mormonism more than full time cannot help but have a drastic effect on how you view the Church, the gospel, and life in general. While I love my brothers and sisters in my ward, most of them have little interest in understanding the history of the Church they belong to or even the complexity of the doctrine they claim to believe. Perhaps they just don't know where to look, but I believe interest is the main deterrent. Some express in Sunday comments a genuine fear of entertaining any sorts of questions, particularly those that might make them uncomfortable. I understand this. But I do find it increasingly difficult to sit through Gospel Doctrine lessons and high priest group discussions.<br /><br />As for politics and economics, well, I know what I'm up against, but this year may cause many Republicans to wonder just what has happened to their party. They hope this Trump thing will pass and things will return to "normal." But as I've been trying to point out, Trump is not an anomaly. He is the end of the path the GOP has been traveling for many years now. He just came sooner than they expected. I'm not sure the Republican Party can survive the Trump candidacy, because he has exposed rifts in the party that the GOP "elite" didn't imagine existed. Half of their party does not believe what the conservative ideologues believe. They are just angry. The Trump devotees will no longer have much patience with Paul Ryan and the gang. If this week is any indication, Trump will lose most of the establishment support before November. The GOP looks very fragile and quite possibly will split. It's been splitting for some time now, but it may become official after November. We'll see.<br /><br />Roger Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01833699821255820282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-60250304202990416542016-07-31T09:06:55.197-07:002016-07-31T09:06:55.197-07:00Roger, as one who's read and appreciated nearl...Roger, as one who's read and appreciated nearly everything you've written from your Daily Herald days, to Away with Stereotyped Mormons, to your attempt at fiction with God's Executioner, I have a request. Will you write or share with me personally how you have the patience to sit in pews and classrooms with our brothers and sisters, 80 percent of whom reach different conclusions while claiming to rely on the same doctrine and spirit. Owen Nemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04929569716253083899noreply@blogger.com