Well, That Was Unexpected...

[Apotheoun]

...And I'm a Mormon.

You have my sympathies.

[BG45]

I don't think there's anything wrong with that.  I've only gone once, and while I overall liked it, it wasn't what I expected from the way everyone gushed over it.  I think I'd like it more with more attendance.

 

...And I'm a Mormon.

 

I've seen way too many of those ads thanks to a Mormon colleague.  We have this thing where we're totally not trying to convert one another supposedly, but he gets Catholic podcasts and I get those ads.

[PhuturePriest]

I don't think there's anything wrong with that.  I've only gone once, and while I overall liked it, it wasn't what I expected from the way everyone gushed over it.  I think I'd like it more with more attendance.

 

 

I've seen way too many of those ads thanks to a Mormon colleague.  We have this thing where we're totally not trying to convert one another supposedly, but he gets Catholic podcasts and I get those ads.

 

I like those ads mainly because they're funny. They're basically saying "I'm a normal person with a successful life, and I'm a Mormon. See? We can be normal, too!" I love it when they specifically choose people of different ethnicities to do it, like Asians or black people (The black people in particular crack me up due to the original historical beliefs about black people Mormons had).

[CatholicsAreKewl]

I like those ads mainly because they're funny. They're basically saying "I'm a normal person with a successful life, and I'm a Mormon. See? We can be normal, too!" I love it when they specifically choose people of different ethnicities to do it, like Asians or black people (The black people in particular crack me up due to the original historical beliefs about black people Mormons had).

 

 

I especially love the Australian one. Mormons in Australia. I mean, think about it. There are Australians who believe that Jesus went to North America. Their prophet's name is Joseph Smith, for crying out loud! This makes me want to hang up a flag or something. 

[Luigi]

I don't like the EF. I like to know the meaning of words I say. And the meaning of words said on my behalf. Otherwise, the meaning of the Great Amen gets reduced (FOR ME) to: "Yeah - what HE said." 

[Amppax]

I don't like the EF. I like to know the meaning of words I say. And the meaning of words said on my behalf. Otherwise, the meaning of the Great Amen gets reduced (FOR ME) to: "Yeah - what HE said."

Typically when I've gone, there is a handout which has Latin on one page, English on the other, so that's a non issue. Plus you could say the same thing about the Novus Ordo in Latin. :idontknow: Edited July 31, 2013 by Amppax

[fons_vitae]

I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I've only gone once, and while I overall liked it, it wasn't what I expected from the way everyone gushed over it.

Ahaha, exactly. "Gushed" is quite accurate here.

[BG45]

I like those ads mainly because they're funny. They're basically saying "I'm a normal person with a successful life, and I'm a Mormon. See? We can be normal, too!" I love it when they specifically choose people of different ethnicities to do it, like Asians or black people (The black people in particular crack me up due to the original historical beliefs about black people Mormons had).

 

My colleague has a PhD and once said he had no clue why black people would join his church given its teachings until the 1970s...though funny way of looking at it, with you pointing out it's an attempt to be "we're normal! really!"  Now it does seem funny!  I'm so waiting for one of those ads to air by mistake during one of Discovery Channel's polygamy shows, even though the practice has been banned by the LDS church for more than a century.

 

I especially love the Australian one. Mormons in Australia. I mean, think about it. There are Australians who believe that Jesus went to North America. Their prophet's name is Joseph Smith, for crying out loud! This makes me want to hang up a flag or something. 

That does sound...weird.  I understand the LDS church is big in Samoa.

 

Ahaha, exactly. "Gushed" is quite accurate here.

Glad to have hit it on the nose!  I know there are some people who are "TLM or nothing" and my view is that Mass is Mass.  If it's good enough for Jesus, and He is truly present in the Eucharist, it's good enough for me.  :)