Thumbs up to new Mormon site

[SamBee]

Okay, it doesn’t deal with deep heavy theological issues (which there is a place for), but in my view, it puts a much more positive, everyday view of church out there that more people will relate to.

A lot of the people on this come across as good decent kind human beings, which is exactly how the church should be perceived. It makes a change from our image of being an army of suits.

http://www.mormon.org/

[Tom Haws]

And maybe it will change the reality. Everything affects everything else. Maybe we will become more diverse.

[kira]

I agree! I love the profiles! I read one profile on that site of a single mother who was into going to punk rock concerts, and who admitted to having trouble with her teenage son. Seemed refreshingly honest.

[humanist]

I loved (past tense) Josh Maready’s profile on this, http://mormon.org/me/14DH-eng

but his profession of “photographer has been edited off and now it just shows him as a skateboarder. His photography is amazing, such a shame, I love his work. Just seems as though the artistic and individual parameters can be constrained and edited away.

http://www.joshmaready.com/

[Old-Timer]

humanist, I can’t imagine “The Church” editing someone’s profile from “photographer” to “skateboarder”. That would be a bit beyond weird. I assume someone can edit their own profile, but I haven’t tried or talked to anyone about it.

[humanist]

Old-Timer wrote:

humanist, I can’t imagine “The Church” editing someone’s profile from “photographer” to “skateboarder”. That would be a bit beyond weird. I assume someone can edit their own profile, but I haven’t tried or talked to anyone about it.

His profile use to say “photographer and skateboarder”

Now it says “Skateboarder” only

I saw Josh’s profile because I did a search under the key word “photographer”

Your right, there are two possible parties that could edit. Did you check out his photography link?

[SamBee]

I see the new website is taking something of a bashing here –

http://mormonmatters.org/2010/08/09/a-new-church-the-new-mormon-org-campaign/

But surely, this is a good thing in the end.

People are saying that things have not really changed on the inside. Well, I believe that they are, albeit it somewhat slowly. It probably depends on your ward. If you’re in a ward in rural Utah, I imagine the old dies hard, but if you’re in a ward in New York city, Lagos or London, I think things will be different there.

I’m currently in a class taught by a man in a blue shirt AND a beard. That’s a two-ser surely!

Some will see this as cynical marketing, but I also see it as both affecting the intake, and the behavior of current members in the long run.

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