tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955189458872806741.post975731084384152108..comments2019-07-11T01:03:48.100-06:00Comments on Patrick Curl: LDS, Network Marketer, and Entrepreneur: Furious Rant: Political Chats at Church MUST END!Patrick Curl: Network Marketer and Attraction Marketing Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533525002522166798noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955189458872806741.post-32318753762814167842010-09-19T23:08:40.418-06:002010-09-19T23:08:40.418-06:00sure Aaron - drop me an email w/ your blog info an...sure Aaron - drop me an email w/ your blog info and we can trade links. Glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.<br /><br />It does give me some assurance knowing that there are even general authorities who are democrat, I know President Faust was.<br /><br />Not that I want to throw my political views down people's throats, more I feel that when it comes to things at church the old idiom 'if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all' should stand...and when it comes to politics.. everything is negative (there's always someone on the negative end of the comments - very anti-spirit).Patrick Curl: Network Marketer and Attraction Marketing Trainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533525002522166798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955189458872806741.post-91982293344652608552010-09-18T13:59:39.743-06:002010-09-18T13:59:39.743-06:00Amen to all of what you just said. I'm also an...Amen to all of what you just said. I'm also an LDS Democrat. I've had similar experiences as well where a few ward members like to pontificate about all of their right-wing political viewpoints in church meetings. It's so much worse when it is the instructor that does it! I've written letters to people who have done that, trying to follow the spirit of D&C 121:43. I think church members need to know that using sacred church meetings to air their political viewpoints is entirely inappropriate.<br /><br />I've also got a political blog. Do you mind if I link yours to mine?Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397868782857455757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955189458872806741.post-81170883391672705072010-09-18T13:56:38.206-06:002010-09-18T13:56:38.206-06:00Amen to all of what you said. I'm a fellow Mor...Amen to all of what you said. I'm a fellow Mormon Democrat. I've had plenty of experiences sitting through lessons or talks at church that turn political (Republic pep rallies). I'm not a confrontational type of guy, so I haven't directly challenged those lessons in church. But I did send a letter to one instructor (a former mission president no less!) who spent the first 10 minutes of his lesson lamenting how poorly the media treated President Bush and how we all needed to support him and were wrong to criticize him. I tried to be even-handed in my letter, following the advice in D&C 121:43, but I got an angry call from him after he got the letter. I ended up forwarding the letter to the bishopric. I was only in that ward temporarily for an extended business trip, so I'm not sure what happened. But I think ward members need to know that bringing politics into our meetings is entirely unacceptable, so it is definitely a good thing to confront them, even if only in private.<br /><br />I also have an LDS political blog. Do you mind if I link your blog to mine?Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397868782857455757noreply@blogger.com