Gordon B. Hinckley has Died
January 28, 2008 9:15 PM Subscribe
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Was he wearing a guayabera?
posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 9:18 PM on January 28, 2008
posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 9:18 PM on January 28, 2008
is this something i'd have to be from utah to understand?
posted by pyramid termite at 9:32 PM on January 28, 2008
posted by pyramid termite at 9:32 PM on January 28, 2008
That first link has got to be the longest official obituary I have ever come across. I don't even think JP2's was that long. Oh, and the comments are very interesting:
Heidi | 8:08 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
What an amazing Prophet of God... He is the only Prophet that I can remember as a youth! There will always be a special place in my heart for him!
NJ MORMON | 8:08 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
Very sad news...What a great man and a true Prophet of God. I truly loved this man and I am extremely sad that this happened. What a legacy President Hinckley has left behind. Our prayers are with the Hinckleys.
Rasmussen Family | 8:08 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
We will miss him!! Thank you President Hinckley for your example and service!! Our hearts are sad and broken!!
Chaz | 8:08 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
I'm sad. What a great prophet.
Bob | 8:09 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
President Hinckley was a great man and a wonderful leader. He will be missed.
Matthew Bates | 8:09 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
President Hinckley,
We love you.
The Bates Family
Nashus, NH
JJ | 8:09 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
He was a great president and will be missed, but now he will be able to be reunited with his sweet wife. He waited a long time for that reunion.
Smith and Seljaas Families | 8:09 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
We will miss you President Hinckley. You have been a strength to our families for many years.
Phil | 8:09 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
He is with his wife now.
Mari Fritz | 8:09 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
I am SO sad....He will be greatly missed
Tanner | 8:10 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
God rest his soul. He was a great man.
Michael Bauer | 8:10 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
I send my deepest sympathy to President Hinckley's family. He was a man of great vision and empathy. I loved him dearly as the prophet throughout my mission and thereafter. He will be missed greatly.
Josh_Romney | 8:10 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
What a great man he was. he is truly a prophet of God who has led God's true church for the last 12 years. i am greatfl for the things that he has taught me.
Anonymous | 8:10 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
One of the greatest prophets in history...
D&C | 8:10 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
We should all be inspired by his life of service. Are prayers are with his family, but we are sure he is glad to be with his loving wife. We love you President Hinckley.
Grateful Saint | 8:10 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
I am so grateful for the truly inspired leadership that President Hinckley provided for so many faithful years. He is a prophet of God.
posted by parmanparman at 9:33 PM on January 28, 2008
Heidi | 8:08 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
What an amazing Prophet of God... He is the only Prophet that I can remember as a youth! There will always be a special place in my heart for him!
NJ MORMON | 8:08 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
Very sad news...What a great man and a true Prophet of God. I truly loved this man and I am extremely sad that this happened. What a legacy President Hinckley has left behind. Our prayers are with the Hinckleys.
Rasmussen Family | 8:08 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
We will miss him!! Thank you President Hinckley for your example and service!! Our hearts are sad and broken!!
Chaz | 8:08 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
I'm sad. What a great prophet.
Bob | 8:09 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
President Hinckley was a great man and a wonderful leader. He will be missed.
Matthew Bates | 8:09 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
President Hinckley,
We love you.
The Bates Family
Nashus, NH
JJ | 8:09 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
He was a great president and will be missed, but now he will be able to be reunited with his sweet wife. He waited a long time for that reunion.
Smith and Seljaas Families | 8:09 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
We will miss you President Hinckley. You have been a strength to our families for many years.
Phil | 8:09 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
He is with his wife now.
Mari Fritz | 8:09 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
I am SO sad....He will be greatly missed
Tanner | 8:10 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
God rest his soul. He was a great man.
Michael Bauer | 8:10 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
I send my deepest sympathy to President Hinckley's family. He was a man of great vision and empathy. I loved him dearly as the prophet throughout my mission and thereafter. He will be missed greatly.
Josh_Romney | 8:10 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
What a great man he was. he is truly a prophet of God who has led God's true church for the last 12 years. i am greatfl for the things that he has taught me.
Anonymous | 8:10 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
One of the greatest prophets in history...
D&C | 8:10 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
We should all be inspired by his life of service. Are prayers are with his family, but we are sure he is glad to be with his loving wife. We love you President Hinckley.
Grateful Saint | 8:10 p.m. Jan. 27, 2008
I am so grateful for the truly inspired leadership that President Hinckley provided for so many faithful years. He is a prophet of God.
posted by parmanparman at 9:33 PM on January 28, 2008
He didn't die, he became God on another planet or some shit.
posted by cmonkey at 9:33 PM on January 28, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by cmonkey at 9:33 PM on January 28, 2008 [3 favorites]
How many wives is he survived by?
posted by nathan_teske at 9:45 PM on January 28, 2008
posted by nathan_teske at 9:45 PM on January 28, 2008
One down... let's see, one, two, three, four... What the? Where do they keep coming from? It's like a plague of locusts! STOP HAVING SO MANY BABIES OH DROWNING, DROWNING IN BABIES GARGLGLGLELG GGGRG.
How many Mormons does it take to change a light bulb?
Thirty. One to change the bulb, nine to set up chairs, and twenty to bring refreshments to the cultural hall.
posted by loquacious at 9:46 PM on January 28, 2008 [3 favorites]
How many Mormons does it take to change a light bulb?
Thirty. One to change the bulb, nine to set up chairs, and twenty to bring refreshments to the cultural hall.
posted by loquacious at 9:46 PM on January 28, 2008 [3 favorites]
Right now the Westboro Baptist Church is fiercely debating how they'll split their resources between his funeral and Heath Ledger's.
posted by mullingitover at 9:46 PM on January 28, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by mullingitover at 9:46 PM on January 28, 2008 [1 favorite]
Jodie Foster will be relieved.
posted by tellurian at 9:49 PM on January 28, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by tellurian at 9:49 PM on January 28, 2008 [2 favorites]
I liked him just fine till he shot Reagan.
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 9:50 PM on January 28, 2008
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 9:50 PM on January 28, 2008
Yipes.
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 9:51 PM on January 28, 2008
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 9:51 PM on January 28, 2008
"...and suddenly, he discovered that god doesn't exist."
Goodbye you crazy old prophet.
posted by Avenger at 10:05 PM on January 28, 2008
Goodbye you crazy old prophet.
posted by Avenger at 10:05 PM on January 28, 2008
A+++++++++++ PROPHET!!! WOULD LISTEN TO PROPHESY AGAIN!!!!
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:05 PM on January 28, 2008 [8 favorites]
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:05 PM on January 28, 2008 [8 favorites]
Whoa! I don't understand the hate here. I'm not Mormon, and I'm not really interested in the lifes and deaths of current religious figures, but this thread is hostile. Play nice, kids.
posted by arcticwoman at 10:10 PM on January 28, 2008
posted by arcticwoman at 10:10 PM on January 28, 2008
As I understand it, the "seer, prophet and revelator" has a bit more power than the Pope. Perhaps centuries of strange papal activity have something to do with this.
In any case, our apostate status in regards to the LDS faith render us non-Mormon MeFites unfit to comment on this change in leadership. Of course, the guy died, but, shit, at 97: we should all live so long! Boycott Starbucks!
The interface between divine revelation and cultural change (read: women; blacks) should give us pause as to the infallibility of the Mormon President as a voice of God, but the Pope has the same secular/religious problem. It just takes a few hundred years instead of a few decades for the Catholics to 'fess up to their mistakes (thinking Copernicus/Galileo here).
Does God care if it takes a hundred years or a thousand years to say that, OK, maybe racism and slavery and torturing scientists is a bad idea?
Sorry, but the Dalai Lama makes more sense to me. If one were to choose a religious leader. Which I don't. He doesn't like homos, for example. But, the last few centuries of religious warfare and peacemaking have been exciting.
Can you beat MLK Jr.and Gandhi? Yeah, raise me a Howard Zinn or a Christopher Hitchens, but still...
posted by kozad at 10:15 PM on January 28, 2008
In any case, our apostate status in regards to the LDS faith render us non-Mormon MeFites unfit to comment on this change in leadership. Of course, the guy died, but, shit, at 97: we should all live so long! Boycott Starbucks!
The interface between divine revelation and cultural change (read: women; blacks) should give us pause as to the infallibility of the Mormon President as a voice of God, but the Pope has the same secular/religious problem. It just takes a few hundred years instead of a few decades for the Catholics to 'fess up to their mistakes (thinking Copernicus/Galileo here).
Does God care if it takes a hundred years or a thousand years to say that, OK, maybe racism and slavery and torturing scientists is a bad idea?
Sorry, but the Dalai Lama makes more sense to me. If one were to choose a religious leader. Which I don't. He doesn't like homos, for example. But, the last few centuries of religious warfare and peacemaking have been exciting.
Can you beat MLK Jr.and Gandhi? Yeah, raise me a Howard Zinn or a Christopher Hitchens, but still...
posted by kozad at 10:15 PM on January 28, 2008
Even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contribution to religious culture. Truly a Mormon icon.
posted by Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America at 10:17 PM on January 28, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America at 10:17 PM on January 28, 2008 [1 favorite]
Wow is this thread vile. Can we delete it and start over again? Or just delete it?
posted by empath at 10:23 PM on January 28, 2008
posted by empath at 10:23 PM on January 28, 2008
I'm pretty sure they should put Donny Osmond in there, now. He's earned it.
posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 10:25 PM on January 28, 2008
posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 10:25 PM on January 28, 2008
Play nice, kids.
Why? He was President of the world's largest landlord/tax dodging corporation, a "church" that generates some $7 billion a year in revenue, which is then spends to further ruin the planet. Powerful public figures like that are valid targets for whatever bile they might deserve upon their death.
posted by cmonkey at 10:31 PM on January 28, 2008
Why? He was President of the world's largest landlord/tax dodging corporation, a "church" that generates some $7 billion a year in revenue, which is then spends to further ruin the planet. Powerful public figures like that are valid targets for whatever bile they might deserve upon their death.
posted by cmonkey at 10:31 PM on January 28, 2008
The interface between divine revelation and cultural change (read: women; blacks) should give us pause as to the infallibility of the Mormon President as a voice of God
Huh? Mormon's don't believe that their prophets are infallible, in fact they specifically say that the prophets can make mistakes interpreting the words of god. At least that's my understanding.
Oh well, at least now this guy gets to be the god of his own planet and enjoy his 72 virgins or whatever.
posted by delmoi at 10:35 PM on January 28, 2008
Huh? Mormon's don't believe that their prophets are infallible, in fact they specifically say that the prophets can make mistakes interpreting the words of god. At least that's my understanding.
Oh well, at least now this guy gets to be the god of his own planet and enjoy his 72 virgins or whatever.
posted by delmoi at 10:35 PM on January 28, 2008
Henri Bergson postulated that laughter is a social sanction against inflexible behaviour. So if we don't laugh at Mormons (I once gave two Mormons some hash brownies at the door... I wonder what happened to them?) then we will be failing natural selection, or evolution, or some science thing or other. Also, cmonkey is right about becoming a god thing on another planet, so we can expect to see him again on Battlestar Galactica at some point.
posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 10:37 PM on January 28, 2008
posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 10:37 PM on January 28, 2008
A friend of mine happens to share a name with a mormon kid out on a mission, and I guess some of his family members have the wrong email account for him and every once in a while he gets emails for him, basically from other mormon missionaries all over the world, South America, Ethiopia, etc. These kids are so idealistic and so SURE that God is with them every step of the way. I'm a cynically, hard-bitten atheist, but it's touching. They're even sunshine-y about Hinkley's passing -- just saying that it's very sad, but they're sure he's happy to be with his wife again.
I dunno. It's hard for me to hate on Mormon's. Hard to be FRIENDS with them since they try to convert you all the time and get you to stop drinking, but it's hard to hate them.
posted by empath at 10:37 PM on January 28, 2008
I dunno. It's hard for me to hate on Mormon's. Hard to be FRIENDS with them since they try to convert you all the time and get you to stop drinking, but it's hard to hate them.
posted by empath at 10:37 PM on January 28, 2008
LOLALLRELIGIONS
posted by oncogenesis at 10:42 PM on January 28, 2008
posted by oncogenesis at 10:42 PM on January 28, 2008
He was President of the world's largest landlord/tax dodging corporation
Ah yes, those scary mormons. Can't have them owning land. No sir, wouldn't do to have that.
posted by polyhedron at 10:42 PM on January 28, 2008
Ah yes, those scary mormons. Can't have them owning land. No sir, wouldn't do to have that.
posted by polyhedron at 10:42 PM on January 28, 2008
He was President of the world's largest landlord/tax dodging corporation
link? cite?
posted by hortense at 10:45 PM on January 28, 2008
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