uhm... the church just banned certain members from publishing books or being authors or writing music or being musicians... not sure what i think of this but also...... soo... what do fans of Brandon Sanderson think of this? Heck, for that matter what does Brandon Sanderson think of of it? will he leave the church to continue his book publishing career? Or will he give up his career to obey the churches new policy?
I am not a part of the segment of membership who is included in this decree, though I wonder how long it'll be before they change it to include all members (as they have done in the past with other such laws)... I for one would leave the church before I gave up writing my novels, so ... im interested to see how Brandon Sanderson responds to this, because the church is saying they will excommunicated anyone who refuses to stop writing and publishing books... are we soon to see Brandon Sanderson excommunicated or are they going to make exceptions based on amount of tithing income he brings the church (as they have done with other celebrities in the past).
I WOULD be included in this had Ben not left the church in 2015... because he was both a High Priest Quarom Leader in Sanford Ward and a priest at the Boston Temple and Sunday School President in Cape Elizabeth Ward, but he's now been fighting 11 years to get his name removed from church records and they are refusing to do so...
... since his name is still on the records, that means the church does still count me as the spouse of a general official even though he left the church in 2015, however i am still a member and the church has refused to remove his name from the records...
...so does that mean this rule applies to me or not? (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints aka LDS aka Mormon Church, by the way, for those who don't know what church i am a member of)
I am confused how this effects me personally because Ben is still listed on church records as one of the local church leaders, even thought he left the church eleven years ago (and I'm not sure why he left the church either, he refuses to talk about his reasons and he is very angry with the church, but he's never told me why he's angry and he refuses to attend with me, I don't know why he won't go to church or why he's mad at them or why he is fighting with Utah officials and trying to get get his name removed from the records... he won't even let the missionaries visit me any more and with me being paralyzed and bed ridden for thirteen years, the missionaries were the only visitors I had for a long time, but Ben won't allow me to to talk to the missionaries or the home teachers or the visiting teachers, he won't let any of them visit me since February 2015, same time he left the church)
...here's is the official statement of the the Prophet in Utah sent out to all wards...
The First Presidency recently sent a letter to all General Authorities and General Officers of the Church, and to all former General Authorities and General Officers, and their spouses:
“It has been decided that only members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will be permitted to write and commercially publish books and other materials.
“Current and emeritus General Authorities and their spouses and current and released General Officers and their spouses, should not write or otherwise create for commercial dissemination books, music, etc., in any format (i.e., hard copy, electronic, audio, internet, blogs, podcasts, etc.).
“This policy does not apply to articles or other materials written for Church magazines or official curriculum resources, or used in CES publications, or other non-commercial curriculum materials when approved by a supervising member of the First Presidency or Quorum of the Twelve.
“This policy is not intended to preclude occasional participation in podcasts or maintaining a personal social media account.”
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end of statement they just issued... by General Authorities and Officers they mean local bishops, relief society Presidency, primary teachers, etc... so ANYONE with any type of calling in the church, worldwide, has just been banned from writing and publishing books and music... which i find extremely concerning. 😮😳
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