Comments on: Vulgar Careers

By: rick

rick — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:12:02 +0000

Ay, Ray the question is: Should they be paying tithing on the salary they obtain while dealing?

Touchy stuff, that whole proceeds of gambling thing.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:26:02 +0000

I guess it depends on the person. I do not know their motives (Meaning the person who does business with the company) so I cannot judge.

I know for a while people who were dealers in nevada were not aloud to have a tenmple recomend but now they are. As they are trying the best they can to support their families.

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 03:11:37 +0000

I worked for Astral Photo here in Canada before it merged with Black’s Corporation. Astral Media Corp is one of the biggest pornography slingers around in Canada (I am not sure about the States). When I found this out, I quit. Would I avoid doing business with a company I knew was in the porn business (including Black’s/Astral photography)…absolutely…but that is just me.

By: bill

bill — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:43:57 +0000

Consider this about the Marriott Hotel chain – I believe most of the writers have agreed that Marriot Hotels allow porn and liquor to be readliy available at their hotels. We are also taught that we should shun all evil. There is also the concept that as faithful LDS we should avoid doing business with companies that promote values that are not in harmony with the teachings of the Church. Do you agree with this? Would you avoid doing business with a company that you knew was in the porn business?

When President Hinkley comes to the city I live in – He has always stayed in the Presidential Suite at the Marriott. What was your thought when you read this?

There are many hotels here that do not allow porn to be shown on their property. Do you think the Prophet should stay at a Hotel that does not show porn?

What about other GA’s? Should there be a code of conduct about the companies they do business with while on Church business?

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:11:24 +0000

"Itâ€s kind of outside mainstream LDS tradition to enforce our morality on others anyway." Apparently you don't live in southern Alberta.

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:09:16 +0000

I would have to agree with Rick that it isn’t outside of “mainstream LDS tradition” to enforce our morality on others. It is outside of what we are SUPPOSED to do. But we are raised to be an example, and in being that example many also have the idea that we are “supposed to be better than everyone else, above all that bad stuff and let everyone know it too”. Hey, I have even done it. I certainly try not to anymore. No one is better than anyone else, but we LDS do have a tendency to think we are and push it.

By: rick

rick — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:55:29 +0000

"Itâ€s kind of outside mainstream LDS tradition to enforce our morality on others anyway." You're kidding, right? If the Marriots didn't want to allow the viewing of porn in their suites, it could go away. Sure they'd lose some business, but it'd be possible. They *choose* to include porn as an entertainment option at their chain of hotels - implicitly profiting and supporting it.

By: Steve EM

Steve EM — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:50:48 +0000

So is it possible to be a car refinisher and not put up the distracting wall paper? I've been in thousands of shops and never seen a clean one. Surely some of those guys are LDS. Seems this is the case in many trades. Rick, You're a smart guy and I think you know you're not being fair about Marriot and porn. It's not in-your-face porn or something you'd get sucked into channel surfing. The customer has to knowingly select and pay for it. If youâ€re including soft porn on a â€œfreeâ€ movie channel, I donâ€t see a practical way to censor that. It's kind of outside mainstream LDS tradition to enforce our morality on others anyway.

By: rick

rick — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:54:36 +0000

“Christ himself was a carpenter”

Much debated, but I think most scholors agree that Christ would have been a rabbi first, and a carpenter second.

Traveling rabbis often needed a secondary trade in order to earn a living.

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:54:28 +0000

Nikki is right. I think really the key is there are some situations, jobs that can’t be avoided and are needed, and there will be elements undesirable in them. However, what you can do is remain above the vulgarity. I suppose if it becomes too hard to be in that career, because of those aspects, then the choice is to try something else.