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I think that after reading this piece in the Mormon Times, we can let the Father Damien story rest:
mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/joel_campbell/?id=11233
…I am truly disappointed if LDS Church members who are not relatives to Father Damien did this. If relatives did this, then they followed the rules. Latter-day Saints have a connection to Father Damien. Because of the LDS membership in Hawaii, Latter-day Saints benefited from Father Damien’s service. In fact, an 84-year-old leprosy survivor who is Mormon attended the canonization service. Mormons should revere Father Damien, but not this way if there was no familial connection.
When newspapers run stories critical of someone or something they usually rely on more than one source.
Yet in Radkey’s case, it’s open-mic night at the Trib.
Another issue that ought to worry readers is just how Utah’s Independent Voice is independent from Radkey’s manipulation. Who knows if Radkey has hoarded a long list of perceived LDS offenses and is simply waiting to dribble them out each slowly to the Tribune for maximum self-serving effect.
Furthermore, in the most recent article about Father Damien, several key questions appeared unasked. Is it possible that Father Damien did have relatives that did submit his name for temple work? The Tribune never explains what a task it might be to police the LDS Church’s honor system. How often does the system fail? How many names are submitted a year? How many names are there in the system? Have violators been disciplined? What has the church done to improve the system? The church may not answer many of these questions, but there should be some evidence that the Tribune asked them. Let’s hope the award-winning religion reporters at the Tribune do a better job next time…
It seems that the source of the original article was basically just attempting to russle the feathers of mormon church in salt lake. The article that I posted says it all.
mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/joel_campbell/?id=11233
…I am truly disappointed if LDS Church members who are not relatives to Father Damien did this. If relatives did this, then they followed the rules. Latter-day Saints have a connection to Father Damien. Because of the LDS membership in Hawaii, Latter-day Saints benefited from Father Damien’s service. In fact, an 84-year-old leprosy survivor who is Mormon attended the canonization service. Mormons should revere Father Damien, but not this way if there was no familial connection.
When newspapers run stories critical of someone or something they usually rely on more than one source.
Yet in Radkey’s case, it’s open-mic night at the Trib.
Another issue that ought to worry readers is just how Utah’s Independent Voice is independent from Radkey’s manipulation. Who knows if Radkey has hoarded a long list of perceived LDS offenses and is simply waiting to dribble them out each slowly to the Tribune for maximum self-serving effect.
Furthermore, in the most recent article about Father Damien, several key questions appeared unasked. Is it possible that Father Damien did have relatives that did submit his name for temple work? The Tribune never explains what a task it might be to police the LDS Church’s honor system. How often does the system fail? How many names are submitted a year? How many names are there in the system? Have violators been disciplined? What has the church done to improve the system? The church may not answer many of these questions, but there should be some evidence that the Tribune asked them. Let’s hope the award-winning religion reporters at the Tribune do a better job next time…
It seems that the source of the original article was basically just attempting to russle the feathers of mormon church in salt lake. The article that I posted says it all.