You yourself said it in your comment 56: “Two years ago, people were accusing DKL of a lot more than that.” Thus, DKL has been doing his “LOOK AT ME, I’M SMARTER THAN YOU ARE” act for YEARS – and doing it at the expense and even serious hurt of others. As I said in my previous comment 57, DKL resembles the cruel teenager who never outgrew it. If I were a betting man, I would bet you that DKL did NOT go on a mission. DKL’s kind of irreverent, mocking, argumentative, even cruel attitude could not have hidden itself from priesthood leaders; DKL is the kind who wouldn’t have wanted to hide it but would have displayed it in his efforts to appear smarter than everyone else. If I’m wrong about DKL, then let him say that he went on a mission, or let him say that it wasn’t his argumentative attitude that prevented him from going on a mission.

As far as DKL’s having a nice family, I’m sure he does. Having been in leadership positions, I’ve seen lots of families in which one person in the family does not live up to the standards of the rest of the family. Haven’t we all seen this? You don’t have to go very far into the Book of Mormon to learn this: 1 Nephi teaches us that 2 good parents like Lehi and Sariah can have a Laman and a Lemuel as well as a Nephi and a Jacob.

Shouldn’t we be far more willing “to suffer fools” than to suffer cruelty?

Give yourself some time, you’ll see that we are all good people. We have in common that rather stubborn clinging to our point. It’s problematic. In time, you could be one of “ours” as well. It took me a long time to make friends.

Thank you for the reply. I’m NOT [oops, I used CAPS] surprised that “Two years ago, people were accusing DKL of a lot more than that.” LDS blogs [and church, for that matter] are an opportunity for LDS people to relate with Latter-day Saints all over the world in friendly ways. One reason that prophets emphasize the concept of Zion is that: in this world prophets often feel lonely and thus enjoy associating with people of their own values: Zion. LDS blogs are that same opportunity to LDS people feeling lonely in this world. But DKL’s comments remind me of the frequent cruelty of some high IQ teenagers who think they’re smarter than everyone else – and who delight in belittling others and mocking sacred things. And heaven help you if you’re offended by his mockery and cruelty because – he says – that means you have no sense of humor or you take yourself or sacred things too seriously. You have broken his first commandment: Don’t be stupid but be clever and witty. We excuse such cruelty in thoughtless and immature teenagers; we figure they’ll outgrow it. But DKL is no longer a teenager. Since DKL has identified himself as a father of children, that means he’s been doing this cruelty since his teenage years. My guess is that he never went on a misson because of his cleverness and wit and argumentative attitude.

Thanks for the feedback. I do think, however, that it is “condescending or rude” [your words] to criticize a church president [Harold B. Lee] – especially when the subsequent prophet [Spencer W. Kimball] knew Harold B. Lee quite well, served with him for dozens of years, and made a doctrinal statement [Official Declaration 2 in D & C] contradicting the criticism: “promises made by the prophets and presidents of the Church who have preceded us.â€?

Regarding nearly all of my other “half dozen comments,” those comments were about someone, DKL, who has abused the purpose of LDS blogs and who has been the epitome of being “condescending or rude.”

Notice that I did “lay off the caps lock key” except when typing the usually capitalized “DKL” & “LDS.”

You’ve now made a half dozen comments on blog, and without exception they’ve been condescending or rude to other commenters. Calm down and lay off the caps lock key, it’s a better way to participate in the discussion.