Mike Otterson is doing a Q&A session at Liverpool stake centre on Sunday 15th May (the poster is on Facebook - I don't know how to share it here).
All questions must be submitted beforehand.
An Evening With Mike Otterson
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All questions submitted before hands - means "I will only answer softballs".
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Re: An Evening With Mike Otterson
SteelHead wrote:All questions submitted before hands - means "I will only answer softballs".
And if any of his comments become controversial it will be noted that he is no longer an official spokesman and just speaking as an individual without ecclesiastical authority.
"God" is the original deus ex machina. --Maksutov
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And if any of his comments become controversial it will be noted that he is no longer an official spokesman and just speaking as an individual without ecclesiastical authority.
The posters refer to him as 'Head of the Public Affairs Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.'
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annie wrote:And if any of his comments become controversial it will be noted that he is no longer an official spokesman and just speaking as an individual without ecclesiastical authority.
The posters refer to him as 'Head of the Public Affairs Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.'
Isn't he being replaced by Turley? Not sure of when that happens but thought it had been announced recently.
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Yes, I thought so, too. Maybe the news hasn't made it across the pond yet.
I've seen a few active members joking about the 'approved questions'.
I've seen a few active members joking about the 'approved questions'.
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SteelHead wrote:All questions submitted before hands - means "I will only answer softballs".
No, it means he's already prepared the questions he's going to answer and will simply select those questions submitted from members that match what is on his list. It's an old, tried and tested PR stunt.
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