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At last Tuesday's BYU devotional, the very flamboyant and toupee wearing Dr. Hatch rambled incoherently about the evils of "liberal Jesus." His facial expressions and wild hand gesticulations are priceless:

https://www.reddit.com/r/religiousfruit ... han_jesus/

According to Dr. Hatch, Satan is trying to destroy the Mormon church? However, with the SEC fine, musket fire, Mopologists, hiding 150 billion dollars, sex abuse cover ups, etc., the Mormon church is doing an amazing job of destroying itself.

The whole time I was watching Dr. Hatch, all I could think about was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUsK5fGVW0I

Blair Hodges even harshly criticized this devotional: https://Twitter.com/LifeOnaPlate/status ... XFwc8tAAAA

Religious fruitcake is the perfect subreddit for that guy.

Holy Christ.

And Daniel Peterson wonders why Mormons are so behind on culture and not respected.

Oh JUST WOW.........ayiyi.....

I hope that the Interpreter does not have this guy scheduled for Friday in two weeks. At first, I thought this was a gag, but it is for real.

Please, God. Please let this man be called as an apostle as soon as a vacancy opens up. Please...

The TikTok versions are more concise, but here is Mormon Stories talking about this unhinged talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnLRfkWj5Bg

This is troublesome enough to make Dr. Scratch's list. Wonder what Everybody Wang Chung would say about it? Could this guy fill in for Elder Holland at the 2023 SUU Commencement Address?

Moksha wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 07, 2023 9:54 pm

The TikTok versions are more concise, but here is Mormon Stories talking about this unhinged talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnLRfkWj5Bg

This is troublesome enough to make Dr. Scratch's list. Wonder what Everybody Wang Chung would say about it? Could this guy fill in for Elder Holland at the 2023 SUU Commencement Address?

I watched the short clip and thought annoying cliches oft repeated over the years but here presented with exaggerated facial contortions . Nothing new nothing insightful and nothing helpful.

Later I decided to listen to the Dehlin presentation. I find he goes on and on and on and on. At the end he points out that it sounds like the devotional is by somebody struggling with some self loathing or fighting with himself. Might be an apt observation. Then he proposes that the church should spend much money coordinating all the talks to make sure they are acceptable to his concerns and views. I suspect the church will continue to prioritize its beliefs. (at least for quite a while)

Perhaps somebody thinks it a good idea to have all talks written in Salt Lake and sent out to be read in to local congregations.

Moksha wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 07, 2023 6:49 am

I hope that the Interpreter does not have this guy scheduled for Friday in two weeks.

??? I hope that the Interpreter DOES have this guy scheduled for Friday in two weeks.

How can you not?

Dr. Shades wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:12 am

Moksha wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 07, 2023 6:49 am

I hope that the Interpreter does not have this guy scheduled for Friday in two weeks.

??? I hope that the Interpreter DOES have this guy scheduled for Friday in two weeks.

How can you not?

Okay, you are right. It would be interesting. Due to Dr. Hatch's dramatic presentation style, he might even liven things up at the Interpreter Radio program.

It would even be fun if Kerry could interview him for the Backyard Professor podcast, not that Kerry's podcast needs livening up.

Everybody Wang Chung is exaggerating again - it only the most bizarre so far. Give them time, and have a little faith, please.