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One time a well-known rabbi in our area was asked why Torah-observant Jews don't eat shrimp. The reporter may have expected a reference to cholesterol, or some other health-related justification. Instead, he said, "Because God said 'No.'" If you believe Joseph Smith was a prophet, and he said that God told him LDS were to abstain from coffee and tea, then abstain you must.

Hey, I'll pay a dollar to have less mess in my house!

Only the box office proceeds were to be donated to the Red Cross. From Mormon Newsroom: From the start, the church announced that the movie’s net box office proceeds would be given to the American Red Cross. U.S. box office receipts totaled just over $6 million, making it one of the top 40 documentaries of all time. After theater and distribution costs, net proceeds came in just under $1.8 million. The Church’s donation to the Red Cross was an even $1.8 million. Any dvd distribution etc didn't fall under the agreement regarding proceeds going to the Red Cross. I just purchased the movie from Deseret Book. They were selling for $7.99 USD.

For those of you who are not familiar with the site, the relatively recently developed BYU relative finder can be fun to play around with. See here for https://www.lds.org/church/news/byus-relative-finder-helps-you-find-famous-ancestors?lang=eng information about the site, and here https://www.relativefinder.org/ to see the actual site. You need a family search login to use the site. You enter your name and it comes back with a list of names and connections of prophets and apostles with whom you have a common ancestor.

Pam, because you traveled to St. George, here's a snippet of information of my 3rd Great Grandfather (maternal side) Joseph Ellis Johnson who was one of the early pioneers of St. George. He at one time was Secretary for Patriarch John Smith, uncle to Joseph Smith, Jr. Joseph Ellis Johnson was born April 28, 1817. In 1864 or 1865, Johnson moved to St. George. He was the original owner of the lot at 173 N. Main Street also described as Plat A, Block 30, Lot 6 on the old pioneer map of St. George. He built a garden and nursery supply store on that property. Johnson was a notary public, an auctioneer and commission merchant, and a fruit tree & grape vine by mail salesman. In 1868-1869 he published "Our Dixie Times", afterward "The Rio Virgen [sic] Times". In 1870 he published the "Utah Pomologist and Gardener" (a monthly) for several years. In 1876 he went to Silver Reef and put up a store and printing office, but sold part of the office before the paper was fairly started. In 1879 it was burned out, with others. He restored the store immediately, but on a larger scale. In 1882, Johnson once again moved at his church's call, this time to settle what would become Tempe, Arizona. However, his strenuous efforts all his life finally caught up with him, and he passed away on December 17, 1882.

Many types of open source software which is free, can be repackaged(compiled) and sold by a company, So long as the source is provided free of charge. Is it wrong? Not really. Some people will only buy a product (as in get it only if they Have to pay) even if a free alternative exists. (Like some of my family members and anti-virus software) Independent for profit companies excel at distribution. Seeing as there is a variance of price, I would guess that this is the case.

Perhaps I should have bought the DVD. Digital copy cost me 8.99$ on Amazon. But I'm addicted to digital movies. So much less clutter.

1 Corinthians 13:4-74 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

* Jane pulls up the DC website and looks for the movie * Huh, it's not there. Strange. I don't know why. I don't know about the Ausie prices of it / other movies, so I'll have to go with the American ones. Amazon: Meet The Mormons DVD $8. Big Eyes DVD $15 (typical pricing for the first week of a new DVD). Walmart has the same prices. Let's assume that it costs the same for both movies to print the DVD's, package, ship, store overhead. I can't say about what Meet the Mormons profit is, but Big Eyes is making at least $7 on each DVD that Mormons is not. In fact, I'm not sure how much profit at all could be said for an $8 DVD, given printing/shipping costs.... So, in summary I'm not sure how much "profit" the church is making from the Meet the Mormons sales. Probably not much.

I have also learned that some of my ancestors came to Salt Lake City with the Warren Foote Company. Last name of Blodgett. https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/companyDetail?lang=eng&companyId=117 Newman Greenleaf Blodgett (1800-1882). Born at Chelsea, Orange, VT. Resident of Kirtland about 1836-1838. Received elder's license 18 Mar 1838. Probably expelled from MO 1839. Moved to Iowa. Resident of Nauvoo early 1840's. Died at Ogden, Weber, UT.

I am really loving reading these.

Jacob Hamblin is also on my family tree. I'm not sure how, I'd have to look it up. So, we might be related. :)

Not church history but still fascinating. My My mother in law is from Ireland and grew up there. Her mom (my wife's grandmother), when she was about 18, had her house bombed in WWII. It killed her entire family and blew her, and her mattress blocks away and she lived! Her daughter, my mother in law, joined the church when she was 18 and then traveled to the states. It is because of that miracle that I ever met my wife. I love that story. Church history; way back at the Mayflower, I have family lines with the Hinckley family line.

jacob hamblin was a great great great etc.. uncle in my family. If you havent read his autobiography you should it's really interesting- both as a very spiritual person and with his interactions and insights with the local natives. also related to the guy that kept Brigham young from being hung for the mountain meadows massacre. Also related to the guy that helped develop the Gunlock area. popular family tale was that he was challenged that he couldn't shoot the loose end of a handkerchef tied to a tree branch (the reason being is because the shockwave pushes the cloth out of the way before the bullet can go thru it) so he set up his cob pipe on a rock nearbuy and shoots that which causes one end of it to shoot through the handkerchef.