tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post5298400178928117836..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: A Fatal Blow to My Testimony of . . . the Times and Seasons BlogJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-58665179301270006252010-08-22T19:09:47.494-05:002010-08-22T19:09:47.494-05:00I checked and found that nearly all the LDS blogs ...I checked and found that nearly all the LDS blogs on my blogroll get past the filter except for Times and Seasons, Messenger and Advocate, and the Backyard Professor. Must be Kerry's salty language, eh?Jeff Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-32711207264219037242010-08-15T22:07:46.657-05:002010-08-15T22:07:46.657-05:00The 1st Ammendment was designed to safeguard "...The 1st Ammendment was designed to safeguard "free" speech rather than "forced" speech. To mandate the LDS Church to provide content without filters want would be to dictate its speech by requiring it to "electronically quote" others. <br /><br />Not filtering would be failure to use such rights. Denying the right to filter denies the Church its 1st Ammendment right to "quote" / speak as it wishes.Nathan S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-73659770980728869862010-08-13T21:10:23.490-05:002010-08-13T21:10:23.490-05:00Most chapels in the US and Canada are getting wire...Most chapels in the US and Canada are getting wireless. Ours was installed in each of our four buildings in our stake by the stake IT director. It is used by the clerks, the Bishops, and the FHC. We also allow access to members for classes and for lessons. I use it on my iPad every Sunday. It is not hard to get the password. However, I have not had T&S banned in our building.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-66689914582546593492010-08-13T17:05:16.284-05:002010-08-13T17:05:16.284-05:00Jeff, re: T&S getting filtered. Maybe Adam Gre...Jeff, re: T&S getting filtered. Maybe Adam Greenwood was right about T&S being nigh unto apostates. :-)Bookslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-60048904784291265642010-08-13T17:01:49.752-05:002010-08-13T17:01:49.752-05:00Anonymous at 12:49 pm doesn't understand what ...Anonymous at 12:49 pm doesn't understand what the 1st amendment is. The 1st amendment restricts government actions, not private individuals or groups. <br /><br />Failure of the church to provide conduit for certain speech through its own privately owned (not public) property/infrastructure (wifi, lan, etc) is not against the 1st amendment.Bookslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-34812625365312995402010-08-13T13:48:11.507-05:002010-08-13T13:48:11.507-05:00LOL, remember that the content (media, aka books, ...LOL, remember that the content (media, aka books, magazines, newspapers, web pages) is delivered by the mail man, newspaper delivery boy, internet service provider. Whoever has media in their possession always does a certain amount of filtering. Don't believe me? Try going to your local library and getting any sort of book that has been published. Librarians make decisions on what to purchase based on their constituency. Likewise, I would not expect a religious organization to deliver content (insert your favorite form of media) that goes contrary to what they believe (aka their constituency). I have no problem going to church and not finding "offending" material available to me. I like to think that church is a refuge from this sort of stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-31629039892585045092010-08-13T12:49:57.271-05:002010-08-13T12:49:57.271-05:00"Believing in agency doesn't mean you hav..."<i>Believing in agency doesn't mean you have to use your private property and resources to give people access to sin.</i>"<br /><br />...or, assumedly, respecting the First Amendment of the US Constitution. <br /><br />It's one thing not to approve of "sin" or accessing or considering information. It's another altogether to deliberately engage in blocking information and prohibiting access to ideas which may or may not even be "sinful". <br /><br />But if you and the $cientologists are comfortable with this approach I guess it's no skin off my nose. After all, I am free to access and consider information from a variety of sources and the spectrum of human thought. ...so long as I stay out of LDS chapels, apparently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-83209140966889054782010-08-13T11:13:59.659-05:002010-08-13T11:13:59.659-05:00wifi is used in most chapels that have a Family Hi...wifi is used in most chapels that have a Family History Center. That way, people can bring in their own computers and get online without having to go wired. <br /><br />The Family History Centers' own computers can then be wireless too.<br /><br />As far as I know, all Family History Centers have Internet access. (You have to with the new temple submission system.) <br /><br />And if you get a router for the FHC's computers, it might as well be wireless in addition to wired.Bookslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-18928790750530910852010-08-12T23:12:25.365-05:002010-08-12T23:12:25.365-05:00Believing in agency doesn't mean you have to u...Believing in agency doesn't mean you have to use your private property and resources to give people access to sin.Jeff Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-21177223948623786502010-08-12T21:15:14.840-05:002010-08-12T21:15:14.840-05:00OMG! It sounds like the filters $cientologists ha...OMG! It sounds like the filters $cientologists have on their personal computers. <br /><br />I thought you guys believed in free agency or, at least, being independent adults.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-70975317329172693292010-08-12T21:02:14.735-05:002010-08-12T21:02:14.735-05:00Hah! We are pretty darn wild over there! I think I...Hah! We are pretty darn wild over there! I think I'll blame Kaimi. ;DAlison Moore Smithhttp://www.mormonmomma.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-54564897957149567422010-08-12T19:35:39.737-05:002010-08-12T19:35:39.737-05:00That's nothing Jeff. I once had lds.org blocke...That's nothing Jeff. I once had lds.org blocked for lingerie! Check out the screenshot. <br /><br />http://cl.ly/aca5f254eff090fd78eeBen Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-15319081491751669022010-08-12T15:42:30.404-05:002010-08-12T15:42:30.404-05:00Wifi- Why would the church be paying for that? ...Wifi- Why would the church be paying for that? I cannot think how it is needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-47629942886797254402010-08-12T13:54:28.362-05:002010-08-12T13:54:28.362-05:00Yes, inputing home teaching has become much harder...Yes, inputing home teaching has become much harder now that the filters have blocked Gmail and our Elder's Quorum e-mail address...<br /><br />Bishop: President, I show 0% home teaching for the last three months!<br /><br />EQ Pres: Ask IT about it, Bishop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-67415624401638785212010-08-12T11:51:25.206-05:002010-08-12T11:51:25.206-05:00Ha, that'd be ironic to a non-LDS.Ha, that'd be ironic to a non-LDS.openmindedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643838710822981863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-34012316791360608352010-08-12T11:37:57.435-05:002010-08-12T11:37:57.435-05:00Feminist Mormon Housewives sometimes gets blocked ...Feminist Mormon Housewives sometimes gets blocked at work because the filter calls it sexually explicit.Keri Brookshttp://postsofmyhouse.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-66983923674702700962010-08-12T11:08:13.107-05:002010-08-12T11:08:13.107-05:00John C.,
That sounds right, since BCC is sometime...John C.,<br /><br />That sounds right, since BCC is sometimes (but not always) mature.Kaimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444851495314976093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-77265799247015571302010-08-12T11:07:07.281-05:002010-08-12T11:07:07.281-05:00We don't need readers like you, Jeff. The Gre...We don't need readers like you, Jeff. The Great Earth Goddess Hecuba will see to all of our needs. :P <br /><br />(I'm not surprised that we got caught by a filter. It's happened before -- we were church-blocked briefly for a few days, and then it was lifted. I'm not sure how the decisions are made, but I have the vague impression that there is usually automatic software involved in the blocking, and that unblocking is manual.)Kaimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444851495314976093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-37308972977854669102010-08-12T10:49:36.767-05:002010-08-12T10:49:36.767-05:00"Church-provided wifi"?!!
From those of..."Church-provided wifi"?!!<br /><br />From those of us who have held Church meetings in a pool hall, you people are from a different planet.MACnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-37473824521095361432010-08-12T09:19:25.465-05:002010-08-12T09:19:25.465-05:00At my work, By Common Consent is sometimes (but on...At my work, By Common Consent is sometimes (but only sometimes) blocked for being "Adult/Mature"John C.http://www.bycommonconsent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-45593007113285759742010-08-12T09:08:09.373-05:002010-08-12T09:08:09.373-05:00Ha ha!
I should check out Out Thoughts.Ha ha!<br /><br />I should check out Out Thoughts.Kim Sieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17063425850647687800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-66392897743098786732010-08-12T06:20:50.439-05:002010-08-12T06:20:50.439-05:00Yeah, Jeff, can you check on other popular Mormon ...Yeah, Jeff, can you check on other popular Mormon blogs? I would be interested in seeing that.Carl Youngbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404029188029798438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-8507225088581029582010-08-12T04:43:37.002-05:002010-08-12T04:43:37.002-05:00Hmmm... I wonder if Defy The Consensus us blocked ...Hmmm... I wonder if Defy The Consensus us blocked too! Probably is, we've only been writing for a few weeks now.Jackson Davishttp://www.defytheconsensus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-28245956486023558162010-08-12T00:14:10.298-05:002010-08-12T00:14:10.298-05:00It would be interesting to see if the other big bl...It would be interesting to see if the other big blogs are blocked? e.g., By Common Consent, Mormon Matters, fMh, etc., etc.,<br /><br />it could be that you are just under the radar.Andrew Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149921396698798441noreply@blogger.com