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Show Notes for Episode 103

Intro

• Guess the Mormon (Contest 3) - Results
  • Bill Wines from MI guessed correctly after one clue
• Feedback from previous episode
• Other reader/listener correspondence

News

• Oregon lawsuit claims Boy Scouts sex abuse coverup. ¹

  • The attorney against the Boy Scouts is: Kelly Clark, Mormon Abuse Attorney -- http://www.mormonabuse.com/

• KFC's new sandwich replaces bun with... chicken. ²

Topic:

Giving it Your All - The law of consecration

• United Order - the United Order (also called the United Order of Enoch) was one of several 19th century church collectivist programs. Early versions of the Order beginning in 1831 attempted to implement the Law of Consecration, a form of Christian communism, modeled after the New Testament church which had "all things in common". These early versions ended after a few years.

  • Wikipedia Definition - WikiPedia entry on United Order

  • United Order vs. Socialism

    • Is Socialism the United Order ³

  • United Order vs. Communism

• United Order: The Musical - The Order is Love ⁴.

  Written by Carol Lynn Pearson with music be Lex De Azevedo. A musical that tells the story of Orderville in southern Utah, the home of the longest United Order experiment. Premiered at Brigham Young University in 1971, directed by Max Golightly. This is considered one of a few watershed plays in the development of Mormon drama because it raised professional writing standards and reached a commercial audience. ⁵

Study Aids

• Guide to the Scriptures: "Consecrate, Law of Consecration", "United Order"

Misc

• Church launches official iPhone/Touch App <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gospel-lbry/id365223775?mt=8 >

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