X-Message-Number: 17181 From: "john grigg" <> Subject: God's old men... Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 22:00:04 Louis Epstein asked: Let's see, Oaks would be close to 98 then, Holland 89, Eyring almost 97...who do you see as the permanent president of the Church, then? (end) I see Jeffery Holland(former BYU-Provo president) as probably being the president, since he is presently a junior and fairly young apostle. Of course, whether his health holds up is a crucial matter. And he may wind up actually running the church from behind the scenes while a physically infirm man is officially the president. And then again, a man not even an apostle yet may be in charge then. I do sometimes wonder about the effectiveness of having church leadership determined by longevity. But then, I would not want things to get overly political with the church having an election(like those Catholics)! lol And the unstated belief is that God determines who will be in charge by "calling home" those he does not. I truly wonder what the church stand will be when highly effective and inexpensive longevity treatments are here. I think it will probably be accepted, especially if the technology comes slowly, instead of overnight. I could see as a result a limited term of service for even senior leadership should this happen. Already, members of the second Quorum of the Seventy(a lower body of senior church hierarchy) are released after a certain amount of time or if their health fails them. In the past this was unknown. best wishes, John _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17181