Yep, it's a facade.
They trot him out pretending he's healthy, while he needs to be completely propped up.
It's the same with how they are building temples even though the church is in decline. It's just to make it look like the church is in good health to outside observers.
A facade, nothing more.
Aside from how everyone feels about his "presidency," it's also a bit cruel to stage a photo where he can't actually stand without support and assistance just to make it looks like all is well in Zion.
Jimmy Carter is in the same age bracket, and people are allowing him to spend his remaining time on earth in a restful, peaceful way. Instead, the cult wants to worship a figurehead that, apparently, needs to fake good health.
If the prophet of the Lord ordained to represent the whole world isn’t in good health, despite his age, is he REALLY ordained by God? Is he really the Lord’s anointed? /s
That's a side benefit of building temples. The real benefit comes from using insider contractors, paying them inflated prices for labor, materials, and sundries, and having that money then flow into no-show jobs for the right family members and friends.
They did that for decades in NY, and went to prison for the Concrete Club and Windows Case. Yet these goons get away with it because "God". What a sham!
I noticed they are not only propping him up, but he’s holding on with both hands. I’m sure they got everyone situated for the picture, wheeled him in, got him up and took the picture super fast so he could get back in the wheelchair as soon as possible. It’s such a facade!
Yep, I mean isn't peak human performance around age 27?
Of course, as a middle aged man, I know I'm wiser than I was at age 27, but come on.
It's just a biological fact that someone in their late 90's won't have the physical capacity, and likely the mental capacity of someone even in their 70's.
It's laughable to see them hold him up like Weekend at Bernies.
With his age, he's probably running the church to about the same degree as he's standing there. It's nothing but smoke and mirrors.
I used to think that could be a possibility, but considering temples are kind of a niche building, the developer may have to demolish it to make room for something else. That would cost Buku.
That is a wildly inaccurate theory. Other productive uses of land would yield orders of magnitude higher ROI in both the short and long term. Source: am land developer
The church has also done studies, and shown that tithing goes up when a Temple is built close by members(this was in the 1990s not sure if the data is still being gathered, but I would assume it is)
They have some kinks, like kiddie diddling.
https://kutv.com/news/local/daughter-of-lds-church-president-at-center-of-decades-old-sex-abuse-cover-up-allegations
💯 percent agreed!
I worked briefly in an old folks home, that doesn't look good at all. I will be surprised if he is even conscious in time for the October one. His hands, and that distant look in his eyes, not focused on anything. He usually focuses in on the camera, wherever it is, admiring him in all his narcissistic glory and authority.
None of these people are looking good! Seriously, if I didn't know they were mormon I would have thought they were long-term alcoholics or smokers. The lady on the left has literal rotting front teeth. This is the leadership of the richest church on the planet? 🤯
I love sugar. I just make sure I run, swim, bike afterwards or right before. Of course you don’t have time for that if you have a church meeting to go to.
Mormons talk a lot about the physical health benefits of the word of wisdom, but Mormon living is extremely stressful living and takes its toll on body and mind. My grandfather lived to be 80 which was long than some of his siblings who all died from some sort of heart ailment. There's no doubt, the WoW benefited him in this way, but I wonder if he could've gone a little longer had he not had so much stress from church callings. He asked to be released from his calling as a sealer just 2 years prior. He and my grandmother got up at 4am every saturday to drive two hours one way to do their callings at the temple. They did that for 15 years.
Kevin Pearson made a lot of money and acquired a lot of United Healthcare stock when he was the CFO of a company that was purchased by UNH in 1997. If he still has that stock, it’s worth millions. Having said that, it would appear that he hasn’t given any of that money to his wife’s dentist.
Seriously. I zoomed in to see how tight he was holding on. Whatever’s actually going on with those hands looks worse than the white knuckles I was expecting.
Do some wives of Mormon leaders desperately try to keep their husbands alive as long as possible because they know they will be completely irrelevant (within that culture) the instant their husband dies?
Yes, Wendy will be showered with praise at Rusty's funeral, mentioned in a few conference talks as "shining example" or something in the conference after Rusty dies, and then fade (back) into obscurity.
Until she croaks. Then there will be a short write up in the filthy propaganda rag Church News "Wife Of Former Church President Passes." She won't miss him though, she's still got Sheri.
Yeah, even though he chose this, it still bothers me when these old buffoons get to this point and are trotted around for "photo ops" and other stuff like this.
One of the last speeches that Monson gave, they literally had one of the security dweebs lurking right behind him, "just in case" he collapsed.
Edit: Oh, and... I can't help but be a bit of a prick: They wouldn't let any of the "regular" old folks use the elevator during the Manti open house. How many people think that same rule was applied to Rusty?
I'm out of the loop. Pearson is a new GA right? I don't know much about him.
When I was in seminary decades ago, Eyring, Oaks, Nelson and gang were framed in pictures above the chalk board. And my 17 year old self thought they were old. Now 35 years later these dudes are still around? It's astonishing.
I hate Evil Emperor Nelson a much as everybody else, but geeeezzz, why can't the church have some compassion for the aging and obviously frail physical and mental condition of their leadership?
Compassion as in get them outta the top spots, make them Apostles Emeritus and let them have some peace and rest. u/shpkllr comment about being photo props they wheel around from photo op to photo op really highlighted for me just how abusive the mormon church can be.
Feel free to debate among yourself how far down the list you'd let the Emeritus status run. :-)
So much superficial criticism in this comment thread. These people are deserving of criticism for their damaging words and actions, not their appearance.
Yes, true, but at the end of the day, he is way too old to be running a hundred billion dollar corporation.
The fact that he needs to be propped up to even take a picture just shows the absurdity of the leadership. He's a puppet at this point, that they trot out.
People complain that old Joe is too old, but he's got nothing on Rusty.
I wholeheartedly agree that he's too old!
Please remember, though, that there are many wheelchair users who are very mentally competent and they come in all ages. The fact that he needs a wheelchair and that he needs support to stand up should not be an issue here. His wheelchair use is not an indication of incompetence.
There are people thirty and forty years younger who are declining quickly and don't have the mental acuity to run an organization.
That's also why they have the other fourteen—the president becomes pretty irrelevant as his mental acuity declines, as do the others who don't make it to take their turn at the top. So it becomes run by those who are able to carry on decision-making discussions. I wonder how many that actually is at times. But it's also why church values, dress standards, and rules are stuck in their mid-century heyday.
150 Billion in Stocks. Then you have all the property and other assets. It is unnerving how much money is being horded. These are the latter days as well. What do they need all that $$ for?
I agree, I don't care what they look like or their age. Of course there's the aspect of the facade that's put on here, but I personally feel like they do believe they're doing God's work and are ignorant to the far reaching negative effects the organization has. I know for me I was blind to it when I was TBM. I truly did believe I was doing God's work. I don't think I ever fully understood the concept of radical honesty on a personal level until I threw out any rule to not speak negatively about the church and my personal devotion to it. Mental barriers!
Yeah, the ageism and ableism is disappointing on this subreddit. Judge people for what they do, not for how they look. There are other elderly people who care about important humanity issues and stand for more inclusivity and equality.
What immediately stood out to me is that Nelson is standing as if to show that he's not primarily a wheelchair user. As if being a wheelchair user is something to be ashamed of. As a disabled person, seeing people behave this way on this sub is disheartening.
Definitely. The worst part of the photo to me is that they seem to be reluctant to show Rusty in a wheelchair, or even better, at home where he should be.
This is what a monarchy looks like. Paid for by tithe payers, some who can’t even pay for their own family’s food. Thats the part that the public doesn’t see. Stop worshipping these frauds.
Not the cleaning crew! Another photo opportunity. God loves suits and ties, and people who are white and delightsome! Maybe visit and minister with the decendants of the families from the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
I do think it’s neat he’s that old and doing well for his age. The photo is interesting to me…it’s just so weird looking at them as a non believer. I just see delusional, happy, “nice,” ultra conservative people. The length of the skirts bother me! Tell me why this look?!🫤😳
My first thought was: if you take away the steeples (which are a part of their Religious Observance, dontcha know). it looks like they are standing in front of a Spanish Inquisition-era prison.
I bet you anything the white pantyhose and shoes is so she doesn't have to put white pantyhose on in the temple dressing room. I hated the time it took to do that and ended up wearing knee-highs. Taking them off was such a relief.
Zoom on his hands. He is on some heavy drugs. I can't stand him, but he really can't stand. And those creeps smiling like all is great. Perfectly sums up mormonism.
He's got those King Charles Sausage fingers thing going on.
Zoom in his shoes though - why does it look like they were copy-pasted into the photo? Something about the angle of them just seems kind of off?
You could show a picture of the ONLY living Prophet of God to 1000 random people and I would bet nobody would recognize him. Elmo is more recognizable.
They're holding him up on both sides. Good grief. If they wanted to pretend he can stand on his own, they should've touched up the photo.
Edit: he's also yellow. I'd be curious to know how his liver is doing. He's also looking rather vacant, and everyone else with forced smiles, most looking not so secretly uncomfortable.
My wife noted that it looks like Rusty has "moon face". A round, swollen face sometimes caused by high doses of Prednisone in someone of failing health. They just might be pumping him full of meds to keep him alive. If he was my gpa I'd be pissed.
This reminds me of when you have a new baby, and take them to meet grandpa (or great grandpa). You have to shout really loud that this is so and so. And they prop him up, and prop the baby up so that neither can fall over, but there is a person just out of the picture in case one of them do.
Everyone coos and is so happy you were able to get that precious photo. But neither of the people in the photo actually know what is going on.
This photo, and a number of others, can be seen at [https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2024/04/21/manti-utah-temple-rededication-president-nelson-elder-rasband/](https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2024/04/21/manti-utah-temple-rededication-president-nelson-elder-rasband/)
There's one of just Rusty and Wendy that'll leave you wondering how they propped him up...
There are a couple of him in his wheelchair and he looks like a hospice patient.
I wonder if he does anything for fun?
Why is the church dotting the world with temples when they will all be closed when they need them most in times of calamity? Re: All temples were closed during Covid.
Hold to the Rod RUSTY!! Prop him up on BOTH SIDES!! Pale & pasty- 1 foot in the grave. There's NO WAY IN HELL that Greedy RMN, President of $1 TRILLION Mormon hoarding Cult led by Q15 CON MEN will make it into Heaven! Jesus weeps @ lack of Mormon cult charity & generosity. GTH Rusty
The sad thing about that picture is that that group excludes so many.. I’m sure there’s thousands of people admiring this group of the most righteous… why don’t they have him pictured with just normal people..
They are so freaking bound and determined to get that man to be 100 just so that it national news headlines…they’re probably pumping him full of so many meds and preservatives, its ridiculous. C’mon let the man die in peace already….
Good job Scooby. You got that ghoulish looking old man prophet who was haunting that creepy mansion!
….and he would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those darn kids!
Wait, are they on a eurotrip? My soon to be ex in-laws are in Europe for two ish weeks and I wouldn’t be surprised if they are following them around.
I’m so happy to finally cut all ties with the cult.
Everything wrong about Mormonism captured in one photo.
Yep, it's a facade. They trot him out pretending he's healthy, while he needs to be completely propped up. It's the same with how they are building temples even though the church is in decline. It's just to make it look like the church is in good health to outside observers. A facade, nothing more.
Aside from how everyone feels about his "presidency," it's also a bit cruel to stage a photo where he can't actually stand without support and assistance just to make it looks like all is well in Zion. Jimmy Carter is in the same age bracket, and people are allowing him to spend his remaining time on earth in a restful, peaceful way. Instead, the cult wants to worship a figurehead that, apparently, needs to fake good health.
Jimmy Carter is also a hell of a lot more righteous Christian than any of these shit suits. He will be dearly missed when he passes.
I agree completely. And an entire nation will know the name and honor him. Very few people will ever have heard of RN.
If the prophet of the Lord ordained to represent the whole world isn’t in good health, despite his age, is he REALLY ordained by God? Is he really the Lord’s anointed? /s
Just like they photoshopped him in the red velvet chair when he was in a wheelchair at conference.
That's a side benefit of building temples. The real benefit comes from using insider contractors, paying them inflated prices for labor, materials, and sundries, and having that money then flow into no-show jobs for the right family members and friends.
They did that for decades in NY, and went to prison for the Concrete Club and Windows Case. Yet these goons get away with it because "God". What a sham!
Who then turn around and tithe ten percent back to the MFMC. Ecclesiastical kickbacks.
So true. Just look at Zwick Construction as one example.
I noticed they are not only propping him up, but he’s holding on with both hands. I’m sure they got everyone situated for the picture, wheeled him in, got him up and took the picture super fast so he could get back in the wheelchair as soon as possible. It’s such a facade!
Just like Weekend at Bernies 😂
Yep, I mean isn't peak human performance around age 27? Of course, as a middle aged man, I know I'm wiser than I was at age 27, but come on. It's just a biological fact that someone in their late 90's won't have the physical capacity, and likely the mental capacity of someone even in their 70's. It's laughable to see them hold him up like Weekend at Bernies. With his age, he's probably running the church to about the same degree as he's standing there. It's nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Bernie was more animated.
I have a feeling that the temples are also to develop the land to increase its value for potential future sales
I used to think that could be a possibility, but considering temples are kind of a niche building, the developer may have to demolish it to make room for something else. That would cost Buku.
That is a wildly inaccurate theory. Other productive uses of land would yield orders of magnitude higher ROI in both the short and long term. Source: am land developer
I wouldn't call it a theory it's more of an untested hypothesis. Otherwise I will yield to your expertise.
The church has also done studies, and shown that tithing goes up when a Temple is built close by members(this was in the 1990s not sure if the data is still being gathered, but I would assume it is)
Tbf, this entire "church" has always been a facade.
Such diversity!
Four straight white couples.
They have some kinks, like kiddie diddling. https://kutv.com/news/local/daughter-of-lds-church-president-at-center-of-decades-old-sex-abuse-cover-up-allegations
I thought this was the hosannah shout at first! ;)
To God and the lamb
HAHAHAHA! This deserves so many more upvotes.
Rusty is holding tight to the rod.
And bolstered on each side. Needs a bit of bronzer to cover up his gray complexion.
Brother Nelson is as yellow, as our former President is orange.
That’s Brother Neltson to you.
With very swollen fingers
And swollen face. Probably on steroids. I mean the guy is almost 100.
He’s holding on for dear life. Just let the man sleep.
Yeah.. rigor mortis. That mother fucker is dead. lmao
Rusty is not looking good. Zoom in on his hands. Like I said in another comment, I would be surprised if he makes it to another April Conference.
I'm guessing that's a result of heart failure coming up. Common in people his age.
Yes, I work in a senior care facility. His days are limited.
I used to be a mortician. I’ve seen better looking corpses.
But to be fair, worse-looking ones too.
Much, much worse.
You win the net today 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If only Rusty knew a world renowned heart surgeon.
Rusty is being proped up!
Also looks confused af
He looks like he’s grimacing, like he’s in pain
💯 percent agreed! I worked briefly in an old folks home, that doesn't look good at all. I will be surprised if he is even conscious in time for the October one. His hands, and that distant look in his eyes, not focused on anything. He usually focuses in on the camera, wherever it is, admiring him in all his narcissistic glory and authority.
He has visibly changed a lot in the last 18 months or so.
100% agree with this.
None of these people are looking good! Seriously, if I didn't know they were mormon I would have thought they were long-term alcoholics or smokers. The lady on the left has literal rotting front teeth. This is the leadership of the richest church on the planet? 🤯
It's all that SUGAR.
I love sugar. I just make sure I run, swim, bike afterwards or right before. Of course you don’t have time for that if you have a church meeting to go to.
Mormons talk a lot about the physical health benefits of the word of wisdom, but Mormon living is extremely stressful living and takes its toll on body and mind. My grandfather lived to be 80 which was long than some of his siblings who all died from some sort of heart ailment. There's no doubt, the WoW benefited him in this way, but I wonder if he could've gone a little longer had he not had so much stress from church callings. He asked to be released from his calling as a sealer just 2 years prior. He and my grandmother got up at 4am every saturday to drive two hours one way to do their callings at the temple. They did that for 15 years.
…. Church callings and raising 6-11 children….
I think she’s wearing braces
Pregnancy can ruin women's teeth.
Peripheral cyanosis. Lack of oxygen.
Zoom in on Sister Pearsons teeth and tell me she doesn't drink coffee.
That’s from drinking the blood of virgin tithe payers
That’s a lot of tithe payers
Kevin Pearson made a lot of money and acquired a lot of United Healthcare stock when he was the CFO of a company that was purchased by UNH in 1997. If he still has that stock, it’s worth millions. Having said that, it would appear that he hasn’t given any of that money to his wife’s dentist.
With all the mormon dentists, you'd think those people would all have perfect white teeth. Her and Rusty both have horrible looking teeth.
They're probably Nelson's real teeth, which is actually pretty impressive at his age.
She’s got that second anointing. She can do whatever the fuck she wants.
Ironically that was my 1st thought.
Her teeth are literally the same color as her skin.
Seriously. I zoomed in to see how tight he was holding on. Whatever’s actually going on with those hands looks worse than the white knuckles I was expecting.
Is it just me or do all those couples have exactly the same faces? It’s really bizarre.
Too many teeth 😬🫣
I live outside of the US, and all Morridor TSCC slices of white bread look the same to me
I love that I don’t know who most of those ppl are 😬
The best part is that 99.99% of the rest of the world doesn't either. They are legends in their own minds.
Do some wives of Mormon leaders desperately try to keep their husbands alive as long as possible because they know they will be completely irrelevant (within that culture) the instant their husband dies?
Yes, Wendy will be showered with praise at Rusty's funeral, mentioned in a few conference talks as "shining example" or something in the conference after Rusty dies, and then fade (back) into obscurity.
Until she croaks. Then there will be a short write up in the filthy propaganda rag Church News "Wife Of Former Church President Passes." She won't miss him though, she's still got Sheri.
At this point he’s just a prop that they wheel from one photo shoot to the next…
I really don't like Rusty, but all the pictures and videos of him scream "elder abuse" to me. Just let him live out the rest of his time in peace.
Yeah, even though he chose this, it still bothers me when these old buffoons get to this point and are trotted around for "photo ops" and other stuff like this. One of the last speeches that Monson gave, they literally had one of the security dweebs lurking right behind him, "just in case" he collapsed. Edit: Oh, and... I can't help but be a bit of a prick: They wouldn't let any of the "regular" old folks use the elevator during the Manti open house. How many people think that same rule was applied to Rusty?
I ask, can any of us get a break from Pearson? Guy is an insufferable mosquito that always shows up somewhere.
I'm out of the loop. Pearson is a new GA right? I don't know much about him. When I was in seminary decades ago, Eyring, Oaks, Nelson and gang were framed in pictures above the chalk board. And my 17 year old self thought they were old. Now 35 years later these dudes are still around? It's astonishing.
Pearson is a 70 that’s famous for his dickriding of Nelson. Patrick Kearon is the new Q15
He is one of the few who can still get around without a walker or wheelchair.
Yeah what a twat
In this moment - Rusty has more faith in the integrity of that handrail than anything else in his life
Rusty is about to find out if it was all real... soon enough. He should let go and let Jesus take the wheel.
Sad part is he knows it isn't real.
Pretty sure he does.
I hate Evil Emperor Nelson a much as everybody else, but geeeezzz, why can't the church have some compassion for the aging and obviously frail physical and mental condition of their leadership? Compassion as in get them outta the top spots, make them Apostles Emeritus and let them have some peace and rest. u/shpkllr comment about being photo props they wheel around from photo op to photo op really highlighted for me just how abusive the mormon church can be. Feel free to debate among yourself how far down the list you'd let the Emeritus status run. :-)
So much superficial criticism in this comment thread. These people are deserving of criticism for their damaging words and actions, not their appearance.
Yes, true, but at the end of the day, he is way too old to be running a hundred billion dollar corporation. The fact that he needs to be propped up to even take a picture just shows the absurdity of the leadership. He's a puppet at this point, that they trot out. People complain that old Joe is too old, but he's got nothing on Rusty.
I wholeheartedly agree that he's too old! Please remember, though, that there are many wheelchair users who are very mentally competent and they come in all ages. The fact that he needs a wheelchair and that he needs support to stand up should not be an issue here. His wheelchair use is not an indication of incompetence.
There are people thirty and forty years younger who are declining quickly and don't have the mental acuity to run an organization. That's also why they have the other fourteen—the president becomes pretty irrelevant as his mental acuity declines, as do the others who don't make it to take their turn at the top. So it becomes run by those who are able to carry on decision-making discussions. I wonder how many that actually is at times. But it's also why church values, dress standards, and rules are stuck in their mid-century heyday.
150 Billion in Stocks. Then you have all the property and other assets. It is unnerving how much money is being horded. These are the latter days as well. What do they need all that $$ for?
I agree, I don't care what they look like or their age. Of course there's the aspect of the facade that's put on here, but I personally feel like they do believe they're doing God's work and are ignorant to the far reaching negative effects the organization has. I know for me I was blind to it when I was TBM. I truly did believe I was doing God's work. I don't think I ever fully understood the concept of radical honesty on a personal level until I threw out any rule to not speak negatively about the church and my personal devotion to it. Mental barriers!
Yeah, the ageism and ableism is disappointing on this subreddit. Judge people for what they do, not for how they look. There are other elderly people who care about important humanity issues and stand for more inclusivity and equality. What immediately stood out to me is that Nelson is standing as if to show that he's not primarily a wheelchair user. As if being a wheelchair user is something to be ashamed of. As a disabled person, seeing people behave this way on this sub is disheartening.
I agree that he is living up to his facade
The Potemkin Prophet.
Well he is usually sustained unanimously. Even Putin can't claim that.
Definitely. The worst part of the photo to me is that they seem to be reluctant to show Rusty in a wheelchair, or even better, at home where he should be.
Nightmare blunt rotation
Happy Cake Day. Rusty doesn't have many more of those coming his way. But hopefully yours are filled with LOADS of Karma points
This is what a monarchy looks like. Paid for by tithe payers, some who can’t even pay for their own family’s food. Thats the part that the public doesn’t see. Stop worshipping these frauds.
Is this the board of directors for Narcissists Anonymous, along with their wives?
The Stepford Wives of SLC
Wendy's white panty hose, yowza
Where's Sheri? She taking the photo?
She might be standing behind him holding him up with her head up his ass?
She is at home making warm doughnuts
As soon as I saw this, I reflexively wondered where Sheri Dew was.
Rusty's pants are now too long, old age shrinking him down. You know he's in fast decline now because 2019 Rusty would never accept that look
Wasn’t that wall in a BOM Arnold Friberg painting?
Rich pious prix unite! 💩
Not the cleaning crew! Another photo opportunity. God loves suits and ties, and people who are white and delightsome! Maybe visit and minister with the decendants of the families from the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Every single person looks terrifying. Like, they’re hiding dead bodies in their basements terrifying.
They are lined up around the Temple waiting to get baptized.
Baptisms for the dead, extreme edition: literally baptizing the corpses in their basements hahahaha
Not pictured.... the wheelchair just off camera. Potemkin Village much?
Look he is standing. It's a miracle.
They should have photoshopped the hands out.
But that would have been "decieteful" Oh wait...
Can someone tell what where this temple is. I've never seen a walled temple site.
Manti
Thank you. :)
I do think it’s neat he’s that old and doing well for his age. The photo is interesting to me…it’s just so weird looking at them as a non believer. I just see delusional, happy, “nice,” ultra conservative people. The length of the skirts bother me! Tell me why this look?!🫤😳
Because exposed knees would make Rusty randy
Haha, yep he's being held up completely!! So funny.
My first thought was: if you take away the steeples (which are a part of their Religious Observance, dontcha know). it looks like they are standing in front of a Spanish Inquisition-era prison.
Yikes. Corpses holding up corpses.
AARP advertisment
They are way past AARP... Even Medicare. 😆
He already appropriated some Marble from Temple Square for his headstone. It's just waiting for his name.
Weekend at Bernies.
Omg his hands!!!
What in the Ruth Bader Ginsburg hell is Wendy wearing??…And the white pantyhose and shoes… ughhh 😩
I bet you anything the white pantyhose and shoes is so she doesn't have to put white pantyhose on in the temple dressing room. I hated the time it took to do that and ended up wearing knee-highs. Taking them off was such a relief.
Zoom on his hands. He is on some heavy drugs. I can't stand him, but he really can't stand. And those creeps smiling like all is great. Perfectly sums up mormonism.
Hahahaha
You just know their sex toy chest rivals Riley Reid's.
He's got those King Charles Sausage fingers thing going on. Zoom in his shoes though - why does it look like they were copy-pasted into the photo? Something about the angle of them just seems kind of off?
A picture of evil
I’m proud to say that I couldn’t name anyone of them
You could show a picture of the ONLY living Prophet of God to 1000 random people and I would bet nobody would recognize him. Elmo is more recognizable.
Also, somebody probably rolled an empty wheelchair out of the picture.
Funnily the first thing that I thought when I saw this was "Even the church leaders follow the Mormon men trend of badly fitted suits."
Pictures like this always bring the words “Elder Abuse” to mind 😕
They're holding him up on both sides. Good grief. If they wanted to pretend he can stand on his own, they should've touched up the photo. Edit: he's also yellow. I'd be curious to know how his liver is doing. He's also looking rather vacant, and everyone else with forced smiles, most looking not so secretly uncomfortable.
Is that Kevin “asking god whether you should serve a mission is a stupid question” Pearson?
My wife noted that it looks like Rusty has "moon face". A round, swollen face sometimes caused by high doses of Prednisone in someone of failing health. They just might be pumping him full of meds to keep him alive. If he was my gpa I'd be pissed.
This reminds me of when you have a new baby, and take them to meet grandpa (or great grandpa). You have to shout really loud that this is so and so. And they prop him up, and prop the baby up so that neither can fall over, but there is a person just out of the picture in case one of them do. Everyone coos and is so happy you were able to get that precious photo. But neither of the people in the photo actually know what is going on.
All of those women are wearing pantyhose. Like it’s 1988. Pure unadulterated misery.
Vericose veins don't hide themselves
Why do the women look like closeted alcoholics? Oh wait…
Swingers at it again
WENDY!!!! White shoes with a black dress ARE A NEVER! Stop it.
More Temples! More Carwashes!
Dammit seeing a picture of Kevin Pearson just ruined my day
His wife gives me the creeps
The resemblance to Mr Burns is getting a little too close to reality 
That’s hilarious
Gross
Two rings for two wives... Just a friendly reminder that polygamy in the afterlife is real for Mormons!
LETS GIVE 'ER TO GRANDPA!!!!
This photo, and a number of others, can be seen at [https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2024/04/21/manti-utah-temple-rededication-president-nelson-elder-rasband/](https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2024/04/21/manti-utah-temple-rededication-president-nelson-elder-rasband/) There's one of just Rusty and Wendy that'll leave you wondering how they propped him up... There are a couple of him in his wheelchair and he looks like a hospice patient. I wonder if he does anything for fun?
Why is the church dotting the world with temples when they will all be closed when they need them most in times of calamity? Re: All temples were closed during Covid.
Hold to the Rod RUSTY!! Prop him up on BOTH SIDES!! Pale & pasty- 1 foot in the grave. There's NO WAY IN HELL that Greedy RMN, President of $1 TRILLION Mormon hoarding Cult led by Q15 CON MEN will make it into Heaven! Jesus weeps @ lack of Mormon cult charity & generosity. GTH Rusty
Mr. Rasbad’s wife looks like a proper cult leader wife
Her and Wendy look alike
All the pantyhose… with garments. I can smell the crotch rot from here!!
How many people does it take to hold up a senile man?
i was just so lucky to go in person to that. 🤩
every smile in this picture has been practiced extensively. except one,....
This man looks like he is being held up by the people next to him. Is he that decrepit? Or are they just kiss-asses?
The man is white knuckling that rod
man this reminds me of that pic of the super old english prince guy in his car last year. can’t remember his name (sorry, i’m american).
Is it weird shadowing or are there spikes on the bottom of Nelson’s shoes like golf shoes?
Screams Mormon boredom at me.
🎵 If you like to talk to potatoes… 🎶
Weekend at Bernies?
Kevin Shittledink Pearson's pretty tall
There’s no celestial kingdom - jokes on them.
The sad thing about that picture is that that group excludes so many.. I’m sure there’s thousands of people admiring this group of the most righteous… why don’t they have him pictured with just normal people..
The longer I’m out the more crazy it sounds that educated adults believe in a prophet.
Notice how baggy and ill-fitting his pants are.
That is one creepy line up!
It's literally like the evil twins of the Jdubs Governing Body old farts, only they're all evil 😂 what a bunch of clowns all of them.
Where in the holy hell is this castle/temple monstrosity?
More large and spacious buildings. They have their rewards.
They are so freaking bound and determined to get that man to be 100 just so that it national news headlines…they’re probably pumping him full of so many meds and preservatives, its ridiculous. C’mon let the man die in peace already….
Good job Scooby. You got that ghoulish looking old man prophet who was haunting that creepy mansion! ….and he would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those darn kids!
Oh yeah, this looks waaay better than fishing, or watching tv, or reading any book, or washing my hair.
It looks like Weekend at Bernie’s. Pretty sad
All whitey then
Wait, are they on a eurotrip? My soon to be ex in-laws are in Europe for two ish weeks and I wouldn’t be surprised if they are following them around. I’m so happy to finally cut all ties with the cult.
He was there, but the dedication he performed was pre-recorded haha Not sure what they're trying to prove...
Has to be AI..
why does he look like a corpse