On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Craig J. Lindstrom wrote:
I suppose there are documents that the church does not want available for public view, or would rather not have them easily available. Not that this is one, but do you want the temple ordinance available for public view?
Think a little harder :)
I'm sorry, I agree with jb on this one. First of all, copyright laws were not intended for purposes of censorship (e.g. "Song of the South") nor for keeping things secret (e.g. temple ordinances), so even if it serves a good purpose, it goes directly against the intent of the law ("to promote the progress of science and useful arts").
Secondly, as jb mentioned, "those who would flaunt our beliefs will do it whether or not they have permission." Anybody can type "mormon temple ceremony" into Google and, copyright or no copyright, see the entire texts of all temple ceremonies from Joseph Smith's time up to now ... and yet the Church seems to be doing just fine. If we're able to survive with the temple ceremony online, I can't think of anything else more "secret" or sacred in the archives of Church documents that could be any worse to have exposed to the world.
~ ross
p.s. Welcome to the UUG list :-)
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