'Mormon Wikileaks' revealing secret documents of Mormonism (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) known for enthusiastic missionary and English conversation classes GOEIGO

by Andrew Sutherland

A site called 'MormonWikiLeaks ' has appeared that publishes secret documents about 'The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)' known as 'Mormonism'. It was born on December 19, 2016, but some documents have already been published.

Welcome to MormonLeaks | MormonLeaks
https://www.mormonleaks.io/

'MormonWikileaks' website launched, seeking transparency in LDS Church | fox13now.com
http://fox13now.com/2016/12/19/mormonwikileaks-website-launched-seeking-transparency-in-lds-church/

Leaked Videos Pull Back Curtain on Mormon Leadership --The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/us/mormon-videos-leaked.html

The Ex-Mormon Exposing the LDS Church With a Whistle-Blowing Website | Broadly
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-ex-mormon-exposing-the-lds-church-with-a-whistle-blowing-website

Prior to this MormonWikiLeaks, there is a channel called 'Mormon Leaks' on YouTube, which has released 18 videos so far.

In the footage, top Mormonists discuss same-sex marriage, marijuana, Somali pirates, and topics such as 'Will the church be weakened by WikiLeaks?' And former Utah governor Michael Levitt. Includes saying that Mormonism, Catholicism, and evangelicals are trying to form a coalition to 'fight' against abortion and same-sex marriage.

Mormon Leaks-YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJTIFO9JJWiXABNXHDUKj4A

Mormonism meets twice a year at a church in Salt Lake City, and the footage was taken at the 2007-2012 meeting. According to the church's media director, Eric Hawkins, this was an official film taken for those who couldn't come to the meeting and was prepared to be seen after the procedure.

The video was released by former Mormonist Ryan Mack Knight. It seems that the video was not prepared by the person himself, but was obtained by contacting a person who seems to be a related person via Reddit.

Mormon Leaks got a lot of attention, and many people tried to contact Mr. McKnight, but he said, 'If Mr. McKnight's PC is hacked and the leaked information is leaked.' There were also many worried voices. So, Mr. McKnight was inspired by WikiLeaks and decided to establish 'Mormon WikiLeaks', which can be called the Mormonist version of WikiLeaks.

Mr. McKnight's goal is to ensure transparency. Prior to 1960, the church prepared an annual report for members to clarify profits and losses, but now the report is hidden from the general public. In addition, there are many unshared parts about daily activities in the church, and there are some uncertainties in the operation. This is the case with many religious corporations and charities, as Mormonism claims to be ' the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth' in MormonWikiLeaks. It seems that information is disclosed with the idea that transparent management should be carried out.

For safety reasons, MormonWikiLeaks uses the open source 'Secure Drop' that has been introduced in the Washington Post as an information provision system.

Open source system 'SecureDrop' that enables documents to be safely obtained from anonymous sources --GIGAZINE

It seems that information has already been gathered one after another under Mr. McKnight, and information disclosure has begun.

By the way, Mormonism is known for its enthusiastic recruitment activities, and Kent Derricott and Kent Gilbert, who are famous as foreign talents, come to Japan as missionaries.

One of the known activities of Mormonism is 'GOEIGO Mission School ', which distributes free English conversation class villas in front of stations where people gather. In this English conversation class, a Mormon missionary who came to Japan to carry out evangelism activities in Japan is the instructor. According to the 'Frequently Asked Questions ' on the official website, it is not necessary to be a Christian and participation in worship events is not compulsory, but learning about Christianity is a condition for participating in English conversation.

As for the question 'Isn't the solicitation set in the classroom that Mormonism is doing?', There are various people from 'there is no solicitation like solicitation' to 'it was difficult to solicit by telephone'. There seems to be a part depending on luck, 'What kind of person do you hit?'

About Mormon Church Free English Lessons-English | [OKWAVE]
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