[Colofornian]

This shows a point I alluded to earlier. If the mormons don't say they're doing something, they get bashed on here for not doing anything. If they say they're doing something, they get bashed for "trumpeting."

Not it at all.

The Mormons' track record, including Japan, is that they are ready to trumpet the Mormon church response to disaster. They've already done it.

The issue is simple:

(1) They haven't sat back & claimed to do nothing -- so nobody's bashed them for that...rather, for misprioritizing. (Have you always had problems reading plain English released on press releases?)

Therefore, you're badly misinterpreting the critiques.

(2) Their track record has NEVER been to sit back & not claim to respond to disasters. (So why do you keep harping on this strawman?)

So, since you don't seem to be able to understand plain english in press releases; and plain critiques, allow me to help you:

From the track record of the Mormon church's PR dept perspective, the Question has never been whether the Mormon church should promote their almsgiving or not. (They always have)

And from this last press release, the question on the table of this particular thread wasn't done to critique the Mormon church's supposed "do nothing" approach...because the Mormon church has done something.

They've looked after their own. Period. Or if this was a telegram, it'd read: "Stop."

[RBranha]

And thus you've found another nit to pick, which is somewhere in between "trumpeting" and remaining quiet. They're "misprioritizing."

You also criticize the idea of the mormons checking on their members before others. It makes perfect sense for an organization to mobilize its resources by first accounting for its members, then having those members go out and assist in the community at large. An organization which has the ability to organize manpower must first assess the status of that manpower.