I counted today (Cheese and Rice asked if one of us would be willing to count -- so I did)
Here is my report:
It is the Sunday before Pioneer day (the day the first pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley) so I tract how many times the following were said:
Jesus Christ = 201
Joseph Smith = 1
Pioneer/Early Saints = 8
Brigham Young = 0
Gorden B Hinkley = 4
Ezra Taft Benson = 1
Spencer W. Kimble = 1
I attended Sacrament Mtg., part of Primary, part of Sunday School, and Priesthood Mtg. (Elders Q.)
Hinkley, Benson and Kimble are recent Prophets (Hinkley is our current Prophet)
Honorable mention: (Peoples names came up often that I did not plan to track)
Peter
Matthew
Luke
Nephi
Lehi
Helamen
Harod
Pilot
Roman Soldier
Jonah
2007-07-22 13:21:09 · 24 answers · asked by Dionysus 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Just to answer some Questions:
Yes pencil and paper (hashmarks)
Lord was mentioned with Jesus Christ or in place of Jesus Christ often but I wasn't counting
I can count and pay attention (I'm a multi-tasker)
2007-07-22 13:41:45 · update #1
Six prayers
2007-07-22 18:33:38 · update #2
Thanks penguin -- I never was the best never the best speller
2007-07-23 07:01:09 · update #3
Those are not the results I would have expected, however I do believe that some weeks will be stronger than others. For example, around Christmas time, you might expect people to talk about Joseph because it's his birthday or something.
Also you can't really count the prayers, but I'll give you a pass on that.
2007-07-28 20:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Interesting. I know Jesus was mentioned lots of times in my class - I teach 9 year olds. (At least when I could get a word in with all their talking. We were talking about the Parable of the Talents. They have a talent for getting off topic!)
We didn't even talk about the Pioneers, but we are California Mormons!
2007-07-27 06:25:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Given that it was pioneer week. Joseph Smith was mentioned 6 times, and the Savior about 150.
2007-07-23 03:20:25 · answer #3 · answered by Isolde 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sounds about right...way to go...kind of an intersting way to spend the day at church!
When I was young, maybe in a ploy to get us little kids to pay more attention to general conference, my parents had a list of words like "love, Jesus, kind, etc." to listen for and we were supposed to count how many times they were said. I think I will do that with my children...
Thanks for sharing.
2007-07-27 05:08:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just an added stat: In the Book of Mormon, Jesus is mentioned by name an average of once every 2.8 verses.
2007-07-23 03:44:30 · answer #5 · answered by daisyk 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
How interesting. I think, to make the results even more intriguing, it should be done a few weeks in a row and then compared. The results might be astounding.
2007-07-25 17:47:37 · answer #6 · answered by ∞Infinity∞ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is interesting. That is a lot of mentions! I know that Jesus Christ is mentioned many times but not sure its that many times. BUt its definitely mentioned more than any other name which is the idea! It is His Church.
2007-07-22 17:21:04 · answer #7 · answered by fishcan'tseewater 3 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Wow.... I don't want to count anything 200 times... and in only four hours...You must've been taking notes and making hashmarks like a son-of-a-gun....
2007-07-22 13:25:21 · answer #8 · answered by Ũniνέгsäl Рдnтsthέisт™ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Must have been a doosy of a sermon in order to mention arouund 220 names.
2007-07-22 13:25:08 · answer #9 · answered by 29 characters to work with...... 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Great! I remembered Cheese and Rice's question about that too and I counted Joseph Smith, they only mentioned him 1 time today ^_^ I would not count Jesus! they always mention it a lot of times along with the God/Heavenly Father's name.
Good Job!!!
2007-07-22 14:05:51 · answer #10 · answered by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 4 · 14⤊ 2⤋