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Mormon Church Pays $500 For Video Testimony

Hey folks, I was checking the church web site and came across a contest they are having. According to the site one of the purposes of the video contest (besides the fact that the church will use the winning video for their projects) is to "strengthen their testimonies as they share their talents with worldwide members and to "join the conversation" in sharing the gospel with the world."

The topics are:

There will be a selection process (jury and all, two rounds). Basically, some of the winning videos will be placed in Youtube and people will "vote" for the one they like the most. Now it comes down to the part I don't like. There will be awards....FINE. But the awards are CASH prizes. What's up with that? Since when does the Church commercializes in people's testimonies you know what I am saying? I mean if you want to give some awards, certificates....FINE, GREAT, AWESOME! But money? I find the PR people failed big time on this one!

Here are the awards:

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So what's your view on this? I mean am I the only one that thinks this is totally odd?

Testimony Video Pays Church Mormon

This seems more like a competition of making the best video but using your testimony? Interesting with a raised brow to say the least.