Interesting to look at the quote that apparently started the thing: "I heard from an employee close to the deal that the Mormon church’s genealogy business made an unsolicited bid to acquire Facebook." http://secretenemyhideout.com/post... Too many vagaries in the sentence, not only regarding the source, but in the reference to "the Mormon church's genealogy business." One could be a little more specific on the actual entity doing the bidding. - Ontario Emperor

snopes.com hasn't addressed the Facebook-LDS thingie yet, but they have answered the question "Do the Mormons own the Coca-Cola Company?" http://www.snopes.com/cokelor... - Ontario Emperor

And Osama bin Laden isn't hiding out in Utah. http://www.snopes.com/rumors... - Ontario Emperor

The Vatican owns Coca-Cola. And we are allowed to drink it out of the Grail. ;) - Cyndy

Great, personal point of view and explanation, Louis. - Rex Hammock

wow...yeah I'm also used to this kind of crap, but this one's just stupid. For one thing, at least locally, I've heard Church leaders cautioning youth not to mess with MySpace because of the risk of predators and questionable content so I can't see them suddenly deciding that Facebook is a good idea (despite the fact that I'm connected to several members via Facebook so we're obviously using it :) ). Oh well, I'll go complain to my many wives now LOL. - Rob Neville

My wife and I had a good laugh on this one last night. Too absurd to have taken seriously. - LiquidLag

Lots of rumors don't pass the smell test, but that doesn't stop the more stupid among us from repeating them. Think of all the stupid crap we've heard--are still hearing--regarding Sen. Obama from members of Congress and the media. I can think back to all the LDS rumors from when I was a kid. They were dumb, but nowhere near as harmful and ignorant as the rumors that we Muslims had and have to deal with day from the willfully stupid. - Admiral Anika

I guess you've read Steven Hodson's follow-up post, in which he took the "nonsense" comment personally. In his defense, it should be noted that Hodson did at least cite his sources. And if one takes the tack that the Facebook-LDS story should not have been posted without confirmation, does that also mean that the Inquistr and other outlets should have held off on the Bigfoot story? (I'll grant one difference. The LDS Church has listed contact information. Last I checked, Bigfoot did not.) - Ontario Emperor from fftogo

@Ontario Emporer: I always heard that we (LDS) owned the Pepsi company. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Nah, it was Starbucks. :) - Ontario Emperor from fftogo

Ontario, I have a long record of appreciating Steven's posts. We've been peers and friends for about two years now. That he and I rankle each other now and again is absolutely fine. I think the story was nonsense, but I think he and others who wrote on it are good folks. :-) - Louis Gray

@Ontario, and if you contacted them, what would you expect them to say? The answer is the same whether it's true or not, 'cause you don't talk about deals before they're done. - Jason Carreira

Jason, the allegedly acquiring entity could issue a strong denial (we will not acquire Company X), which would close the issue. Or they could say "no comment" or "we have not made a formal offer," which means nothing one way or the other. - Ontario Emperor from fftogo

Ontario, any idea how many times companies deny something is taking place when it really was taking place? The corporate pull quote is something you stick in there to show that you were open to hearing from them, but generally, it's not truthiness. - Cyndy

It still doesn't hurt to ask. - Ontario Emperor from fftogo