Mormonish notes wine glass at President Oaks' birthday as 'appearance of evil'
August 13, 2026 at 6:07 AM MT · via YouTube / Mormonish Podcast · Summarized by Mormon News from original reporting
The Mormonish Podcast highlighted a wine glass visible in photos from President Dallin H. Oaks' 94th birthday celebration, noting the irony given past LDS teachings about avoiding even the "appearance of evil." The video, drawing 5,654 views in 19 hours and 63 comments, showed photos from the Church's official announcement of President Oaks celebrating with family. The creators pointed out that many members were taught they couldn't even own such glassware due to appearance-of-evil concerns, regardless of what beverage it contained.
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