Anyone know what really happened to the writer?

Wicked good satire - just watch the liquid intake while reading as <snorts> of laughter are common - and that's just the comments sections.

My intent is not to out anyone who doesn't want to be outed, so if the answer is - he left to pursue other interests - then so be it. :)

When searching the name Paternoster on RfM, I got 27 pages of results, so if my answer is in there I apologize. I *could* try praying for help to find it, but I don't have God on speed dial anymore since I started hanging my car keys in the same place every night.

http://stakepresident.blogspot.com/

Classic threads:

I am so sorry. I've been patiently waiting for somebody else to
Fill you in. I have scant details, but believe he died over a year ago from a heart attack.

I think it was over the wear pants to church day. Poor guy couldn't take it.

I don't think he actually died. For whatever reason, (could be he was threatened with a law suit, who knows) person posing and posting as Paternoster decided to quit and the claim was made that Paternoster died.

That's my take.

Sure do miss his stuff. It was very funny and a great way to get the word out about the Mormon "Church".



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WCG - I suspect you're right.

My post about translation was supposed to go above, and was in keeping with the Paternoster style where sometimes you just can't tell if the comment was written by serious TBM, or actually really clever satire.

Well, at least the posts still live on in the internets. :)

Noooooooooooooooooooo! How devastating!

I thought for sure he would be translated.

I believe it was the sight of a woman in pants at church that did him in......jezebels!

I think the writer felt he had served his purpose when Romney didn't become President Romney.

Sister Paternoster (his wife) wrote a couple of columns after President Paternoster died. She told of how seeing women in pants at church triggered his heart attack. Later she wrote a column about being offended because the site won an internet humor award, IIRC. So after his death his spirit lived on in Sister Paternoster, but I guess without him she mostly just couldn't go on writing. He was such an inspiration.

It may be that being kicked off of Facebook contributed to his death. Someone maliciously reported to FB that he wasn't a real person and FB demanded proof of his identity in order to allow him his continuing Facebook account. The nerve and vindictiveness of some people is just astounding.

After his death someone set up a Friends of Stake President Paternoster group. I think it is still there. It had some fun posts, but it just wasn't the same with him gone.

Sniff. I really miss President Paternoster and all of his inspired guidance.

TSCC used their Danites to determine who President Paternoster was and then allowed the Danites the opportunity to explain to President Paternoster why it would be best for not only him but also his family if he no longer posted on the internet.

It is not good to make a fool of TSCC.

I don't think for a minute that HE was a he.

I think SHE used the make penis as a disguise and it worked for her.

Maybe she will come back as a RSP. Of course she will be either translated or reincarnated.

I wonder if she will hook up with one of the 3 Nephites.

He was a he and not a she. I did some work for him... a very nice guy. I will say no more.

Was Anointed One a SP in Ireland? Same as President Paternoster. Maybe Anointed One was in England.

My dear Brothers and Sisters,

I was going to remain silent but I just want to say that I truly appreciated your support while I wrote this blog. When I first started it back in January of 2011 I was an atheist serving on the stake dry council! A couple of 'good' sacrament talks on thinking for yourself and paying tithing based on interest (according to holy scripture) got me fired from that sacred calling.

By the time I ended the blog I had completely left the one true church in which the Lord is well pleased, and had my records removed along with my wife's and wee ones.

My Stake pres. growing up was Anthony Paternoster - hence the name. He's mentioned a couple of times in old Ensign issues and without going into details was a bit of a wanker. He was a temple recorder and set me apart in the London temple as a missionary where he also gave me the gift of tongues. This, along with my Irishness, is likely from whence my 'double speak' cometh :)

Much of my material came from current and old Ensigns and it became quite cumbersome to read all that rubbish after I left. I eventually felt the need to move on from all things Mormon. At about this time my Facebook profile got shut down - I s'pose someone lacking in faith thought it was fake and Facebook required photo ID for me to reactivate the profile.

My wife (who by the way was the wonderful "TBM" commenter known as 'Cindy' on the blog) came up with the splendid idea to kill off the President when the whole "Pants" (though I do wish you would call them trousers) issue flared up. I received no pressure from the church to shut down the blog though I did get threats from certain righteous members. This played no part at all in my decision to end the blog.

I knew that if I missed doing the blog I could have President Paternoster's righteous son be called as the new Stake Pres. and he could continue in his fathers' footsteps, but to be honest I've really enjoyed pursuing other interests (and not having to read all those bloody Ensign articles).

We had a lotta fun! Thanks again for all your support. Your comments were fantastic, your love and hatred of Paternoster thrilled me, you helped me get a new profile pic when I had trouble with the old one and assisted me when I requested some help when some TBM's were getting a bit too aggressive.

'Playing' with the faithful was of course a great larf! I loved how we would defend statements from the Brethren and get the TBM's to oppose them (see the comments on my oral sex post as a fine example of this). That, to me, was the beauty of the blog.

Well, keep up the fight for truth, the truth has set us free. May we enjoy this freedom to the full. And as the ancient inhabitants of America used to say (when speaking Hebrew and Reformed Egyptian), Adieu.

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> with the splendid idea to kill off the President
> when the whole "Pants" (though I do wish you would
> call them trousers) issue flared up.


LOL--It never occurred to me that "women wear *pants* to church day" Might be a much more exciting event across the pond!

Your blog contained some of the most brilliant satire I've ever read.

Thanks for the laughs, and glad to hear you're doing well!

Much love and appreciation!

Prez, thanks for filling us in. Your blog was the source of much loud laughter for me, and will be fondly remembered. I wish you all the best. Yours truly, Brother Mobegone.

It WAS fun! I still laugh at your audacity. Sooo entertaining. Quite a talent you have!
Thanks for checking in with the backstory. :)

I always meant to tell you how much I thought you rocked, even as a goddamned Godless Irishman. I loved your thoughts and the many shenanigans happening in your stake. I was very sorry to hear of your untimely death, and am happy that it was not that hard on you, and sorry not to tell you of this admiration before you left this mortal world. God bless your immortal soul through the eternities. If you could just give me an idea where your resting place is, I'll make sure and visit it and lay flowers there the next time I am forced to make a trip to that forsaken island. (I'm already getting a nervous stomach and some trapped wind thinking about the prospect of returning there.)

Thank you so much for posting and giving us an update. I really missed the blog and wondered what had happened to you. I did think that the danites were after your head and that was the reason you close the blog. I am glad there were not and even happier to hear you have moved on.

I still remember one time you commented on a thread on this board as "stake president" and then your IP address got blocked. That's how good you were, even RfM couldn't tell you were not TBM. =)

All the best to you and your family,

D

I am so glad that the reports of your death was greatly exaggerated. I sincerely loved your work.

Without a doubt reading the President Paternoster blogs was such a rush. They made me laugh and they made me realize how dumb Mormons are.

Perhaps President Paternoster could communicate with a physic and talk about his experiences with the prophets that have died. How the dead prophets are mad that their programs are now uninspired BS.

I was Brigham Taft Pratt when I visited the blog. It was great entertainment! Thanks

Bully for you, Pres Paternoster!

Your "recovery" from Mormonism was a thing of beauty to read and behold all the comments.

I hope you have no plans to take the site down.

I loved your blog too! I would check in every day to see if there was a new post. So happy to hear you and your fam. are doing well. :)

Thank you SO much, steakpres! I loved your columns and had many wonderful exchanges with you on FB, where I always stood up for the truthfulness of everything you said, confirming that indeed, what you said was what I was always taught. I can certainly understand why you needed to go, but I hope that Sister Paternoster will fill us in occasionally on what life is like without her inspired, faithful, dearly beloved, departed DH. :-)

I wrote two pieces in homage to him on the Ex Mormon Mavens blog under the pseudonym Pink Hedgehog. One is called "The Problem with Porn" and "Bringing Them Back to the Fold". Someone wrote me and told me they sounded a lot like him. I thought his stuff was real when I was first an exmo.

You will always be my one true stake president.

If you have a son, would you consider a legacy project?

I can't actually "call" you because I lack the correct reproductive appendage for that authority; however, you would be perfect to work with your son in creating a Return to Kolob (or ?) Mormon satire video game.

Imagine the possibilities! Your member has a specialized jargon, levels of priesthood, levels of anointings, secret handshakes to earn, and all kinds of superstitious tools to "buy" or earn like Jupiter stones, black hats, peepstones, papyri, Urim & THummim, Liahona, sword of Laban, phony documents, Kinderhook plates, it just goes on and on.

Only a person who could make the supernatural powers of underwear seem believable could pull this off. After reading your blog on the Revelation Regarding Gardening Underwear, well I have to say, that has to be you.

All my devoted love,


Anagrammy

PS. We all know that President Paternoster faked his death. He may have had a heart attack, ok, but a little oil and a blessing would fix him right up because nobody could question that he had sufficient faith.....

Kudos to PP. Loved the sharp Irish wit - now I'm battling to think if I know you?! Hope we hear from you again some time.

If you are officially dead, then I am going active again so I can get my Temple Recommend back!

I would just love to do your temple work for the dead!

I can hear it now: "President Paternoster wishes to converse with the lord through the veil."

I am so grateful that you closed the chapter here. I loved you, my children loved you, tbm friends loved you except for the true blue crazy mormons.

Thanks, President! You're only the second stake president I ever laughed at. Your posts were a great resource to me last year as I broke away from TSCC.