At church last Sunday we received our "artifacts of belonging"

This was a rubber ring that looks real. I'm not one to complain when I get gifts but, the church has 150 billion dollars stockpiled. They could've at least gotten us wooden rings!

Seriously, the thought that you need an artifact to belong is ridiculous. And the fact that they gave us rubber. Shows how much they actually care about us. 0



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Rubber is better. It won't rip your finger off if you get it caught on something. I think the lawyers told LD$ Inc. that a metal ring might have liability issues.



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Artifacts of belonging???? What is this and when did it start? Was having the priesthood not enough and they had to wrap their BS in more BS in order to make young guys feel like they were being shoved into something meaningful?



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This started about a year ago. We were supposed to get them last year but the covid happened.



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"Ring Of Belonging" sounds like something a slave would have.



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Every TBM is a slave who thinks they have "agency." TSCC controls them.



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A slave in a cult. Amirite?



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uareright



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Belonging to what exactly?
What happened to the CTR rings?

They sound like Cracker Jack prize quality!

It sounds dumb, but then, I wore garments to belong.



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dagny Wrote:
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> Belonging to what exactly?
> What happened to the CTR rings?
>
> They sound like Cracker Jack prize quality!
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> It sounds dumb, but then, I wore garments to
> belong.
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I am friends with a (passed away) LDS Apostles daughter.
In speaking with her about the Church I spoke with her about the 100 billion the Church stash. I saw her wearing a CTR ring and mentioned to her what it it stood for. As usual she replied Choose the Right. I said well I have to disagree, it is

"Clean The Restrooms" ............

A hundred billion dollar corporation of which I would never clean toilets for one of the wealthiest Churches..

just planting seeds



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Hahahaha! That's perfect for CTR.



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MADE IN CHINA junk. Those rings are horrid. They should have done tie pins or lapel pins. Young men don’t wear rings. I get they want something that will always be worn like garments but if you are going to go the way of trinkets they can’t be lame.



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One ring to rule them all.



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It's rare the LW gets one-upped, but Rubicon (below) pulled (pun intended) it off.

I thought of the same thing LW did. But I have to admit Rubicon did have the better quip.

When talking about the church, there is no such thing as too many jokes.

Truth.

I was gonna say "If they ain't forged in the cracks of doom they ain't sh*t"

So the church has gone from masturbation is a sin to giving the young men rubbers to slip on.



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HAHHAHAHHAAHAHA!!!!



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Remember this organization has to tell its members to be kind to others. If members were genuinely happy people because of church programs then they wouldn't need 50,000+ missionaries running in circles trying to get people to sign up.

Back in the day, we actually had a few non-members scouts in the LDS scout troop because they thought scouting was cool. But then the Bishop-pricks felt that non-members in the mormon scout club was a serious threat to mormon purism. So these gentiles were told to convert or get out. All but one joined and word went out to our cohorts that mormons were too secretive and weird.



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Not just rings and not just for males.

Found Emblems of Belonging and Emblems of progress. Apparently targeting ages 8, 12 and 18.

How many of us are old enough to remember bandoliers and the crap glued to them?



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I still have my bandolier and my seminary graduation "charm." I have a charm bracelet my aunt and cousin gave me and it is on there, so I keep it.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/youth/childrenandyouth/discover/youth-emblems-young-men-ring?lang=eng

They're a bit late with it.

Wow, that is butt ugly.

I actually like the design, (without the temples) but it's rubber!! I would actually wear it if it wasn't cheap junk made in china!

That's all they got? So everything now revolves around the temple? Well, that is their profit center, so I guess it makes sense in a way. But, today's youth seem more into watching tik tok videos than sitting through a stupid film where some stan guy threatens them.

And that ring is available for the low low price of just $2. That is how cheap TSCC church is! And is that what is replacing the scout program?



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I actually enjoyed scouts. Scouts was actually beneficial (when they weren't being molested).

TSCC is getting cheaper and greedier



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Scouting when done right raises some very motivated , skilled and responsible people. I had fun in it. The church kinda ruined the experience by making it part of their aronic priesthood program and not keeping the church out of it and just sponsoring a troop.



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If that costs $2 they are making $1.90 profit.



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Throw it into an active volcano !



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LMAO!



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Salt Lake City is home to the largest manufacturer of emblematic (corporate service awards and such) jewelry in the world. It is a company that employs more than a thousand LDS people yet they spend their money on cheap tat that is likely manufactured outside the US.



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Rubber OR Wood, [rubber comes from a tree], they don't care about you.

They can't even seem like it
Even that would cost too much

It's not about how much they cost

They'll never be handmade, hand painted, signed, numbered, engraved, gold plated, etc., etc., etc.

Always of the cheapest production and design, with the fewest features...

If you want something real you will have to leave mormonism, and/ or Make It Yourself.

The Cheap 'church' gives cheap rings.

Imagine an old man standing up and announcing that the best thing to keep the youth active is to design and develop a new type of underwear. A one-piece type that will remind them to dress modestly and not engage in sexual activity. Then he announces to the group that he has run this idea amongst his circle of friends and they think it's brilliant.

So does this group dare to challenge his stupidity or do they all line up to kiss his ass?

If this is LDS Corp, then they all line up to show their allegiance with poop on their noses.

I would literally flip out if they did that. It's almost like a chastity belt.

It would be real awkward when you get into the room with that...

The old style garments were one piece.

They weren't worn by youth, though.

19 and 21 year old kids are pretty young, though. And even the two-piecers were manipulative and indoctrinating.

This replaces Mormon scout encampments?



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Consider it a merit badge.



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Choose The Rubber

Win!