Have you ever noticed that church leaders and Mormons are often braggarts?

I was noticing this in the Church News, where, often, there is bragging about this or that (such as a missionary who survived being hit by a car). Also, I just read (in the CN), about Mormon athletes who have extra power to win an award in their field, as they obey the WOW, or whatever.

Doesn't the saying go, that if you are really successful, you don't have to brag about it yourself, because it is evident to others?

When your product sucks, put it in a fancier package.

donbagley Wrote:
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> When your product sucks, put it in a fancier
> package.

LOL!

But, really, who doesn't love a Pharisee?

To donbagley's point: In an MLM paradigm, you need customer testimonials to sell the product(s). In Mormonism MLM, it's tougher because it's an invisible product line, but all the same.

For the MORAL people, they understand that bragging is offensive and unnecessary as you said, pollythinks.

polished turd

If you’re having doubts, brag louder. That way you won’t have to hear yourself think about them. Sound advice from the Lord’s anointed.

Kind of like "fake it 'til you make it."

That's what we were told in Seminary when I was in HS. Don't have a testimony yet? Just pretend that you do. Say what you think you would say if you did have a testimony. Say the words you want to believe are true, like you already believe them. Keep doing that until you finally do believe them.

Um, isn't that lying? Apparently it's ok to lie when you're following instructions to brainwash yourself.

Grandma used to say that an empty wagon rattles the loudest.

+1

And to think they taught us peasants to be humble!

"Also, I just read (in the CN), about Mormon athletes who have extra power to win an award in their field, as they obey the WOW, or whatever."

And that is why the BYU football team went undefeated (again), and added yet another national championship to their massive hoard, and why they are the envy of the NCAA. Oh, wait…

Bahahahahahaha!

as humility. He's the closest dude LDS has to a Pentecostal so we could dub him "Jeffrey the Pentapostle."

Egomaniacal behaviors. Unhealthy - and Unnatural - views of THEMSELVES and OTHERS. They are stuck (up) on themselves.

M@t

I knew plenty of good athletes at high school who packed it in due to their smoking, so it's not entirely untrue.