I know a good active mormon woman, married in the temple, who not long ago screamed to the sky that she was no longer married to her dead abusive husband and would not live with him in eternities. Anyone can do it. Say the words and "Poof" it is over. They only have as much control as you give them.
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Yes, the gloves come off once the kids are out messing with peoples lives. As a retired High School teacher that knows the mind set of that age group, watching them put on the missionary facade is comical- They ARE kids (or parrots) and don't know shit.
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I like how they try to turn the conversation, then put the ball in your court with "ask god", then bail once they can see you are not a hot prospect .
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The rejection, unfair judgment and shunning still hurts, even after all these years. I guess from their point of view, we are leaving them. But congratulations.
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On the world stage, they are very sensitive to criticism and public image in general, but don't care about what individual sinners and apostates do or say....but sometimes they can only try not to care.
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That is still my major piss off also. Being the bad guy, being excluded, being judged as morally depraved or under the power of an imaginary demonic satan.
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Well....there's soup!
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He is by now....
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So,taking the neighbors car for a spin is right out? I suppose carpooling is wrong also. In god's eye, is there a difference between abusing a company car and driving a rental real hard? I am so confused.
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Okay, I might be dating myself a bit here, but once the Beatles grew their hair out they were taboo. Also, for a while there was a group of Relief Society women who were scrutinizing the devilish lyrics of every popular hard rock band and would pass out copies of the words to the Ward- So we had a long list of forbidden music.
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I am out of touch. Can't anyone tell me where the general church membership is at in regards to Trump support?
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In the interest of full disclosure- Wouldn't it have been nice if the Bishop had showed you the eternal contracts you would be making at the worthiness interview?
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Covert cell phone use- Unless you are a Deacon, smiling at your crotch for long periods at a time is a dead give away.
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The cost of a modern day reformation would be high. "The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers".
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What part of the country will you be moving to when you are able?
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Walked the dog (chased a rabbit). Sensually seduced (and did not resist). Took a nap (no bad dreams).
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Sometimes I imagine an early common ancestor perched high overlooking an open African grassland counting predators. Did he conduct his risk assessment fearfully or could he do it dispassionately I wonder.
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n/t
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Circumvented friendship- Shunning the apostate is alive and well in the one true church. No priesthood directive necessary, just tribal instinct kicks in and they all turn their backs in lock step. After we resigned, 28 parents removed their students from my science classroom in the middle school where I taught. To my principal these cowards gave every conceivable reason except the real one- The
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You see a sign on the outskirts of town that says "United Nations Outlawed in this town" (LaVerkin, Utah actually)
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Ice Cream- The new public health crisis by Elder O. Bese
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Effective Conflict Resolution by John D Lee "Let's go shopping!"- And Other Modern Day Revelations by Tommy Monson
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62. Just another trip around the sun...
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They would make for some great indoor drone racing buildings.
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Time spent not in church is not deducted from your life. Enjoy.
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LMAO. Randomly surfing cable channels tonight and stopped on an old favorite show in progress, Sense and Sensibility. NewName Agnus sitting beside me mentioned how the top of the women's dresses looked out of focus and kind of fuzzy . Turns out we were on the BYU Channel. Yes, BYU morality police had blurred the cleavage of both Emma Thompson (Elinor) and Kate Winslet (Marianne). The blur line ac
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This reminds me of how friends from one Ward didn't endure when you were assigned to another Ward just down the street. In the real world if you become friends with someone efforts are more often made to stay in touch. Is it just me, or did others notice this also?
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A question for TBMs- If spouses end up in different kingdoms and one of them is a celestialised bean but slumming it to come visit the other in a lower kingdom, because they were once married in the temple and both are resurrected with perfect bodies, can they still lawfully have sex? What say you?
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The great cathedrals in Europe were meant to impress the masses who had never seen or been inside of any large building- Fast forward to Utah, the church did managed to impress members during the 1900's with deep carpets and expensive buildings but now the awe is gone. God's own mall just across the street is nicer than his temple. People are hard to impress with a nice building anymore. Members
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I lived under an oppressive performance rubric for years. Collecting artifacts (evidence of your effectiveness in different areas) was the only way to combat subjective reviews. One squishy mormon super was notorious for favoritism toward the chosen. You can play their game for a while. Some of this happens in or out of the morg.
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