bona dea Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > John Lennon's aunt had the same worry about him. > "John, rock and roll is well and good, but you > will never make a living at it." She was > spectacularly wrong, LOL, and you might be too. At > any rate, it is none of your business. The kid > will have to figure out his priorities and
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bingoe4 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Stop boiling. Who are these people? A 16 year > old is mistaken about life? Let the kid figure it > out himself. No one will be able to tell him > anything. Leave the friendship intact and keep > quiet. The daughters are still figuring out what they want to do, but the son is firm in his career
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Yep, friend's slacker 16 year old son has a newfound fondness for engineering. His grades are average and yet he spends so much time practicing in the jazz band which is stupid. The jazz band won't give him a scholarship and a career. (Extra-curricular activities should come second.) But, his two sisters don't really know what they want to do. One moved to Idaho to be a paramedic (I'm sure she
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I know all about that. My mormon friend thinks mormons have a monopoly on morals. Do you want to know how he explains away my siblings and I doing better in school than his children? "Your parents are extremely smart. It's something genetic." LOL. (And, no, I don't do the comparing, he does. And he ALWAYS comes up short.)
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* You support Romney and his tax policies * Your daughter and son-in-law are having kids with no firm financial footing or educational achievements, both killers of upward mobility * You encouraged your second youngest daughter to take out loans to go to paramedic's school in Idaho when there are tons more in Florida *Your jaw-dropping reaction to hearing that my mother has a PhD is cond
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Stopped after the first line. I'm sure "All-American lads" doesn't refer to people of color. The irony is is that mormonism was never accepted by most Americans. Mormonism had to flee out West to evade the American government which wanted to shut down its operations. That's hardly "All-American."
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So, my mormon friend's daughter was married two years ago and had a child soon thereafter. His daughter dropped out of college to have the child (Funny yet sad in itself. Why not get another semester under her belt before having the baby). My gay mormon's wife (more like beard) is still getting on her son-in-law's case for having a minimum wage job and no education (She has no job and no educatio
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Funny how a co-worker of ours is 'trashy' because he lives with his girlfriend, but today is a family man because he has dinner every Wednesday with his family at 7PM. Come to find out, he demanded his daughter do the same even with her husband. They haven't been to the family dinners (surprise surprise) lately. I asked him why would you mandate a time to have a family get together? A manda
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nonamekid Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We should hold the LDS to a higher standard. They > themselves claim to receive revelation direct from > God. So, unless MormoGod is a racist, the LDS > church should have been at the forefront of the > civil rights movement - not 10 years behind the > times. If racism is wrong according to Mormo
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Let me go near him. I've already attracted one gay mormon already.
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fetching49 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You're comparing apples to oranges. MLK never had > a direct line to the all knowing. > > ^^^^^^ > > And Joseph Smith did? > > > > MLK lead a congregation of followers preaching the > word of God. I call that a religious leader. JS > lead a congregation of people to bu
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fetching49 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I appreciate MLK and his approach to the civil > rights movement. He did more with words and > peaceful actions than could have been obtained > using violence. He was a brilliant man. > But I cannot ignore the fact that his personal > life and the personal life of Joseph Smith have > some eeri
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dave in SLC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We flew our flag today, MLK day, in SLC. There > wasn't another flag flying. I was at a meeting > recently and when MLK day was mentioned the > mormons at the meeting rolled their eyes at the > idea that people take that day off. No, the > Mormons have no respect for MLK or for the day > hono
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Human Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mormons are not the only ones who'll vote along > tribal lines. Democrats and Republicans, > progressives liberals independents conservatives > and libertarians, will do the same on election > day. (I doubt that Independents are as > independent as they are made out to be.) > > You wrote: &
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anagrammy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Let's be rational about this. Black sisters have > always been able to go to the temple. They have > no "loss of priesthood" problem, right? Maybe > they were too shy to ask for the blessings God was > just waiting to give them. > > So why haven't black people rushed to Utah to
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I posted yesterday how I have to explain to my mormon "friend" why MLK is a holiday. I was born in the 80's when he went through the Arizona/MLK Holiday controversy. He should be telling me a thing or two, not the reverse, about why MLK Day is a holiday. *shakes head* A lot of mormons seem to really have a problem with blacks. They need to get over it. Plus, blacks are more accept
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enoughenoch19 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You mentioned that this guy was married and poor. > Is he married to a man whether legal or not? If > so, he isn't hiding much of what he is at least in > terms of sexual orientation. As far as these other > issues go, (the hypocritical ones) you should ask > him exactly as you have here. Say y
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snb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You seem to know everything about this guy. Are > you a psychic? I'm the IT guy... I know he had gay porn on his computers. A huge stash.
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Hello All! I'm back and need to vent. My mormon coworker (gay, closeted, married, etc.) is finally admitting that he likes Romney only because he's mormon. He then said that he doesn't follow politics closely (a lie) and that mormons aren't perfect (to explain away his nonchalance at Romney's two-faces). If my coworker wasn't so into politics, why were his feelings hurt so bad when McCain b
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I've been his shoulder every day. He was writing every day during his father's ordeal in Utah. He answered every e-mail, including trivial e-mails. I'm not going to ask again about what his father's church did. I was just curious to know if this was against some rule to discuss with an "outsider." newcomer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My mormon
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My mormon friend's father died and he has given me every detail about the funeral arrangements and all the things his co-workers have done for him to help him get through these times (I gave him $100 to use towards an airline ticket). So, I asked him what has his church done for him and he has yet to respond (by e-mail) and we're getting to a week later. He has responded to every other e-mail
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Oh and he thought that all the Mormon opposition to Prop 8 was homegrown - rooted in ONLY California. When I told him that it started in Utah, he wouldn't have any of it.
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karin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am the parent and yes i did apologize for > teaching fiction as truth. He left before i did > and for some reason just wont talk about mormonism > at all. He thinks i have a problem because i > still think and talk about how silly it is and how > it's affected me. HE thinks i should just move >
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jim1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My three children left the church before I did. I > apologized to them for laying on heavy guilt trips > regarding their inactivity. It was really me being > embarrassed having inactive kids and looking bad > at church. We now laugh about my actions and they > understand the cult mentality. SOOOO thankf
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blueorchid Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sad tale. He's obviously scared of his wife but > not the God who he thinks he believes in since > that God knows when your computer is slow. > > Nothing like a gay man campaigning against gay > rights. Master, can I please have my chains back? What's odd is that I think most people would
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blueorchid Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tragic example of the brainwashing. Funny thing > is, even when I first moved to L.A., the few guys > who knew anything about mormons always warned > other guys not to get involved with the gay > mormons because "they always go back--and always > feel guilty," > > It wasn't tr
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Just a little background info. I'm a straight and liberal young man friends with an active GAY barely-making-it conservative Mormon who moans about government intrusion (yet he's for banning gay marriage through a constitutional amendment). He was crying when the last prophet died. Literally in tears one morning. I thought his dog died. Well, what really took the cake for me was his comple
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xophor Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Sometimes you have to have information before you > have inspiration" > > --delivered to me with a sheepish grin by a > bishopric counselor when I asked him why I wasn't > called to be the organist until after they found > out I could play. HILARIOUS!
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Have they apologized for bringing you in the cult in the first place? Shown remorse? I have a non-lethal, basically harmless genetic condition (too much iron in the blood) and my mom profusely apologized for passing the gene on as if she had a choice especially considering she didn't know she had it before I was tested. I'd rather have too much iron in my blood and getting a couple of liters o
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Tabula Rasa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Missionary my ass, it it'd been a dog beaten half > to death and left for dead it would have been on > the front page. > > Ron If it was a blonde white girl... the NATION would have heard about it.
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