I never exposed my kids to the Cult. I brought them out in a loving home, where grace was said over special meals and where the value of hard work, honesty and respect for others.
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Good renters is the key....that being said, it's always a crapshoot. I would suggest you find a good bonded property manager to run the property for you. They vet the renters, take care of any and all issues pertaining to the building itself, so you don't get a call at 3AM the morning you're flying to a holiday destination telling you the sewer is backed up or furnace/hot water heater/A/C, etc' h
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How fucked up is that?
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Believe in yourself first. If you are inspired to believe in a higher power, fine. Just don't let it rule your every moment and take away your ability to reason for yourself.
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Thanks!...never heard of him....back in the 60's and 70's when I was reading Sci-Fi I was a fan of Robert Heinlein and those of his ilk.
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"The Mormon hierarchy are nothing but small-time thugs running a very profitable extortion racket". Best description I've ever seen on what the LDS church is really all about!!...WELL DONE. xyz!
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Who is OSC? (shows how long I've been away, but then again I never read ANY Cult books...or paid attention to who wrote the ones in my Dad's library..)
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I used to get them from Ricks Alumni.....but they got filed in the shredder....never have given a $0.01 to any thing Cult related and won't be starting now....
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I remember being asked to give a talk in SM about my experiences at Ricks back in the 60's. The congregation probably expected me to talk about what a wonderful educational experience it was and of my spiritual growth being surrounded by good Mormon young people, but I fooled them and talked about the water and towel fights in the dorm and drag racing in the parking lot....they didn't look please
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The last time I was in a temple was when I was about 14.....and I felt....nothing....
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so I'm guessing the Cult is out about 1/2 a million from me because I've never given them a f******g cent!
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And on Monday morning do these idiots go to work in the real world, with real human beings??...Ya gotta wonder how they deal with living among all us sinners without exploding in rage!!!
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Our lives are focused on our daughter who is developmentally disabled so we devote resources to her care and to the support of others like her, and to our grandchildren. Our life is pretty full....
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it's on my "Bucket List" of places to visit before I take the dirt nap...
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Quit!...do nothing more regarding the cult...stop paying them...start your life over again...and if you feel the need to contribute monetarily to help the needy, give to the Salvation Army....
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Everything I see attributed to Tommy leads me to think he is incapable of speaking as a man...he well and truly believes his own bull$hit!!! Amazing....check out his facebook page...diatribe after diatribe, ad friggin' nauseam.....
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Wouldn't it be cool if indeed, money laundering happened and the MORG was implicated and Tommy got his bitch ass tossed in the slammer!!!
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Rowan, you've got it exactly right!.....the only power we possess is to have a kind and loving heart and to treat our fellow man with respect. That will more than any perceived "priesthood power" be able to effect change for the better.....
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I went to Ricks in September of 1966. I was BIC but was raised in a rural area with no other LDS families in the close by and most of my friends were nonmo's with the exception of some MO guys who I partied with and who are now ex-mo's. By the time I got to Rexburg I was a non-believer and was unprepared for the stifling MORG 24/7 atmosphere I encountered. I made some lifelong friends but after a
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I've always thought the one in Cardston would make a bitchin' restaurant/bar/nightclub with a Mayan/Aztec theme...and you could put a brewery in the space where the dead-dunking font is now....
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Rolling sideshows complete with snake-oil salesmen and other types of subterfuge....
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Well, Duh!!!!
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He probably doesn't like the pope 'cause he's German plus he's probably getting paid handsomely for his info....
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I remember seeing Jesus Christ Superstar in the theater and there were plenty of Cult members there that night. I found the movie very moving. I remember them looking more uncomfortable than anything else.
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I hated the fact there were stupid rules that none of my nonmo friends had to follow.....so I basically said fuck it and did my own thing. Church for me was a Sunday only deal. I didn't see mormons except for Sunday. Friday was party night....
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I still have the big triple combo that was our "family bible+"...don't know why it's still here but it is anyway...just sits all lonely on my library shelf...unread and unloved....
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I've never had the misfortune or displeasure of knowing a GA personally except for a passing acquaintance with Bill Walker of the Seventy when we were both at Ricks in the 60's but it wold be difficult to deal with such a relationship once one knows the truth and then has to deal with the condescension from the GA...
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I never did obey anybody worth a $hit so I married a Catholic 39 years ago and have enjoyed a life of love and indulgence.
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I never had many friends in the Cult as I wasn't raised in an LDS neighborhood and went to a school outside of the southern Alberta Moridor. Sure glad I developed lasting friendships outside the Cult that weren't based on righteous blind, mindless obedience to a pile of horse$hit.....
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I'm 6'4" and wider than most..and I've been known to scare dogs and small children...
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