Bingo!!!...good one!
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I tell everyone NOT to but me anything....doesn't usually work....and putting up a tree is a pain in the ass...but it usually happens around here and not because it's my idea....my wife calls me a grinch....and she's probably right. The amount of money I personally spend on Christmas would lead to a retail market collapse were the majority of people to follow my lead...
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Perfect!!...now we should think up some good names for the beers...like "Melchizedek Malt Liquor", Aaronic Ale, Priesthood Porter, Sacrament Stout, etc.!
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-There is NO truth to be found in the TSCC -The love of a good woman is more precious than gold and diamonds -My family the most precious things in my life -Beer and coffee in moderation are good for you -Friendship is golden
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I guess the fact my ancestors came to Utah and then to southern Alberta where I love to live and raise my children. Other than that.....not much...
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Back in the late 50's and early 60's the Lethbridge Stake grew produce on donated land and expected the membership to volunteer their labor to take care of the plots. Our family farm donated the land for several years. It started out with great enthusiasm and lots of people out working the plots....then over the next few years it pretty much turned into clusterfuck because nobody wanted to do ac
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I never let the church get in the way of my sex life. When I fell in love with my wife to be, we did what lovers do....
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NO.....my first act of rebellion was when I was a teenager and a TBM neighbor in our rural district wanted me to baptize their 8 year old daughter as her husband had been inactive for a long time. I refused because I couldn't bring myself to take it seriously. I just thought "why the hell would I want to do that??Nothing ever came of it and mt TBM parents never mentioned it again.
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Way to go, MIA.....maybe a slap would have been in order?
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NOT AT ALL!! Both of my children have never been inside an LDS meeting house except for the funerals of their grandparents (my folks). They were not blessed by me or anybody else. They were just loved and raised to be good people... much more important...
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I'm soooo glad I live out in the country. I never went to school with Mormon kids and none of my neighbors are Mormon so I have NOBODY to impress, or worry about being spied on or caught doin' bad $hit (swearin', drinkin', going for coffee, etc.)
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They may be secret, but they GD sure ain't sacred...NOTHING the LDS church does qualifies as sacred IMHO....
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You stole my line, Truthseeker....
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About 2 months ago I got a call out from the local ward about something and I very pointedly asked to be taken off the call list ASAP. Well, I just got another call inviting my family to stake conference. Ain't gonna happen!....never go...won't ever go...and my Catholic wife wouldn't be caught dead there even if I was active...plus I'll be away trap shooting all weekend...that's MY religion for t
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The MORG has NEVER done the "right" thing....it's usually bad for the bottom line...
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The oldest sister of a friend told me that her Patriarchal blessing said she would raise her children in the millennium.....she died 25 years ago....OHOH!
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NO!...and hopefully you sowed a seed of doubt in her mind...
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I never wore them.....never had a reason to go to the temple....and anybody who thinks it's their "calling" to be a garmie checker...is a complete fucking moron....and you can tell them I said so...
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I would have been less cordial in my responce.....but I was never good at obeying...
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If you bring yer whole family, then they can control all of you....and make more money...it's all about the Benjamins' don't ya know!
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Control and guilt....
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$100 Million Dollars!!...WOW and how would I use it....hmmmm...lets see. I'd make sure mt family were taken care of, of course. Then I would set up a trust so that money could be given to the Canadian Food Grains Bank (a charitable program that farmers donate the use of land, seed, machinery and labor to every year) in perpetuity. I would find out what our local hospital needs in the way of new o
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My Dad was a HP. He was on High Council in the Lethbridge Stake in the early 70's. I don't know if he was ever asked to be a bishop I suspect he might have turned that down. It would have taken too much time away from his family and our farming business. Those came first and second in his life. Was most definitely NOT like most LDS dad's.
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I live in the most Mormon area of Canada. The "Moridor" (Raymond, Magrath, etc.)is 7 miles south of my farm. I can smell the self righteousness when the wind is right....
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Thank you so much for the courage it took to post this. I was just diagnosed with depression 3 months ago, but looking back I distinctly remember my first experience with it in 1968. I had never told anyone about it. My wonderful beloved wife finally got me to talk to my doctor about it this year and I've been put on a med that works. I have first hand knowledge of psyche wards and the one here i
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Yes, Mia, I truly was. Since joining this site I've come to appreciate just how lucky I was.....I often wondered if my folks were ever asked about or chastised about the fact their sons were inactive beer drinking hippies (back in the late 60's) when we first broke away...maybe the fact Dad paid big tithing $$'s and supported numerous missionaries form poor families got him a pass???
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I think I can honestly say that after the age of about 11, Joe's credibility was not an issue any longer because I was just along for the ride....plus at that age I didn't have much say in my progress in the church. I never read the BofM or the Bible because I couldn't rationalize what point there would be in reading either. By age 14 I was still going to church with my parents but had explored s
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I cannot imagine the heartache one must endure when dealing with a spouse who still believes when you no longer do. My Catholic wife is somewhat puzzled that I've voiced my disbelief conversation with others but is somewhat troubled that I no longer believe in much of anything. The one thing that has not changed is our love for each other.
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I was raised Mormon by wonderful TBM parents (Dad is from Utah pioneer "Ship Brooklyn" stock) who allowed me to think for myself. They never once said that I HAD to believe in anything nor that I HAD to go on a mission (I most emphatically didn't want to go and stayed home, as did my brother) and when I fell in love with a Catholic girl and got married, they did not interfere. And they
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My Dad ate lots of beef (we were producers, after all), didn't drink coffee, ate what he wanted....and died of pneumonia at 90....
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