I don't understand the vitriol that's being directed towards Mrs Nelson. Allegations of lesbianism (which, if true, are not our business), suggestions that she's running the corporation, etc. She's drunk the Mormon Kool aid and appears to enjoy having reached the ultimate success for a Mormon woman, namely, bring married to the top man. Mormon woman can have no success or status in our own rig
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I couldn't do Catholic because of the children. Of course, the individual priests are responsible, but the church as an institution knew what was going on and moved those pedophiles from Parish to Parish to protect the church rather than protecting the children.
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Good Poster Martha Wrote: ----------------------------------------------------- > > I think RFM should use it's own names for the > Mormon church. LD$
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Dave the Atheist Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All of my children have beaks. Mine, too, but I never would say that big birds make good pets. As I'm being deafened by the macaw's daily morning calls.
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Alex, would you accept, "who cares?"
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catnip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I donate money now to causes that mean something > to me: Humane Society of the U.S., for example > (what would you expect from the catnip??) this has absolutely nothing to do with the post, but I adopted a cat last month from the Humane Society and in the adoption paperwork they stated that if the cat does no
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A brain the size of a planet...
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I never really liked going to the temple, but I never had any of these horrible experiences either. I had a back injury that didn't allow me to sit for long periods of time, and I went to the temple the same day every week, so the workers got to know me. They always made sure when patrons were filing into the endowment room that I was seated in the end seat on the last row so that I could stand u
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Aquarius123 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A rabbit's foot would work just as well. Wasn't particularly lucky for the rabbit
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I dunno, I kinda liked "The Sacred Grove" - we don't know where it is, but it's really special.
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On the subject of evaporative coolers, I keep a pet chicken in a shaded run in the backyard. I keep some fresh water in a large, shallow plastic pan when the temperature soars and very often I see her standing in it. Evaporative cooling at its most basic. When the temp exceeds 110, I bring her in the house, which she hates, but she spends most of the toasty summer months outside enjoying air con
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Chicken N. Backpacks Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SoCal. Ugh. > > > "But it's a dry heat..." So's an oven.
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ificouldhietokolob Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Today I publicly express my profound gratitude to > science for the discovery of practical and > inexpensive air conditioning. > Blessed be the heat pump! :) > > (101F at my home, expected to be 110F tomorrow...) And evaporative coolers in Tucson!
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azsteve Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So if you need your smart phone to get in, what > happens when your data connection fails? You're trapped inside, never to be heard of again. Sorta like Charley on the MTA.
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My only issue with going to a Mormon professional of any sort is that 10% of what I pay them will end up in the coffers in Salt Lake. Which means that, even indirectly, I'm still supporting them
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summer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think in some ways, the Mormon church is > cheapening the temple experience by building so > many of them. On the east coast, it used to be a > special experience for Mormons to travel to the > Washington, D.C. temple. Now there are a bunch of > temples to choose from. Absolutely. The rest of tha
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Ordering the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor would seem to rank fairly high, considering the immediate consequences.
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slskipper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BTW, the reality is that frogs placed in cold > water will indeed jump out when it gets too hot. > IIRC, the experiment from which this report > originated used lobotomized frogs. Lobotomized > frogs are different from normal ones. I know that > people are more complicated- you have all that >
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GNPE1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------- > > > Shooting Self in Foot Dept.! It's like that old story about boiling a frog - supposedly, if a frog is put in boiling water, it will jump right out, but if it is placed in cold water gradually heated, it will stay in the pot until it is boiled to death. That's what TSCC is doing to the faithful, starting out slowly
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Dave the Atheist Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What else has LD$ Inc gotten wrong ? Everything?
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My favorite is: if temple ordinances are required for exaltation, why aren't they mentioned in any of your scriptures?
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Dave the Atheist Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewptevBIqNk > > As a parrot owner, I testify this is true. Not to be overly pedantic about this, but as a fellow slave to feathered masters, I can state unequivocally that humans do not own parrots, we are owned by them. Thus speaketh a woman who spent over an hour t
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Hated it. Waaaay too long, ridiculous ending.
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Let's see. 3 wards in a building x 3 meeting services per ward - they'd need a billboard to list them all. **Spellcheck spelled "wards" as "warts". Somehow, I find that screamingly funny this morning.
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valkyriequeen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- he high tails it to the Methodist Church. > I always wondered why Joe tried to join the Methodist Church. We know he never did anything without some sort of ulterior motive or con, wonder what he was hoping to gain.
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ificouldhietokolob Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Great article. > The first question, "Why is the church changing > its children and youth programs?" is answered with > a flat-out lie. And with no mention of the actual > reason -- because the scouts changed to allow gays > to be not just scouts, but scout leaders. > >
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It eased the arthritis pain in my geriatric cat.
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At a Goodwill in Mesa over the weekend, there were plastic busts of Joseph and Emma. In separate packaging.
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Amyjo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's because cell phones are banned from the > services & sanctuary of synagogues. No texting or > Internet is permitted on Shabbat or inside the > sanctuary during worship services. > I don't know about"banned". There was a sign at the door asking not to use call phones, but the phones
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I was very honored last weekend to be invited to a bar mitzvah service of a friend's child. There were about a hundred and fifty people in the sanctuary, and as I glanced around I didn't see a single cell phone being used. The congregation was reverent, quiet, no screaming children, and really involved and immersed in what was going on. Perhaps if Mormon services were interesting, people wouldn't
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