Also- Bishops will deny the sacrament as punishment for sin. Since the only sin needing confession is sexual transgression, when you politely decline the "wonder bread and tap-water", everyone can see it and knows why. Here's a first hand example: Back when I was trying to be obedient and faithful in order to be healed from "same-sex attraction" (spoiler: It didn't and d
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Shouldn't this thread have been titled "What if 'God' is a masterbaker?"
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I suppose the irony of asking potential guests their vaccination status whilst being opposed to vaccine passports is completely lost on these poor, pathetic idiots. Another reason I stay in hotels.
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Also- Why is he the most interesting character in the temple film? and why oh WHY do we keep wearing the aprons Satan told us to?! And if the aprons are a part of the "eternal dress code" in heaven, why do Elohim, Jehovah, and PJ and J not wear them??!! ...there are oh so many plot holes in the gospel. Almost like it's completely made up, or something...
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olderelder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So if one isn't interested in Mormonism's rewards, > if the lesser kingdoms seem like they'll be > populated by much more interesting people, then > what's the point? ^^^THIS!^^^ Before I knew the whole thing was BS, I went inactive due to my "same sex attraction"... I was told that I might
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This will undoubtedly get removed, but before it does, I hope you see this: Thank you LW.
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THIS! I have always thought the prospects of eternity presented by theists in general (not just TSCC) have sounded DREADFUL! "Follow Christ and be with him, praising him for eternity!" I'll take my chances with the gays and coffee drinkers in hell, thankyouverymuch! And the mormons make it worse with "Be with your family for eternity" YIKES.
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The way the term is currently used, it means: "I want to openly hate without any consequences" I don't now how marginalized groups attaining the right to be without persecution threatens or hurts religious people at all, but one can not expect rational thought from a group of people that believe a jewish zombie will reward them with everlasting glory IF they acknowledge he is thei
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I was specifically told to remove them BEFORE getting dressed in a communal locker room to change for a performing job. (plus, I didn't want to be seen in them anyway) This was in 1990. Also- there's a gay porn company that makes mormon missionary fetish videos and the garments are on full display! ...or so I've heard...
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No less than four different versions of the First Vision. If the FOUNDATIONAL MIRACULOUS EVENT was fabricated, it only stands to reason that whatever followed is also complete BULLSH*T.
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My Dad only became a high priest when called to the bishopric. This was mid-1980s. I'm also old enough to remember when there were 70s quorums at the local level.
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Not soon enough.
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I did not remove my garments and stop attending church until I was 27. It coincided with my acceptance of myself as a gay man. It wasn't until I was 35 or so that I discovered I had been lied to my whole life and the church was complete BS. I have now reached a place of peace (at 50) that seemed unattainable when I was 27. It really DOES get better! I tell you this to testify to you that 27 is
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It was the Southern. California Area Dance Festival, with youth from all over. They did one in 1980 as well. Just one of those things the church used to do for fun. Like roadshows and speech competitions, etc. All canceled due to correlation...
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I was in a huge dance festival at the Rose Bowl in 1985.
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Yep. He got me. I'm convinced. His lack of ability in putting together a coherent sentence is what did it. Who knew? God is real!
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I'm going to put this in all caps so you'll be sure to see it: ATHEISM IS NOT A BELIEF, IT IS LACK OF BELIEF. Therefore, no, it is not the same application. This is what is known as a false equivalency. I don't know what will happen after I die. I don't care...I will find out then.
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since you are "just asking", I will just answer: No. There is no sure evidence of atheism.
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Done & Done Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > They like to assess these meanings to atheism as > away to relieve the insecurity they feel for > believing that for which there is no evidence. ^^^^YES! This! Exactly!^^^^^^^^^
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I re-read your post three times and I still don't know what you're talking about. I *think* you're doing that thing theists do when they want to preach, but don't want to be seen to be preaching. No need to clarify; I refer you to my last sentence.
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It isn't. I went through the exact same realization. It was really brought home when a friend, a former pastor's kid, who also saw through the BS, said: "So, God sacrifices himself to himself to appease himself and if you just symbolically eat his flesh and drink his blood once a week and do everything he says, He will give you everlasting life so you can spend eternity praising and wo
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I played the lead role of E.T. in my ward's Sci-Fi themed roadshow. My big solo was "There's No Place Like Home" to the tune of "Eye of the Tiger." I also portrayed a Jack-In-The-Box, Bluebeard the Pirate, a Nephite warrior and Joseph Smith HIMSELF over the years. As a gay kid in the church in the 80s, road shows helped save my sanity.
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I've been quarantined with my partner since lockdowns began in March. Many times I have contemplated doing something dramatic, like leave him without a word. Then, I calmed down and realized what you said you already know: "Neither of us really wants this..." Breathe deeply, and give it time.
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If I had an interviewer ask me my feelings about god, I'd run screaming from the place. Besides the very asking of the question being illegal, I'm afraid I distrust anyone who espouses a belief in god, whether it's how einstein defined it or not. The only thing I trust in these days is yet another post from you bringing this up AGAIN.
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Speaking as a former professional actor: A job's a job!
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Ah the old “I don’t see it happening, so it is not happening” argument. How much are the tickets for the circus in your head?
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Legitimate scientists publish in peer-reviewed journals, they do not post videos to YouTube. Covid is not a hoax, the earth is not flat, we really did land on the moon, and POTUS was not sent by Jesus to defeat the satan-worshipping pedophile overlords. The similarity is the mental gymnastics required to handle all that cognitive dissonance and magical thinking. Not to mention the completel
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Seems to me it was one side of the aisle that politicized the issue....
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They can't wait for their magic sky daddy to hand down his punishment, so they have to make life miserable for anyone living contrary to their small, incredibly teeny-tiny mindset.
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If the "good mormons" are the ones at the top tier of heaven, I will VERY MUCH enjoy my junior jacuzzi suite in the telestial kingdom, thankyouverymuch!
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