Dave the Atheist, that's exactly what I was thinking!
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1. It's football season. Why fall asleep in a three hour church meeting when you can fall asleep yelling at your TV, drinking a beer? 2. HBO has some good series on Sunday nights, including content unsuitable for more sensitive viewers. 3. Nothing says fall like a nice cup of hot cocoa -- with some cointreau or baileys added for grownups. 4. Organ music avoidance.I.Hate. It. 5. Grocery shopp
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Religion seems to put a mask on discrimination and violence. The religious cite their beliefs as justification for their bigotry and hatred. Other than that, they seem fine.
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Believing that a con man and child predator is god's mouthpiece.
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A nice scrumpy for me.
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This is the very thing that should get people questioning and leaving, but it won't. The fear of losing their salvation, even on the slight chance that the church is true, will keep them muttering in silence, and soldiering on.
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Great to hear. Tell all your apostate friends!
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Isn't that what Jesus meant? Wonder if Marie Osmond will now have to publicly denounce her daughter, of whom she has been openly supportive.
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I've seen this blow up on Facebook today. The faithful saying that people are persecuting them for their beliefs. I said some things that for once and for all should let the Mos that I know decide to unfriend me, in a very Christlike manner I am sure.
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My atheist mother and I will sometimes go to some older churches - like an old, gorgeous Catholic church complete with paintings on the lofty ceilings and huge stained glass windows. We go there to hear a latin mass, but not for a religious experience. The building and atmosphere take you out of the ordinary world. I like to say they inspire reverence, or call it awe. Also helps to have a choir s
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I think you just need to understand what you might be walking into. It's possible your BF will leave the cult, but he may not. Are you prepared to be attached to someone in a cult? Let's say for a moment that he is exploring outside the cult (which he most certainly is if he's done anything beyond kiss you). He could decide to leave, he could go back to strict obedience, in which case you are not
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If you start a thread asking for peoples' opinions, don't be upset when they give them to you. Just my thinking.
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You have resigned. You are not a member. Move on and rebuild your life. They can afford more lawyers than you.
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I gotta say, his remarks reopened some wounds for me that I thought were long closed. If it's even possible to forget the lipstick remark specifically, it's this whole idea that the only purpose in a woman's life is to marry, and if she isn't married, she is failing/unworthy/manly/assertive/from mars, whatever. He is just so completely offensive. F'ing caveman.
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You are missing the whole point. First young, lipstick packing' wife gets the skin cancer and dies. But wait, there's another one waiting for her ticket to eternal exaltation. More women then men temple ready - boom, problem solved. Celestial polygamy principle - boom. Dirty old men trolling for naughty + nice girls - boom.
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I just hope you've remembered a lip liner and glass as well.
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I don't have family in TSCC. It was just me. And I live the Midwest. Makes it easier to write me off I guess.
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Missions are hell. It's like you are still in high school. There is always a group of the "it" kids, usually from Utah and Cali, boasting some mor-celebrity bloodlines. They get boxes of homemade snickerdoodles, which they don't share. They have extra money and keep themselves in good food, which they don't share. They come into the mission vested with power, and the missionary system r
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If by under siege, we mean that we are not OK with religious folk dictating our morals, rights or behavior, then yes, they are under siege. Get over it, religious people. You've shoved your hatred masked as righteousness for too long. Leave us in peace and we'll do the same.
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While pledging their commitment to perfection, Mormons do a good job of shunning people who don't play by their rules. I am one such person. It's been bugging me for a quite a while. With the exception of a few truly good souls, most of the morgbots I know have shunned me. They do it in a very passive aggressive way, not so much ignoring you, but pretending like you never existed. I know I am sou
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When I was a senior comp during the dark ages, I'd go into the phone booth alone to call in weekly numbers, fully inflating them to escape scrutiny. My TBM comps never knew the difference.
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I recall a time some years ago when the mishies still had me on their drop by list. I'd politely tell them no thanks. Well one month, I had enough, so I was very clear with two sisters. I told them I did not want them or any other representative/member to stop by. One of the sister missionaries got very red in the face, placed her hands on her hips, wagged a finger in my face and then told me tha
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Coffee, making soup from scratch, baking a pumpkin coffee cake, walking in the forest with my dog, listening to non-edifying music, watching non-edifying movies.
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Not so sure older women hitting on younger men is the desired message.
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Oh dear, I'd completely forgotten about GC. Thanks for the reminder so I can ignore it on purpose. Since it's rather chilly in the midwest, I think I'll be preparing some lovely grown up hot cocoa. And then I'll take a nap, just like the Mo's that are trying to watch the show.
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The eclipse is over and no hords have invaded. Please return to DEFCON 5. Nothing to see here.
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This feels a little like a "we miss the good ole days" discussion. Humans have been and will ever be unreasonable and destructive. I still think I continue to see social progress that I would not to reverse. Heck, I remember, from personal experience, when it was OK to sexually harass a woman in the workplace. I don't want to go back to that time ever again. And this is just one exampl
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I did as much as I could to have people work on the sabbath. Went out to breakfast with people. Attended an art exhibit. Put gas in my car.
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I strangely ended up in the red light district in two different cities. Both times, a potential investigator gave an address that took us there. The ladies were not amused as we suddenly and unintentionally became competition.
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This is not uncommon for someone with GAD and the hellish experience that is TSCC. Are you getting professional help to cope with your GAD? That's what keeps my nightmares in check.
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