I'm excited for you as you await your results. Maybe there will be some feline in there! Ha! ;-) I remember being a bundle of nerves when my results came in. When mailed in my kit I expected to have mostly African, Native American, distant Spaniard (there's quite a few Spanish surnames on my mother's side of the family, and they're Panamanian), and possibly some Irish. As it turns out, I h
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That was masterful! I had a good laugh at many parts,and I LOVED that it ended on a positive note (especially when her life became genuinely happy after she unknowingly transitioned away from Mormonism. I can relate to that). Maybe you should turn it into a short story for the contest!
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It was "precious" enough for me to throw into the recycling, all the while hoping that somehow it will be made into toilet paper so somewhere in the world, someone will be wiping their ass with its remnants.
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Friendship and fun. Ha! <--Insert .gif of someone uncontrollably laughing here--> Friendship was what I had hoped for when I joined the TSCC. Yeah, I met many people, but when you take a good, deep look many of them were never my friends. I'll echo AmyJo and say that TSCC "loves" people into it's church. That's what happened to me. Getting lovebombed every Sunday and th
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hgc2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the Church should be much more tolerant of > diversity of belief. That's something I always agreed with, but when you have a church that believe's that it's "the ONLY true church on the face of the plant; the ONLY church that Jesus Christ himself leads" I'm not sure how much tolerance of relig
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I live in Maryland - I've only seen two license plates with LDS themes. One with which read "KOLOB." Which probably wouldn't be too obvious to people outsid of Mormonism. And I saw a plate that read "RULDS2"? Interesting attempt to have a missionary opportunity. I'll leave it at that...
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I have not seen any influxes, but I'll prepare myself for it- hearing how "blessed" they felt for following the profit (yes, I spelled it that way for a reason!) and making an attempt to turn it into a missionary experience. I'll admit, I enjoyed the break from being bombarded by church related postings.
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The New York Times eulogy for Thomas S. Monson focusing on the negative aspects of the church rather than a glowing tribute? Porn! Those writers too busy looking at porn to write anything otherwise.
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"The Book of Contradictions" -At one point it says that you should have one wife, but then the early Mormons (yeah, I said it) practiced polygamy. And it seemed to be more about sex for a good number of them, rather than following Horny Joe's so-called revelation. -Stating that the so-called gospel is for all nations, tongues and people, but Africans and people of African descent
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Done & Done Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What is offensive with your colleague's comment is > his comparison of the "N" word to the "M" word. > > > The "N" word is one of the ugliest words ever to > have come into being. It cuts. Claiming the > word Mormon is on par with that is a slap in the
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Beth, I appreciate your posts. I still have to respond to your post regarding the 23andMe/Ancestry DNA. I can definitely empathize with a lot of what you write. With me, there had been people that had asked me if I was Indian, Dominican or South Pacific because of how I looked (and I'm sure those questions were out of innocent curiosity). I would also be asked "where I was from&q
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I'm still hoping, waiting for someone to get extremely disrupted that they'd have to be carried out by security. I know that it's probably impossible, but a girl can hope, right. And it would be shown during the live version, and course edited out of the web streamed versions.
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chipace Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > (5) Sacrament to use whiskey shots I'd probably go back to church if that was permitted! Imagine the testimonies that would be born with Whiskey on an empty stomach! lol
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Some time after leaving TSCC, I ordered a kit from 23andMe, as I knew that Ancestry was affiliated with TSCC, and I DID NOT want to give them any more money on top of the thousands and thousands of dollars that I had given them over the years through tithes and offerings. And yes, there were some surprises. Growing up I associated with being African-American and Afro-Caribbean/Latina. My mo
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They can change the name of their "brand" but that will not change the "quality (or lack thereof)" of their "brand."
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Huldah (sp?) January 2012.
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I felt that way in TSCC. Like I didn't matter, or like I was defective. When I was in my early twenties, many were confident that I would get married in the future. When I was approaching my late twenties, everyone was like, "Nah, it's not going to happen for you.Maybe you were meant to be single." Maybe they're right. I'm thirty-six and still single. When I dated, I only dated men o
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NormaRae Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >Could it be people answering "yes, > I'm SO happy" because that's what they're supposed > to be? I probably would have done that too. "Yes, > this is happiness isn't it?" Until there are no > amount of anti-depressants to cover up the fact > that it isn't. I wonder that as wel
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Hedning Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On the wasatch front lots of people interact with > the Kingston Clan on a daily basis and have no > clue they are polygs. True. Many try to blend in with the Salt Lake community so they will not be easily found. Some wives take on an alternate surname for the same reason.
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lisadee Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, many of the well-known plyg family names are > also in TSCC. Not all the descendants stuck with > the fundies..... Same names in Utah are also down > in Mexico, the plyg family factions: Romney, > Allred, Spencer,Brown, Black,etc... I was going to post something on that. I live in Maryland, and
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Either way, I call it "lovebombing" or "overly 'nice-ing' someone into one's 'special group'." I do agree with the "Every Member a Missionary" being used to guilt others. It made me feel guilty at times. Going to relief society and the combined third hour meetings were uncomfortable, because every class they would ask people to share their "missionary momen
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Get them a camera and a news media crew and they will. Missionary Efforts, and to make themselves look good. "Look at us! We're soooOOOooo good and caring."
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You're definitely not the only one. I instantly thought "paradox" after reading that Utah is claimed as the "second happiest state" and yet as a very high suicide rate. As far as the "volunteering" goes. I can't help but wonder if the "volunteering" has something to do with church callings. I've known quite a few mormons (or whatever they're calling the
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So sorry for your loss, AmyJo. My condolences and thoughts are with you and your family. Hugs.
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Here's my experience with testimony meetings: Generic Testimony: Where a good percentage of people says the same thing: "I know that this church is true. I know that I'm a daughter/son of god. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet called to restore this gospel. I know that the Book of Mormon is the truest book." Something along the lines of that. The Humblebrag Testimony: &quo
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Volunteer work - feeding the homeless at Franklin Square. Then on my way to organize a Paint Night/Paint n' Ship for fundraising purposed. I do have a design in mind for it.
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Their meat will always be tainted, no matter what their name may be. Changing the name will not change the quality of their meat...or lack thereof.
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I put 10% of what I earned into my savings account. Once I.get a very healthy amount of money into.that account, I'll look into investing it, or starting a savings bond. I'll admit, ever time I transfer money into my savings account, I keep thinking that if I had put the same amount of money in my savings that I had put in tithes and offerings over the eleven years that I was an active member, I
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Or funeral potatoes? ;-) Why are they called "funeral potatoes" anyway?
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I should have read your post before posting mine!
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