the mormon temples will build five temples in cities.
worlwide.
the church, with it,s 14.1 million members.
RE: Irreligiosophy podcast...
I am astonished at how similar LDS and JWs are. Especially since we adopted "Family Bible Study" nights and LDS has always had "Family Home Evening." They use terms like "wordly," "heavy petting," "disfellowshipping" and "one true religion."
the mormon temples will build five temples in cities.
worlwide.
the church, with it,s 14.1 million members.
You cannot enter a mormon temple unless you've had your "endowment" and that ceremony is usually a Mormon's first exposure to it. You get your patriarchal blessing, do the cleansing and vail ceremony where you learn your "spiritual name" and a special handshake. A lotta masonic-like ritual. It is a goal for all super-mormons to have a "temple wedding." That's like, an ultimate badge of honor. Any non-mormon relatives or mormons who have not received endowments yet are not allowed inside for the temple wedding ceremony.
Temples are regional, like circuit assemblies for JWs. Their local congregations are in buildings called Wards. I believe they have zones instead of circuits, bishops instead of "annointed" or "GB" and "general conference" instead of conventions. If you'd like more info on Mormons, there's an excellent atheist podcast put up by 2 ex mormons from Utah called "Irreligiosophy." If you enjoy sophomoric humor and profanity, it's a great show! But they're also very well researched and I've learnd a TON about LDS! (and yes, they have 2 shows, episodes 41 and 44 about JWs).
Check it out!
"we can't smoke pot with him... he's disfellowshipped!".
please keep 'em coming!
i wanna see more.
I'll go first:
"We can't smoke pot with him... he's disfellowshipped!"
PLEASE KEEP 'EM COMING! I wanna see more. Be creative and witty. ONLY RULE: ONE SENTENCE!
.....i don't think it'd be cool at all.
imagine living in a dc style environment forever!
having to obey the gb.. thanx but no thanx, i'd rather be killed forever at armageddon by the most loving god jehovah..
JWs' idea of paradise sounds like my idea of hell. So glad neither exist!
his reaction wasnt as liberal as i hoped it would be.
he said that we needed to discuss it.
however, gone are the days where im putting myself in the firing line and not sticking up for myself.
Tim,
I respect your decisions but I really don't understand why you would have chosen the baptists! They are among the strictest Christian sects. Methodists are generally very forgiving but for an openly gay person, you may find the unitarian/universalist group the most suitable. Of course, my 2 cents would be to snuggle up with your BF and read Richard Dawkins The God Delusion together. Free yourselves from the inappropriate guilt! The churches are just going to keep piling it on! "GET OUT OF HER!" Good luck...
i have a question about what was allowed/disallowed about eating blood in old testament israel.
not necessarily how jw see it, but how it is explained in general, although this question came to my mind after discussion with a jw, mainly based on leviticus 17.. .
(contemporary english version).
JWs explain it this way: "If alcohol were forbidden, would you inject it into your veins?" Oh yes, they even have a picture with this ridiculous analogy in a recent publication! Only a non sequitor fallacy could link an OT dietary requirement to a modern day medical proceedure!!! Unbelievable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75tfwzx4b5y&feature=channel_video_title.
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i just love his videos!
oh SWEEEET i can't wait!!!! LOL
to the household of god, israel... and all those who go with... may you all have peace!.
man, it's pretty tough out here in this "wilderness", isn't it?
hot, dry, dusty... no meat... only the wretched manna and lukewarm water.
"Who wants my MAN MEAT?"
--Michael Scott
i always cringed so hard when a "brother" or "sister" would make some overly heartfelt comment about jehovah-something, usually related to a personal experience of theirs, and get all teared up and/or start crying.. once this fringe dude that's been df'd twice now was giving a talk and kept having these long awkward pauses where he looked like he was real stressed out, then he would start up again, stutter, slip up, and repeat the process until he looked down and went "i, i just can't do this" and walked off the stage and left the hall.. it also made my spchincter pucker when a young person would give some super devotional comment on how much they love big j and whatnot, which would make the congregation all smile in their hearts and wag their heads in approval..
ugh... silver rhino... dead on.
There's always one guy, usually the elder everyone else hates, who says "I, me or my" in his comments.
"Well, when I was at the international convention in Prague having a circle jerk with brother Governing Body, I noticed a poor local family sharing the same bowl of borscht so I have them a $50 and, with the exchange rate, they were able to get a hotel instead of driving their shitty beater back and forth 300 miles every day. YAY ME!"
my first two exams were this week.
things didn't go well.
the classes are tough -- math and science.
(((Billy))) ...no homo
Anyway, dude, relaaaaaax. It's Friday. Snap open a can of 7Up and pour it over some tanqueray on the rocks and loosen that tie and collar. Onesurprising thing you'll learn in college is how bell curves work! You said things didn't go well on your 1st exams this week? lol! That's what 90% of your fellow students are thinking right now. Trust me, I'm sure you did fine compared to many others. You were distracted for legitimate reasons (stress, anxiety, and lotsa apostacy-related animosity). Most of the other guys have been tokin' it up every afternoon and drinking themselves stupid since Labor Day weekend. They're are the reason bell curves are employed in the first place. Enjoy them while they're around because they help your final grades tremendously. Tests were SO bad in some of my classes (especially physics and O-chem) that low 70s would be A's after the curve! lol! Seriously, man, you're going to be totally relieved next week and ready to get back into attack mode. It's still not even midterm yet, you got this
