You don't pay attention much, do you? She was supposed to have got pregnant while they were engaged, but not yet married. Yes, I know there are simpler explanations than 'God did it', but you could at least get the mythology you're rejecting correct.
"Fraser Johnston" wrote
They are the craziest white people on the face of the earth. The only thing you can hope for is that they don't come after *you*. I married into a fundamentalist, polygamous family (they have some of the most beautiful women in the world), and have been around Saints much of my life. After dealing with Mormons, the Taliban is no trouble at all.
Chas
You'd have fun. It's very laidback and casual but the stickfighting is pretty intense.
;-) It's funny, but after seeing the SP episode I looked into the Mormons again (did a comparitive religion assignment in high school but I was pretty wasted at the time). SP was pretty much on the money for the whole thing.
From the Mormons I've met they are fairly normal folks, but 2nd hand stories make them out to be crazier then shithouse rats.
--Don-- The beatings will continue until morale improves.
"Don Wagner" wrote
Mormons hate you; actively. They treat one another pretty well, but gentiles are fair game all round. They take halachic/jesuitical 'logic' to new heights, and that's when they bother to mask their hatred at all. You kinda can't blame them- the early years must have been a horrorshow. They have a strange social organization- kinda like Amish, but with guns ;-) The whole 'survivalist/militia' thing comes out of the Mormon Lands. They've lived like that for a hundred and fifty years.
Chas
Hey, I know all about Mormons, too. I read "Riders of the Purple Sage". Looks like not much has changed...
I did some searching on the net as well after seeing that episode. It was pretty interesting. Dum dum dum.
Fraser
The best way to attach it is to use 3 attachment points. This effectively lowers the pivot point and the bag doesn't swing as much.
This might also help with the stress on the structure, and maybe the rattling:
anyone says he knows "all about" seldom does.
Hey, Riders of the Purple Sage is an eternal classic!
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The mild sarcasm of the statement below was sort of lost on you, wasn't it? ;-)
"Stormin Mormon" wrote
It's sufficient to know enough.
Chas
"Karim Rashad" wrote
And that's unusual- they're generally so jolly.
Chas
LOL, you have a point. A tautological one maybe, but a point nonetheless.
/Jacob
"Jacob Andersen" wrote
If they revere the angel Moroni, why aren't they called Mor..... oh; nevermind.
Chas
Something "reality shoes" have shown. The bullshit factor. The more someone talks about working hard, the less they work. Words are not actions. But some people as they weasle into machiavellian cushy jobs, can do nothing but propogandize with pep rally talk about "tradition", old world values ("...i swore on my fathers deathbed....", "my dad always used to say"). It may work on boyfriends, girlfriends, or blue collar workers, but not everyones stupid.
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I used to work with a Mormon, and he let me borrow some books that explained the religion and their version of history. I was amazed that anyone could actually believe this stuff. Not so much the spiritual side, but the historical...
It makes just slightly less sense than scientology.
So, now you think it implausible that the Amerindians are the lost tribes of Israel? But I've seen video evidence that it's true. Well, OK, it was Blazing Saddles, but it was on video.
Name any religion that makes any sense.
I'm pretty down with Taoism and by Crom I will have your skull as my drinking bowl if you anger me! ;-0
--Don-- The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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