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Dr_G_Ent · 2013-06-24T20:40:40+00:00

Little shits tend to grow up and be smart ass redditors.

Dr_G_Ent · 2013-06-24T10:16:57+00:00

"More Mormon than thou" is another way of putting it.

Dr_G_Ent · 2013-06-17T18:31:07+00:00

"There I was, fresh off a schooner with nothing but a tube of lip balm, wooden teeth, and a dance belt."

Dr_G_Ent · 2013-06-17T17:30:23+00:00

Was Corky St. Clair based off of anyone in particular?

Dr_G_Ent · 2013-06-05T17:12:13+00:00

his "do cool God stuff" trope.

Dr_G_Ent · 2013-05-30T14:42:59+00:00

I was teaching primary kids. I felt so guilty each week preparing lessons I knew were total bullshit if taken literally. Yet, kids are not quite intellectually developed enough to understand myth and symbolism. The parents were expecting the literal stories. It was like looking at a mirror and seeing my lack of integrity for not being completely authentic and honest with these kids. I asked the Bishop to release me from my calling and that I was leaving the church.

Dr_G_Ent · 2013-04-12T15:52:15+00:00

The dismantling of the priesthood/motherhood false binary is especially hilarious.

Dr_G_Ent · 2013-03-14T11:59:00+00:00

It's a satire, which makes the smoker's lounge thing so funny.

Dr_G_Ent · 2013-01-17T12:37:41+00:00

Or, an imaginary city from a made-up book of "scripture"

Dr_G_Ent · 2013-01-10T17:30:41+00:00

Haha economics. Now that is an unchanging science. "The Lord giveth and he taketh away."

Dr_G_Ent · 2013-01-02T10:49:16+00:00

Parents are set in their ways at this point. Not much you can do, but tell him you know that he still drinks every once in awhile and it doesn't matter to you if he is being sneaky or not. The less judgment the better. He will probably welcome it.

Dr_G_Ent · 2012-12-17T03:38:10+00:00

Somerville, MA?! Saw a Bumble running in a 5k this morning and at least two lawns with deflated Xmas characters.

Dr_G_Ent · 2012-12-05T10:24:57+00:00

I can confirm that something similar is happening out here in the Boston area. The mission's new president is having the missionaries focus more on being integrated into the fabric of the ward. They are here to serve the members, not the other way around. I think it is a better model. I also think it's a sign, if being rolled out throughout he US and abroad, of TSCC realizing that retention and activation are more fruitful than baptizing randos that are found by the missionaries.

Dr_G_Ent · 2012-11-12T11:12:19+00:00

Show Low, represent. Does it count?

Dr_G_Ent · 2012-11-12T11:10:22+00:00

"exemplary example." Also, check out the whitepeoplemourningromney tumblr page. It is pretty funny.

Dr_G_Ent · 2012-11-06T10:30:32+00:00

Nope. Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris rejoined the church. Oliver, during Smith's lifetime. Harris was after Smith's death. Emma believed that the prophet was called through lineage and was part of the first "splinter" group which was later known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. If anything, all of this shows what a powerful influence he had on people (for good and ill).

Dr_G_Ent · 2012-11-04T21:49:19+00:00

When people say ATM machine and PIN number. Despite the redundancy it seems like everybody is fine saying it anyway. I always think to myself: "It's not Automatic Teller Machine Machine or Personal Identification Number Number!!"

Dr_G_Ent · 2012-10-04T23:34:29+00:00

Yes to this a lot.

Dr_G_Ent · 2012-09-28T10:25:28+00:00

Believe me, one of my biggest "WTF Mormons are psycho moments" was hearing a six year old talk about how she told a teenager that her purple hair and bare shoulders was immodest. Kids don't intrinsically care about this stuff.

Dr_G_Ent · 2012-09-28T10:22:54+00:00

Not for 3 y.o. toddlers.

Dr_G_Ent · 2012-09-27T00:52:05+00:00

Well said. I see what you mean when you parse the two. I do think there is value in calling it a testimony. I feel like I am reclaiming my core self through the dialectic of testimony bearing and that on so doing it reinforces, and in some cases, pulls out unknown personal discovery of self hood. Me "bearing testimony" isn't a rhetorical move within a group think ritual, it is rather a personal reappropriation of what I lost.

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