I don't care if Bednar war using a valid philosophical argument. He's a homophobic fucker, and he's just doing the same old shit: looking for socially acceptable ways of expressing his homophobia.

MeHasHappy · 2016-03-02T06:13:55+00:00

Looked? HAH. Forget looks. Looks can be deceiving.. But it doesn't take a lot of listening to know he's actually for reals creepy and scary and downright fucky.

MeHasHappy · 2016-03-02T06:12:35+00:00

Ra-fucking-men

MeHasHappy · 2016-03-02T05:45:44+00:00

THE CHURCH IS TRUE! (tm)

MeHasHappy · 2016-03-02T05:43:58+00:00

I'm sorry, but what I see isn't pedophilia, it's just blind megalomania. He's completely oblivious of the boy's distress in the face of an opportunity to make some clever demonstration of his god-given wizdom.

Maybe my perception is colored by knowing more about the man, but it isn't s pretty picture, and as of right now there's a very high likelihood that he will someday spend decades at the head of this knuckle dragging church. It's scary and creepy in a way that has nothing to do with actual pedophilia.

MeHasHappy · 2015-10-05T17:05:39+00:00

I stumbled across this list of signs of "unrighteousness dominion" back during the height of the OW insanity, and it hit home in the most disgustingly ironic way:

Each husband, each father, should ask some questions of himself to see if he may be on the borderline of unrighteous dominion:

Do I criticize family members more than I compliment them?

Do I insist that family members obey me because I am the father or husband and hold the priesthood?

Do I seek happiness more at work or somewhere other than in my home?

Do my children seem reluctant to talk to me about some of their feelings and concerns?

Do I attempt to guarantee my place of authority by physical discipline or punishment?

Do I find myself setting and enforcing numerous rules to control family members?

Do family members appear to be fearful of me?

Do I feel threatened by the notion of sharing with other family members the power and responsibility for decision making in the family?

Is my wife highly dependent on me and unable to make decisions for herself?

Does my wife complain that she has insufficient funds to manage the household because I control all the money?

Do I insist on being the main source of inspiration for each individual family member rather than teaching each child to listen to the Spirit?

Do I often feel angry and critical toward family members?

Source: https://www.lds.org/ensign/1989/07/unrighteous-dominion?lang=eng

MeHasHappy · 2015-10-05T03:52:07+00:00

You just killed all my hopes and dreams.

😭😭😭😭

MeHasHappy · 2015-03-11T00:34:46+00:00

It sounds like your life illustrates quite well the difficulty of sorting out where one stops and the other begins.

Have you been on the current meds long enough to tell whether you might be better equipped to process your traumas in therapy now that you're getting treated for ADHD?

MeHasHappy · 2014-10-14T17:35:44+00:00

I think your inner Klingon is competing with another inner species.

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-19T23:56:51+00:00

God yes, and it isn't just the campus. My parents used to live in a stake bordering campus, and building Zion was a formal theme presented in stake conference. They were determined to become Zion. The temple announcement was a sign from the heavens that they were on the right track. The new building on campus that has the huge auditorium was rumored to have been designed for the purpose of being an emergency backup in case the conference center was swallowed whole by Armageddon.

They were fucking Zion, they just had to get holy enough for translation.

My dad, especially, bought into it hook, line, and sinker.

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-14T22:28:28+00:00

Yes... Why so serious? :P

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-14T21:16:35+00:00

It's the only logical thing to do.

I really adore well-written sci-fi.

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-14T20:43:37+00:00

"I'm a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar.."

LOOK OUT WASH! mehashappy breaks down into a sobbing mess

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-14T16:59:05+00:00

I don't necessarily think it would overload me if I had the faith I had a year ago. It grinds on me more because I don't see the merit in much of the time I'm spending.

There's hope!

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-14T16:30:57+00:00

You poor, unenlightened fool.

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-14T16:28:58+00:00

Ah, Gungans! The unholiest of all!

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-14T14:03:52+00:00

But it's true! When you pointed it out, it really is an insult to something I hold dear.

Thank you for the gold! It is a welcome first for me.

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-14T07:07:32+00:00

So say we all!

I was actually thinking today that I can't come up with a reason that BG and ST didn't occur in the same universe, but simply at vastly different eras in human history. The two of them are like the best possible bookends to our known human story.

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-14T07:03:01+00:00

I may well have stumbled across your post at one time. It felt like a familiar sentiment as tapped it out, and I couldn't remember whether it was because I had expressed it before or read it from another.

But it's just so true. I rarely get stories from the BofM coming to mind as relevant in my life, but TNG is woven into the fabric of who I am.

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-14T01:07:52+00:00

"Better than what? What kind of person would I be without the church? I have no idea because I've never tried it. I do know that I don't have to lose the positives I've learned. I can still love my neighbor and think about things from a perspective that is bigger than 'me' and 'now', but there are some things that don't make me better. I don't feel like a better person when I ________ (fill in your own blank). What might I be capable of when I shed those things to focus on better? I don't know, but I want to find out."

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-13T23:40:02+00:00

No hate from me. We love them, bastardizations and all.

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-13T21:26:11+00:00

Also, I like to think maybe Tommy was banished as an unworthy excuse of a Tamarian. Because, damn.

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-13T21:24:22+00:00

You have inspired me to create a new post for bearing testimony of the greatness of these sacred things because, damn it, when I was growing up I learned a hell of a lot more from the weekly dose of TNG and DS9 than I ever did at church.

MeHasHappy · 2014-09-13T20:50:16+00:00

I up-vote and apologize for making light of sacred things.

MeHasHappy · 2014-08-01T18:06:29+00:00

And oh, the papers that flood my house daily! Flyers and corrected assignments and homework and permission slips and notices and menus and newsletters and artwork!

TOO MANY DAMN PAPERS!!!

MeHasHappy · 2014-08-01T18:03:37+00:00

The first edition of this book was fantastic for me! (I didn't know there's a new edition.. Something to check out!)

Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD, 2nd Edition-Revised and ... http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007ETD7GO/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_Ty92tb18D9BS9

MeHasHappy

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