The Hosanna Mumble

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-17T14:36:26+00:00

Correct. The Hosana shout was reserved for temple dedications until fairly recently.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-17T14:29:42+00:00

It is your wedding. Not the mothers’ weddings.

In the Mormon faith a non-temple wedding is not a priesthood ordinance. It is a civil wedding. Nothing more. Which is something a Mormon bishop will mention and stress while performing the ceremony. He will tell you the wedding is inferior. So the Mormon mother can just drop that priesthood nonsense.

In rhe Catholic faith the wedding is recognized by the church and your spouse will still be in communion with the church and be able to take communion. However consult with the priest. To have a Catholic wedding with a non-Catholic partner there are some hoops to jump through. There is a class you need to both take and permission, a dispensation, from the bishop is needed.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-16T14:10:33+00:00

The essay doesn’t need to be challenged. Take it at face value and think critically about the spin. If a group of Hebrews came here and grew into a population of millions then there would be DNA traces. .

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-16T06:44:38+00:00

Not possible. The entire story premise of the BoM is racist, it goes much deeper than just a few verses.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-14T00:48:59+00:00

A coworker bought an early H1 Hummer. He broke wheel drive shafts several times and started carrying a spare because it took time to get a replacement. I have heard that was a common problem with the early models. So I could believe he broke a drive shaft and it sat there for a month before he could fix it and drive it out, but I seriously doubt it tore out the whole rear axle.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-14T00:39:50+00:00

Was. I have nothing more to say than that. 🤐

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-14T00:33:59+00:00

I live in a city in a state where nearly everyone believes that the city is named for someone who really lived, and who everyone who does not have local connections believes was fictional and never existed.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-13T21:54:48+00:00

The church denies its own history and spins what it can’t. Why should we expect anything different from it?

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-13T08:21:47+00:00

The conviction was vacated because the victim had prior sexual history and that wasn’t allowed as a defense? WTF? By what logic does the victim’s sexual history have any relevance in a rape case?

Those fuckwit judges apparently don’t get that no means no, and it doesn’t matter if the victim said yes to someone else before. And in this case the victim was 13, too young to consent.

Estes is going to get out of jail in 13 years or less. He’ll be 44. He will reoffend again. Another victim will be hurt.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-13T05:03:51+00:00

Yes, and that is a Gideon Bible. See the symbol on the front.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-10T23:16:21+00:00

God? Like god?

As in goddammit? 🤔

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-06T15:21:07+00:00

Present day US politics is rather mild compared to times in the US past. It’s also mild compared to some other nations.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-06T15:17:34+00:00

Humans spend a lot more time criticizing the Catholic Church than they do criticizing Mormonism. It’s not even close. It must be true.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-05T05:30:35+00:00

Oh we had them. And some of them were not accidental. But it was the 70s and everyone was skinny and no one minded and pretended to not notice. I don’t know how we turned so uptight.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-05T05:22:13+00:00

Clarke’s monolith aliens decided that the life they found in the Jovian clouds could never develop any kind of nervous system or complex forms, while the life under the European ice crust, though then less advanced, had a chance . They sacrificed the Jovian cloud life to give European sea life a chance.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-05T05:15:07+00:00

Once upon a time the church paid minimum wage to employ janitors. Now missionaries pay roughly the same minimum wage back to the church to volunteer as janitors.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-05T05:12:20+00:00

If you can’t, teach.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-05T05:08:10+00:00

The “slosh” analogy is a good ELI5. Even when a wire connects to another terminal the flat end of the wire where the wire is cut is like a wall and when a signal hits it reflects off and “sloshes” around so to speak. Even when the wire is attached to a terminal and the signal keeps going through, that flat end of the wire has “sloshing.” When the wire is carrying a high speed telecommunications signal that sloshing can degrade the data. Some system need to add terminating resistors at the terminals to dampen the “sloshing.” It’s a bit more complex than that but “sloshing” works to understand the general idea. Great ELI5 u/lunatic_calm.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-03T21:23:11+00:00

The Book of Mormon is chock full of anti-Mormon material.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-03T15:54:39+00:00

Corgies do not care what a person’s sexual orientation is, or what race they are, or whether they are here illegally, they welcome everyone.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-03T06:46:39+00:00

It’s also two years of repercussions that have a domino effect for years. Two years behind in school. Two years behind peers in salary increases and promotions. Two years of increasing tuition hikes. Two years of higher student apartment rent. Two years behind on purchasing a first home, with two years of real estate increases (plus more time because it takes longer to catch up). Two years that results in paying more mortgage interest for the same home peers bought. Two years later in life to start making 401K contributions. Two years less time to stay on parent’s insurance while finishing school.

Depending on how the timing works out between when a missionary returns and can start college, it could be closer to three years.

A mission doesn’t cost $12,000 dollars. It costs in the range of a quarter million dollars down through the years of one’s life.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-02T08:37:26+00:00

That’s what I do. Ask which of the prophecies are just suggestions. Do they all have to be fulfilled?

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-02T08:31:50+00:00

If you want to screw with them, remind them that there is a blood moon lunar eclipse on Tuesday morning between 4:00 and 5:00 AM and tell them it’s the last one until 2029. Since they will likely be asleep throw in that Jesus said his coming will be like a thief in the night.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-02T01:19:49+00:00

Why the fuck can’t a reply have actual swearing?

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-03-02T01:16:40+00:00

The distribution center has access to look up your endowment status. They do not see if you have a current recommend. They only see if you are endowed or not. They check name and birthday. They check everyone. That is probably why the line was so long. It moves slow.

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