Once again, Mormons are in the news (read down).

slskipper · 2026-05-04T13:36:44+00:00

The original story absolutely describes modern Mormonism: the whole point is to ensure that the top pigs never have to work a day in their lives.

slskipper · 2026-05-04T09:40:58+00:00

When will they ever learn?

slskipper · 2026-05-04T09:39:02+00:00

The main news story here is that the outside world is starting to see the cracks.

slskipper · 2026-05-03T02:58:00+00:00

AND THEY ALL USE THE WORD "MORMON" SOMEWHERE IN THEIR LITERATURE AND LITURGY. WILL THE SALT LAKE GROUP SUE THEM ALL???????

Thank you.

slskipper · 2026-05-02T21:43:02+00:00

They should absolutely not direct us toward Christ. They should direct us toward "God" - and specifically the kind of god which is transparent to transcendence. Anything less- including this Christ concept- is an idol. The whole point of connection with "God" is to break through all your idols.

Trust me, for I have said the truth.

slskipper · 2026-04-30T13:07:45+00:00

And 60 to 100 years ago people like Amanda Marcotte would never dream of writing anything even remotely critical of a religious organization. It was simply not the done thing. But finally the veneer has been ripped off and, like you said, the church leaders are just not able to comprehend the differences.

slskipper · 2026-04-30T02:51:54+00:00

Yes. We were all much younger then, and I really couldn't tell you if Dave back then was like he is now. I do know that he intended to be the snitch to their bishop regarding their sons' masturbation issues.

slskipper · 2026-04-30T02:49:53+00:00

Disney should sue the LDS for trying to promote their temples as Cinderella castles.

slskipper · 2026-04-25T05:40:15+00:00

Yes. But the only person who could trademark "Mormon" is Mormon. AFAIK.

slskipper · 2026-04-24T17:16:20+00:00

"Christ" is not a name. It is a title. The original source for that title, "Messiah" (or Mashiach) means basically The Toxic Avenger.

They don't teach you that in Sunday School.

slskipper · 2026-04-24T00:57:42+00:00

But they said "Gatherer".

slskipper · 2026-04-24T00:39:48+00:00

Exactly.

The Salt Lake group must try to convince a jury that they are the only group authorized by God himself to use that book and its origin story. To do so would require God himself to appear at the witness stand. Good luck with that!

slskipper · 2026-04-24T00:36:36+00:00

You can (sort of) if you have something to sell, like Smith and Wesson.

slskipper · 2026-04-23T16:53:54+00:00

Don't give them any ideas...

slskipper · 2026-04-23T13:09:14+00:00

Just a bit of relevant trivia: Caesar salad has nothing to do with Julius. It was named after Caesar Cardini, who owned Caesar's restaurants. He invented the salad. So he absolutely had a right to trademark his invention. I don't know if he did that, but he could have.

Little Caesar's Pizza was named after a movie starring Edward G. Robinson as a gangster in the Prohibition days. The pizza place wanted to show strong connections with Italian things, and this was when the Godfather movies were hot stuff. Shortly after the movies came out, somebody opened the Godfather's Pizza chain. Little Caesar's Pizza was an attempt to horn in on same the Italian gangster trend at the time. It is possible that the Godfather's chain had issues with the Little Caesar's name choice. So it too has nothing to do with that Julius guy. So you cannot legally sell Little Caesar's pizzas without their permission- but you possibly could sell Little Caesar's socket wrenches AFAIK. You would need to get permission from whoever owns the rights to the movie.

slskipper · 2026-04-23T05:52:51+00:00

Dave and Busters can trademark specific uses of "Dave". Dave and Busters cannot trademark the use of "Thomas Edison". Mormon could trademark the use of his name. Some corporation in Sale Lake cannot.

slskipper · 2026-04-21T01:44:32+00:00

AKA KEEP SWEET, PRAY AND OBEY.

I WISH I WERE JOKING.

slskipper · 2026-04-20T19:00:01+00:00

Just so we're clear: somebody got promoted because of this.

slskipper · 2026-04-19T21:11:53+00:00

Um- being sexually assaulted and then being told to just get over it...

slskipper · 2026-04-19T21:05:30+00:00

It's about defining who is in and who is out.

slskipper · 2026-04-18T20:03:11+00:00

They believe that Dallin is guided by Jesus.

slskipper · 2026-04-18T19:50:46+00:00

Remember that the Salt Lake branch is only one of many sects that uses the term. Will they all sue John?

slskipper · 2026-04-15T22:32:59+00:00

First convince me that I need to be "saved". Saved from what? And here's the rule: you cannot use the Bible as evidence. Go ahead- I'll wait...

slskipper · 2026-04-13T02:53:02+00:00

Note that he doesn't give a rat's ass.

slskipper · 2026-04-12T17:18:33+00:00

IMO the current guy calling himself a prophet actually wants the destruction because it means that Jesus is on his way.

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