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Vatican City?

pplains, Monday, 28 April 2014 01:02 (ten years ago) link

I could have sworn I saw Mormon missionaries (they are easy to ID) in Shanghai, but maybe I am blurring that with Taiwan memories.

mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 28 April 2014 02:12 (ten years ago) link

six months pass...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/us/its-official-mormon-founder-had-up-to-40-wives.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

The essay on “plural marriage” in the early days of the Mormon movement in Ohio and Illinois says polygamy was commanded by God, revealed to Smith and accepted by him and his followers only very reluctantly.

hahahaha

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 17:19 (nine years ago) link

"wait, what? you want me to have sex with all the womens? well, gee, I don't know... you're the boss I guess"

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link

This is from Doctrine and Covenants.. basically the 'bitch be cool about polygamy' passage imo

51 Verily, I say unto you: A commandment I give unto mine handmaid, Emma Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you, that she stay herself and partake not of that which I commanded you to offer unto her; for I did it, saith the Lord, to prove you all, as I did Abraham, and that I might require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice.

52 And let mine handmaid, Emma Smith, receive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me; and those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be destroyed, saith the Lord God.

53 For I am the Lord thy God, and ye shall obey my voice; and I give unto my servant Joseph that he shall be made ruler over many things; for he hath been faithful over a few things, and from henceforth I will strengthen him.

54 And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.

55 But if she will not abide this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him and multiply him and give unto him an hundred-fold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of eternal lives in the eternal worlds.

56 And again, verily I say, let mine handmaid forgive my servant Joseph his trespasses; and then shall she be forgiven her trespasses, wherein she has trespassed against me; and I, the Lord thy God, will bless her, and multiply her, and make her heart to rejoice.

panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link

oh ffs

mattresslessness, Sunday, 23 November 2014 00:28 (nine years ago) link

To those who analyze violent death data, it's known as the "suicide belt."

ime using a belt for suicide is setting yourself up for failure
do better, rocky mountain west

never say goodbye before leaving chat room (Crabbits), Sunday, 23 November 2014 00:38 (nine years ago) link

it's clickbait garbage science. any remotely responsible hypothesis-making in this direction has huge sampling issues unless you can somehow get this kind of data for basically the entire world. idk how blind you have to be to think 'altitude' before 'shared culture' as an indicator for suicide rates in the u.s.

meanwhile return missionary roommate can't stop yammering on about the church. i forget that this is such an issue for these poor souls who leave the flock, i know because i was one, but i just want them to get over it sooner for the good of themselves and everyone else. i get really annoyed these days by "ex-mormons", they are the worst and can't discuss anything except how much they fucking love science or w/e.

i'm bored and frustrated, time to find something to do.

mattresslessness, Sunday, 23 November 2014 01:01 (nine years ago) link

listen to techno imo

j., Sunday, 23 November 2014 01:03 (nine years ago) link

man if i lived somewhere i could hear a decent set on the weekends

mattresslessness, Sunday, 23 November 2014 01:08 (nine years ago) link

but i mean, good idea.

mattresslessness, Sunday, 23 November 2014 01:12 (nine years ago) link

eight years pass...

Feds fine Mormon church for illicitly hiding $32 billion investment fund behind shell companies
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/mormon-church-multibillion-investment-fund-sec-settlement-rcna71603

Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 21:42 (one year ago) link


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