Well, their books say “hot drinks”, but it’s kind of mutated into caffeine.
That’s about when boys attain their first rank in the Priesthood, and yeah, they’re titled “Elder.”
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It also works to tell them you’ve left the church. They won’t argue with an “apostate.” Mr. Bells gets rid of them all this way. He left just before he’d have gone on his own mission.
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It hurt when I clawed my way up from Hell
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At one time there were more Mormons in the UK than in the US.
In the 80s I lived for a few years in a market town in Yorkshire, there were often young Mormon missionaries proselytizing at the market. Occasionally I’d chat with them for a while, just to give them a respite from the local accent, and maybe try to convince them that there were better things they could do with their lives.
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And yet they apparently work, not just once but many times over.
Have you heard about these folks called The Scientologists? Xenu? Makes Mormonism seem totes normal, by comparison.
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Pfft. I can just listen to myself for that.
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Travelling some place foreign (or at least new) at that age has a profound impact on you. It can be a completely defining experience. I am sure for many people doing this it will be the most important experience of their youth and will have lasting impacts on their world views. If that experience can be controlled and made to happen completely within the confines of the Mormon church it will close off any possibilities but the church.
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LDS CHURCH: You should be a God-obsessed abstemious heterosexual! We’re sending a pair of unsupervised fit virgin teenage boys to your house to explain more
MOST GAY MEN: What time is good for you
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Yeah, but that was written BY a science fiction writer. One would think people would know better. I think the people in charge do know better.
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=W4BVCcrRPXg&t=12m
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I don’t know whether the guys are supposed to be Mormons or Jehova’s Witnesses, but close enough anyway.
One of my good friends comes from a Mormon family. I’m not exactly sure how much he hews to the scripture, he’s kind of a “grey sheep” in his family (incredibly nice and well behaved and loving with his family, just didn’t lead a particularly Mormon life). He did his mission in Italy, and has traveled all over, and stays with a network of Mormon friends and acquaintances wherever he goes. He’s a public school teacher, and yet still managed to flood his Facebook feed every summer with incredible pictures from the places he goes. He also lets pretty much anyone of any walk of life couch surf at his place. A culture with that kind of perk embedded would be tough to walk away from.
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Great comeback.
^_^
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Well … it’s a religion. Arguing which religion ist based on the bigger lies is quite pointless i.m.o.
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I like these mormon kids. They are cute with their ties and books and beliefs. I’ve spoken with a couple of them when I happened to meet them and had some spare time and it has always been nice conversation. They actually listened to what I had to say about things as well instead of merely spouting their own brand of religious dogma.
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And they’ll totally help you move heavy furniture. I’ve got a soft spot for them. The JW’s can bugger right off my porch, though.
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