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ridiculed endlessly by family, and shunned by friends.
Originally posted by lost
tell us, what happens when the 19-21 year old male chooses not to fufill his requirement to go on a mission? -nothing i assure you.
Originally posted by lost
i am a 20 year old male who also did not go on a mission. at times of my life i have even thought of suicide.
Originally posted by an3rkist
Also, watch the movie "Galaxy Quest". It was written by Mormons and has a lot of Mormon alliteration. (Does that word mean what I think it means?) ~snip~
Originally posted by tjack
Nope, it means something else. Alliteration is a repetitive sound in 2 or more words, as in Millions of mormon minions must meet, marry and multiply. ;-)
Originally posted by Off_The_Street
an3rkst says:
"How about Kolob? Not to long ago the Church taught all it's members about Kolob, the planet on which God resides on right now..."
Actually, according the Book of Abraham, Kolob was that star nearest to where God was.
And the hymn, I believe, is still in the hymnal.
Taken from the Book of Abraham in The Pearl of Great Price
AND I, Abraham, had the Urim and Thummim, which the Lord my God had given unto me, in Ur of the Chaldees;
And I saw the stars, that they were very great, and that one of them was nearest unto the throne of God; and there were many great ones which were near unto it;
And the Lord said unto me: These are the governing ones; and the name of the great one is Kolob, because it is near unto me, for I am the Lord thy God: I have set this one to govern all those which belong to the same order as that upon which thou standest.
Originally posted by Off_The_Street
...I like a religion that can laugh, especially at themselves.
As I mentioned before, I don't buy a lot of LDS theology, the the people are the best neighbors and friends I've ever had.
Originally posted by LomionArannahs
Okay here is a question. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...quite a new member if it is pertinent, and I have only gone to a Sunday service thrice in that time because of transportation problems and the fact that I will not hide that I break the Word of Wisdom. Now the question is: Is the Word of Wisdom, honestly, pertinent to being a member of the Church and to reach the Celestial Glory? Or is it just something the Church felt would be good at controlling membership? Also, I am devout, in my own quirky way, but I also am a practitioner of Wicca which is not contraditory to Mormon Doctrine in "much" dogma...should I feel guilt about not going, or for being devout to my Wiccan heritage while being a Mormon?
Originally posted by LomionArannahs
should I feel guilt about not going, or for being devout to my Wiccan heritage while being a Mormon?