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Is AlteredBeast still on a mission?
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I'll be joining him out there in a few months...
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I hear they've changed that part recently. Guess I'll see in a few weeks. Too bad for you I guess.
The last change was in 1990 when they removed the penalties like slashing the throat and belly and the section with the sectarian preacher who works for satan along with some other stuff. Then again, it's coming up on two years since I went through it, and I haven't been following church stuff much in the past year.Thaedolus said:
Foreign Jackass
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Ok, WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?Hitokage said:
FrenchMovieTheme
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never forget alteredbeast! never will i let you forget the humiliation of a lifetime... losing to the awful cardinals while using the superhuman ricky williams. THAT is the power of jgar my friends!
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Recently as within the last few months. I don't know exactly what was changed since I've never been through myself, but whatever. I guess it's more 'modest' now. Anyway, I'm looking forward to serving my mission since I've put it off for a while. If you really didn't want to go then I don't know why you'd go through the paperwork and crap, I thought that was kind of a pain, and I WANT to go.
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OK WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?Hitokage said:
I pretty much already did when I admitted to having been mormon.sp0rsk said:
Haha, I know, I hadn't changed it in well over a year.Cyan said:
Ok, just checked some of my sources for that kind of info, and they DID change it... although it's only that aspect of the initiatory. At this rate I wonder when they'll remove the secret handshakes.Thaedolus said:
It's called not wanting to break the news until the very last minute.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Read the Old Testament and Revelations. I don`t think anyone would find anythign strange about any of the temple stuff if they believe in the bible.
and Society, did you have a different name on the old boards or am I just a bad guy and don`t remember your name? DId you get your call yet, and if so, to where?
Eric
and Society, did you have a different name on the old boards or am I just a bad guy and don`t remember your name? DId you get your call yet, and if so, to where?
Eric
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Jeez, that mission stuff is complicated.
That's why I love evangelical fundamentalist American Christianity. No fancy stuff-you go to an openly hostile country, and fufill one of two mutually exclusive fantasies-getting yourself killed for your faith, or finding your future wife/husband*, bringing him/her to Jeebus, and coming back to the US where you can fufill your programmed need to have 5-8 kids and spent the rest of your life thanking God daily for your 10 year old minivan and everyday low prices at your local Wal-Mart.
* - NB - If you're white, this doesn't apply as much-you'll hook up with a fellow missionary instead of one of those people of color. It still happens somewhat, though, but at that point you get tossed from your megachurch and have to join one of the real nutjob "nondemoniational" churches.
That's why I love evangelical fundamentalist American Christianity. No fancy stuff-you go to an openly hostile country, and fufill one of two mutually exclusive fantasies-getting yourself killed for your faith, or finding your future wife/husband*, bringing him/her to Jeebus, and coming back to the US where you can fufill your programmed need to have 5-8 kids and spent the rest of your life thanking God daily for your 10 year old minivan and everyday low prices at your local Wal-Mart.
* - NB - If you're white, this doesn't apply as much-you'll hook up with a fellow missionary instead of one of those people of color. It still happens somewhat, though, but at that point you get tossed from your megachurch and have to join one of the real nutjob "nondemoniational" churches.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
ah, I recognize the luciverse name. I feel like I am going to have to ask alot of people their names when I get back, since it seems like a bunch of people have changed.
Escape Goat
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Altered beast has only converted .00002% of the world's population...he has some word ahead of him!
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While that's not exaclty an accurate description of the ritual, I'm curious as to why you are doing this in the first place. This stuff is readily available for discussion online, but you seem anxious to paint the worst picture you can - it's practically gushing out of you. Just wondering why.
Inaccurate? This was the Post 1990/Pre 2005 version of the Initiation(eternal, unchanging ordinances tend to be revised a lot), as I did it in 2003. I left out a lot of minor details like the blessing said and the fact that afterward you first start wearing temple garments, but it's rather irrelevant to somebody not remotely familiar with mormonism. I did say "rub" instead of "place", though, and while not erroneous, "rub" can mean a small touch or a full palmed application.GhaleonEB said:
As for why I'm so anxious to talk about it... it's probably because it's a subject I enjoy talking about yet can't in real life or I'd fuck up the peace I have with my family. Furthermore, the fact that the church refuses to tell even its own members what happens in the temple until the actual act of doing it while feeding everyone, unsuspecting members and the general public, with the "it's a wonderful spiritual experience" bullshit... I find it hard to resist saying the emperor is naked, and many find this interesting.
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