The Church is funny

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Why is the church funny?

 
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_asbestosman
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The Church is funny

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It's funny because it's true.
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I have to laugh because I bought into it for 30+ years!
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Post by _Mercury »

the church is no laughing matter. It represents the ability for those seeking wish fulfillment centering around power trips.

The LDS church is pain and suffering.
And crawling on the planet's face
Some insects called the human race
Lost in time
And lost in space...and meaning
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Post by _asbestosman »

Mercury wrote:The LDS church is pain and suffering.

The LDS church is life. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.
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Post by _Who Knows »

Where's the option for the temple? Oh wait, there's no loud-laughter allowed in the temple.
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Post by _Mercury »

asbestosman wrote:
Mercury wrote:The LDS church is pain and suffering.

The LDS church is life. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.


ABman, the church is A brand of life. A painful brand of life.

If the church were a program it would crash under an exponential scaling problem.
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Post by _Some Schmo »

I voted "It's funny because laughing at it assuages the pain from it."

You can find humor in anything if you look for any period of time at all, and the church has a ton of things that are laughable, number one being the fact that there are people who actually hold it sacred. You only really have two choices here: either laugh at the people, or pity them. I'd rather laugh.

And yeah, if I didn't laugh at it, I might just jump off a tall temple thinking about it.
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Re: The Church is funny

Post by _solomarineris »

asbestosman wrote:It's funny because it's true.

don't feel bad, statistically there's a sucker born every minute.
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Post by _sunstoned »

There are teachings and certain aspects of the church that are truly laughable, but taken as a whole the church is not funny at all.
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Post by _Gazelam »

Work through the first half minute or so to get to the funny lyrics:

YES i'm LDS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9uHW5ErKE0
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