liz3564 wrote:.... In Judaism, have you ever attended a bar mitzvah or a briss?
The LDS temple is the only place where any type of symbolism or ceremony occurs. But put into perspective of other religions, I really don't see it, particularly in its current form, as being anymore negative to society at large than any other type of deeply religious symbolic ceremony.
My emphasis.
I participated in my grandson's briss. I don't remember any roleplay. I can't recall roleplay any in the Catholic rites I've witnessed. Perhaps I was missing something.
I also don't see the temple ceremony as negative. Silly and extremely pretentious? Perhaps.
I have an apple in front of me right now. I can't be sure if this apple exists, or if it's Mr. Simon.
Regardless, I wish neither existed.
Long live the state of Israel!
V/R DC
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Simon Belmont wrote:I know you're being a smart-ass, relax.
Darth J wrote:You do not appear to understand what "cosplay" is, so let me give you a hint: when doctors dress up like doctors while they're at work, they aren't pretending.
When we attend the temple, we aren't pretending either.
Except we are. For all times except the very first, we are pretending we are someone else...
'Church pictures are not always accurate' (The Nehor May 4th 2011)
Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.
Simon Belmont wrote:Quoted for documentation of the official position of Cassius University and its officers and faculty.
I no longer feel safe here.
"[The thought of Dr. Scratch] makes me wish that my assault rifle weren't in my neighbor's gun safe."---Daniel C. Peterson
I am guessing Scratch feels much like you do right now...
"your reasoning that children should be experimented upon to justify a political agenda..is tantamount to the Nazi justification for experimenting on human beings."-SUBgenius on gay parents "I've stated over and over again on this forum and fully accept that I'm a bigot..." - ldsfaqs
schreech wrote: "[The thought of Dr. Scratch] makes me wish that my assault rifle weren't in my neighbor's gun safe."---Daniel C. Peterson
I am guessing Scratch feels much like you do right now...
That's a statement of protection.
The same as saying "The thought of a grizzly bear makes me wish that my assault rifle weren't in my neighbor's gun safe." That doesn't mean I want to seek out and destroy all grizzly bears -- just that I want to protect myself and my family.
Simon Belmont wrote:That's a statement of protection.
The same as saying "The thought of a grizzly bear makes me wish that my assault rifle weren't in my neighbor's gun safe." That doesn't mean I want to seek out and destroy all grizzly bears -- just that I want to protect myself and my family.
Shocking, you give your hero dan the benefit of the doubt but you assume that, cam's wishful thinking is a threat...Hypocrisy and LDS apologetics - like chocolate and peanut butter....
"your reasoning that children should be experimented upon to justify a political agenda..is tantamount to the Nazi justification for experimenting on human beings."-SUBgenius on gay parents "I've stated over and over again on this forum and fully accept that I'm a bigot..." - ldsfaqs