Nortinski wrote:OMG. Best quote from this article,
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.”
Holy s***. Tell that to Mother Teresa or, I dunno, Jesus H. Christ!
That is the dumbest thing I think I have ever heard a moron say. Mormon. I meant Mormon.
Not only that. There own revered founder, Joseph Smith, was a poor farm boy. That is one of the most off the wall statements I've heard a church leader say in a long time. I hope Uchdorf bitch slapped him for that.
"We have taken up arms in defense of our liberty, our property, our wives, and our children; we are determined to preserve them, or die." - Captain Moroni - 'Address to the Inhabitants of Canada' 1775
Cylon wrote:The wisdom of the prophet, God's representative on earth, Thomas S. Monson: "One, two, three—let’s go shopping!"
I don't even...
There was a recent thread about a rumor that Monson has dementia. That might explain why he would say something like that.
"We have taken up arms in defense of our liberty, our property, our wives, and our children; we are determined to preserve them, or die." - Captain Moroni - 'Address to the Inhabitants of Canada' 1775
He’s spent the past 17 years serving as the No.2 counselor in the church’s so-called Presiding Bishopric,
This line made me laugh.
"The Church is authoritarian, tribal, provincial, and founded on a loosely biblical racist frontier sex cult."--Juggler Vain "The LDS church is the Amway of religions. Even with all the soap they sell, they still manage to come away smelling dirty."--Some Schmo
A recently published article co-written by Cragun estimates that the Mormon Church donates only about 0.7 percent of its annual income to charity; the United Methodist Church gives about 29 percent.
I wonder if Ebeneezer Scroge would even be so stingy. New motto for the LDS Church: "Are There No Prisons? Are There No Workhouses?"
"The Church is authoritarian, tribal, provincial, and founded on a loosely biblical racist frontier sex cult."--Juggler Vain "The LDS church is the Amway of religions. Even with all the soap they sell, they still manage to come away smelling dirty."--Some Schmo
A lunch meeting in Dew’s office begins with bowed heads. “We ask you to bless our business discussions and our food,” prays one attendee.
Dallin Oak will not be happy when he reads this. You? Such disrespectful prayers going on right there at church HQ. Time for another talk on using 17th-century English pronouns when addressing the Capitalist God of Mormonism.
"The Church is authoritarian, tribal, provincial, and founded on a loosely biblical racist frontier sex cult."--Juggler Vain "The LDS church is the Amway of religions. Even with all the soap they sell, they still manage to come away smelling dirty."--Some Schmo
Equality wrote:I wonder if Ebeneezer Scroge would even be so stingy. New motto for the LDS Church: "Are There No Prisons? Are There No Workhouses?"
They could bring back debtors' prisons and workhouses. The church would be the perfect organization to run such places. They could get older couples to volunteer and then make a tidy prophet. A win for everyone.
"It doesn't seem fair, does it Norm--that I should have so much knowledge when there are people in the world that have to go to bed stupid every night." -- Clifford C. Clavin, USPS
"¡No contaban con mi astucia!" -- El Chapulin Colorado
Equality wrote:I wonder if Ebeneezer Scroge would even be so stingy. New motto for the LDS Church: "Are There No Prisons? Are There No Workhouses?"
They could bring back debtors' prisons and workhouses. The church would be the perfect organization to run such places. They could get older couples to volunteer and then make a tidy prophet. A win for everyone.
BWahahahahaha!
~Those who benefit from the status quo always attribute inequities to the choices of the underdog.~Ann Crittenden ~The Goddess is not separate from the world-She is the world and all things in it.~
"It doesn't seem fair, does it Norm--that I should have so much knowledge when there are people in the world that have to go to bed stupid every night." -- Clifford C. Clavin, USPS
"¡No contaban con mi astucia!" -- El Chapulin Colorado
Have we ever had a tidy prophet? Brigham Young seemed like a slob. Joseph Smith was too busy running from mobs and coming up with revelations to keep things tidy. Gordon B. Hinckley seemed like a tidy prophet.
"We have taken up arms in defense of our liberty, our property, our wives, and our children; we are determined to preserve them, or die." - Captain Moroni - 'Address to the Inhabitants of Canada' 1775