An abrupt end to the primary presentation...

[_bcuzbcuz]

This Sunday was the Thetford Ward, Norwich Stake, Englands... 'Primary Presentation.'
Having kept myself from attending church as often as occasion would permit, I decided to attend to this week at my wifes request as several of my children would be taking part.

It was as I remembered, the organist was still hitting the same bum notes during the Hymns and there was an awkward silence through sacrament where I was trying my hardest to stop my kids fighting.

There were a few kids waving at their proud parents, kid that had been told to smile real big and hold their chin real high and the odd kid in a total stropp pulling their bestest frowny face.

The children all got up and sang some very sweet songs and many of them read scriptures or quoted them spookily well but mine played chinese whispers as the middleman between the primary teacher and the congregation... My kid said something along the lines of..."We believed in being, on a shoe, veritas, chased by an elephant and in being god to all men;"

I was feeling the heartfelt pride and love of my children when the Bishop stood up and thanked them all for taking part... What followed I can only describe as f*****g WEIRD!!!

He then went on to say that it was a shame that some of the fathers were more interested in looking at their electronic devices and computer screens than taking an interest in the lives of their wives and children, the mood suddenly changed and that happy feeling soon left me, he went on to say, " I urge you wives to regularly check your computer's internet history and question your husbands and children if it is ever erased without your permission!"

I WAS COMPLETELY SICKENED BY HIS REMARKS AT WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CHEERFUL TIME - FOLLOWING THE PRIMARY PRESENTATION.

I hate that sick and twisted manipulative organisation!!! With a passion!!!

DnC Section 121:39 We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion.
40 Hence many are called, but few are chosen.

[Guest]

Retracted Comment, God bless the Mormons and the other Christians here that dislike Atheists!

[_son of Ishmael]

sounds like you have a high density NOM ward. Poor Bish! Might be the push that sends many of them to the "less active" state

Thetford Ward is 95% American military.

They really are the Christian soldiers, fighting the Muslim taliban.

I remember one bloke got up and started banging on about how he was there at the pentagon when it was hit, by 911 hijackers... Whatever!
That was no passenger plane!!! Moron. As you can tell I am a 911 Truther and a Mormon Truther.

From what I hear the military is not the best place to be a chaste and practicing Mormon.

I don't know about that. I served for 24 years in the Army as a TBM and knew many others who were as you say chaste and practicing Mormons. There are plenty of opportunites to stray I suppose but that is probably true everywhere.

I do agree with you about the pentagon on 911 though.

[_ludwigm]

I served for 24 years in the Army
...

Hey PAL!!!

39
I won.

[_son of Ishmael]

I served for 24 years in the Army
...

Hey PAL!!!

39
I won.

Yes Sir. You indeed win. My hat is off to you. You must have seen a lot of changes.

[_Dr. Shades]

Yes Sir. You indeed win. My hat is off to you. You must have seen a lot of changes.

He was in the Hungarian army, so he saw more changes than either of us can imagine.

[_ludwigm]

Yes Sir. You indeed win. My hat is off to you. You must have seen a lot of changes.

He was in the Hungarian army, so he saw more changes than either of us can imagine.

Yeahhh!

FYI, to show the environment:
During my last two years in Army, I had a secondary workplace (Siemens, a multi... after pensioning, I worked there five more years)
Siemens used to pay me
- 3x of my salary in the army (then lieutenant colonel, deputy leader of the Radar Department of Military College, 39 years service, 8 medals and such)
- 1/6 of the Siemens workmates in Germany or Italy or Israel - the ones I closely knew

And yes, we changed the uniform four times in that 39 years, we changed our alliance/clubbing (from Warsaw Pact to NATO), our enemies (from westerns to all around us then to no enemy...) - our DoD ministers umpteen times.


...than either of You can imagine - this definition fits 100%.

Anyway, I survived.
I tortured 800-1000 people - my students - before the blackboard.
And wasn't shoot at.

[_brade]

This Sunday was the Thetford Ward, Norwich Stake, Englands... 'Primary Presentation.'
Having kept myself from attending church as often as occasion would permit, I decided to attend to this week at my wifes request as several of my children would be taking part.

It was as I remembered, the organist was still hitting the same bum notes during the Hymns and there was an awkward silence through sacrament where I was trying my hardest to stop my kids fighting.

There were a few kids waving at their proud parents, kid that had been told to smile real big and hold their chin real high and the odd kid in a total stropp pulling their bestest frowny face.

The children all got up and sang some very sweet songs and many of them read scriptures or quoted them spookily well but mine played chinese whispers as the middleman between the primary teacher and the congregation... My kid said something along the lines of..."We believed in being, on a shoe, veritas, chased by an elephant and in being god to all men;"

I was feeling the heartfelt pride and love of my children when the Bishop stood up and thanked them all for taking part... What followed I can only describe as f*****g WEIRD!!!

He then went on to say that it was a shame that some of the fathers were more interested in looking at their electronic devices and computer screens than taking an interest in the lives of their wives and children, the mood suddenly changed and that happy feeling soon left me, he went on to say, " I urge you wives to regularly check your computer's internet history and question your husbands and children if it is ever erased without your permission!"

I WAS COMPLETELY SICKENED BY HIS REMARKS AT WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CHEERFUL TIME - FOLLOWING THE PRIMARY PRESENTATION.

I hate that sick and twisted manipulative organisation!!! With a passion!!!

Check your internet history? What is this, 1999? All major browsers have do-not-track modes. So, you know, there's no history. You should have stood up after his announcement and made an announcement about do-not-track modes.

[_Fence Sitter]

Check your internet history? What is this, 1999? All major browsers have do-not-track modes. So, you know, there's no history. You should have stood up after his announcement and made an announcement about do-not-track modes.

The problem with a do-not-track mode might be having to explain why you are using it. I like having my history tracked because it makes finding previously visited sites a lot easier.

[_Yoda]

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