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I really have to stop reading mormon discussion boards. Some of the comments are really crazy and prime examples of Celestial Lunacy!
So let's play a guessing game. I'll remove the subject from the quoted post and let's see who can guess what it's about!
Take this one:
Some Mormon online wrote:It is wrong. If the church were ready for that next step, the brethren would tell us not to do it. But we are not, so they do not. A Temple Marriage isn't YOUR marriage. It is the New and Everlasting Covenant, it is the Patriarchal Order, it was instituted for the glory of our Father, it is His union. If you can't abide by the standards of chastity, respect, and reverence which are requisite to this order of the Priesthood, don't enter the covenant. It really is that simple.
__________ is unchaste, disrespectful, and irreverent. It darkens the divine affections with which we are endowed.
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the author thinks is so terribly wrong that it ruins marriages
the author thinks is common in Mormonism
the Q15 haven't said anything about (at least lately)
I'm going to have to go with animal surrogate pregnancy.
Wait, change that to having fewer than 8 kids.
No, it's watching PG-13 movies while getting another piercing and playing with face cards that depict the queen of hearts taking oral contraceptives. Just thinking about such abominations gives me the vapors.
Learn to doubt the stories you tell about yourselves and your adversaries.
Fill in the blank with one of these answers:
Sterilization
Marriage outside of temple
Paying money to go to temple
Sex without birth control (similar to sterilization) the church didn’t want you to use a condom, which is just plain unchaste
Masturbation?
Oral sex?
Birth control?
Reintroducing polygamy?
Not "calling the Sabbath a delight?"
Caffeinated chocolate?
Voting Democrat?
Voting for Trump?
Not having a picture of Russell Nelson in your bedroom?
Still using McConkie's "Mormon Doctrine" in Sunday School?
Bringing donuts on Fast Sunday?
Texting in the temple?
Attending Sunstone?
Saying kind words about John Dehlin?
Posting on NOM?
It sounds like something that's currently going on, but that they don't agree with. I'm thinking sex without garments. But I am inclined to agree with Moksha's "monogamy" answer!
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Richard Dawson: "NOM family! We asked one hundred Mormons to fill in the blank in the following statement - 'BLANK is unchaste, disrespectful, and irreverent. It darkens the divine affections with which we are endowed.'" *pauses for effect*, "We are looking for the number one answer."
Nom: "Well Dick," *tapping on desklet*, "I'm going to say, 'Contraception'"
Rest of family: "Good answer, Good answer!"
Richard Dawson: "Contraception eh?" *raises eyebrows* "Let's see.." *motions with card up at the board* "Survey Says!"
Ding!{{ [3] Contraception/Birth Control (21) }}
Richard Dawson "Number three! With 21 respondents. Well done, well done."
slavereeno wrote: ↑Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:18 am
I feel like we are playing family feud...
Richard Dawson: "NOM family! We asked one hundred Mormons to fill in the blank in the following statement - 'BLANK is unchaste, disrespectful, and irreverent. It darkens the divine affections with which we are endowed.'" *pauses for effect*, "We are looking for the number one answer."
Nom: "Well Dick," *tapping on desklet*, "I'm going to say, 'Contraception'"
Rest of family: "Good answer, Good answer!"
Richard Dawson: "Contraception eh?" *raises eyebrows* "Let's see.." *motions with card up at the board* "Survey Says!"
Ding!{{ [3] Contraception/Birth Control (21) }}
Richard Dawson "Number three! With 21 respondents. Well done, well done."
Richard Dawson is just about as handsy as Joseph likely was, so your analogy is just about perfect...
+1 for oral sex. It clearly fits into the last line. I think the first line does too, as in "If the church were ready to accept a ban on oral sex, the brethren would tell us not to do it."
I also thought it would be oral sex, especially considering it was half-banned for a year a few decades ago.
RR, how long will you keep us waiting here!?
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