was there some sort of mormon wife-stealing stereotype i was not aware of?
a lot of people legitimately believe that Mormons kidnap and brainwash young women.
that is so weird
the myth is widespread enough that one of my teachers taught it as fact to our class in middle school, although IIRC she framed it as a historical thing, not something that happens anymore.
So be fair, certain terrible offshoot sects have been known to kidnap and do other atrocities (like Warren Jeffs and his group).
This does not mean that any offshoot sect, or any non-LDS Mormon is a polygamist or a kidnapper. The vast majority aren't. They are my spiritual half-brothers, and just because my sect is the largest by several million and is the mainstream sect doesn't mean I get to spread myths that all the offshoots are polygamist creepers.
If you're going to portray the bad things that my faith did, you have ammo. The Mountain Meadows Massacre for one; or the way that we later tried to pretend it didn't happen. You could also quote a lot of stuff about the Native Americans that Brigham Young said.
I wonder what your opinion would be on Dogs in the Vineyard, which is a TTRPG written by an ex-Mormon focusing on a fictional version of early Mormonism
Joseph Smith ordained black men to the priesthood and did not allow his followers to own slaves (although at least one of them did on the sly, from what I heard). Brigham Young was a more tolerant person, allowing slaveholders to join the church, and he did not allow black men to hold the priesthood. It took till 1975 for a black man to be ordained again in the most-populous (my) sect. Of this I am not proud, and concede to those sects that split off at that point.
I won't deny that Joseph Smith had stupid ideas. He truly believed that there were people on the moon.
Joseph Smith ordained black men to the priesthood and did not allow his followers to own slaves (although at least one of them did on the sly, from what I heard). Brigham Young was a more tolerant person, allowing slaveholders to join the church, and he did not allow black men to hold the priesthood. It took till 1975 for a black man to be ordained again in the most-populous (my) sect. Of this I am not proud, and concede to those sects that split off at that point.
I won't deny that Joseph Smith had stupid ideas. He truly believed that there were people on the moon.
you sure some of those words aren't in the wrong places?
At the time, Brigham Young was seen as tolerant. He let slaveholders join the Church, when they couldn't before.
It was a bitter self-accusatory joke.
Both the first two prophets of the church had stupid ideas. It's just that Smith's were Moonmen and Sunmen where Young's was increasing the support base of the church by adopting more aspects of the mainstream ideology, and Manifest Destiny.
Borrow Sonic Adventure from cousin. (shut up, I enjoy it).
Have no gamecube memory card.
Cannot save game, must start new every time.
I can relate. Way back when I got a PS2 and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, I didn't have a memory card. I played the opening levels so many times I had Galadriel's speech at the beginning of the game memorized.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
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brainwash, sure.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I need to stop giving blogs more chances
Can't read anything if it doesn't have soothing familiar terms assuring them the writer is One Of Them
JUST A SLOB LIKE ONE OF US
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
that gives you plenty of time to watch the greatest audiovisual creation of our generation
Bacon is red
Poems are hard
Bacon
Bacon is red
Poems are hard
Bacon
Time to wait around for my chem lecture now