It also made me think that Mormons are batshit crazy. The history of their Church’s founder is not a mystery hidden by time. It just happened 150 years ago! There are records and accounts proving their messiah was a convicted conman who pretty much just loved 16 year old ass and wanted a never ending stream of it.

I loved ‘Under the banner of Heaven’. The world domination thing towards the end has me a little wary of most Mormons now. Each time they come to my door I tend to get myself uninvited to join their church when I reveal to these poor children that King James did not write the Bible and in fact there are much much older versions written in Greek and Aramaic. And that when the book gets updated parts of it get rewritten.

I actually went from Mormans to Amish and read the book ‘Rumspringa’ afterwards. That was pretty enlightening as well. I feel sorry for all people who are captured by their religion and not taught how to think of themselves as individuals or how to think at all for that matter.

Organized religion is yucky. Someone should ban it - all religion must be personal from now on.

Poor Amanda, I hope you are feeling better soon.

As to polygamy. I think what people don’t realise is that polygamy isn’t inherently wrong. If it is male dominated and takes advantage of underage women then it is very very wrong. Especially if the husband is violent. Polyamory and Polyandry (one woman more men) are actually far less heard of and much more worthwhile. The basic rule of polyamory is that everyone involved knows about everyone else and is perfectly ok with it and if anyone wants out they are free to leave whenever they want. Personally I think monogamy is far more damaging than plyamory or polyandry and I have a secret belief that if everyone was bisexual and polyamorous that the world would be a happier place but i wont stop you if you are happy being monogamous.

The LDS men have perverted it and made it into something shameful and disgusting.

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I borrowed the book from my neighbor last week and realized at 4:30 in the morning that I needed to put it down because I had an exam at 8 am. A good book to grab the next time you find yourself in the ER:) From one klutz to another (as I speak, I have a big bruise on the inside of my knee, from some random run-in with a hard object, a cut on my foot, and my hands are covered with cuts and scratches from gardening. And that’s entirely normal for me.)

I haven’t read the book. In another year or two I should have enough time and energy to get through more than a book every month or so. Damm babbies.

“So those who wanted freedom of religion just wanted the benefits of being English without having to pay English taxes or abide by English laws. Which as far as I can see it what cults like the FLDS are asking for in America now.”

Only four of the original 13 colonies had no official state religion. (PA, DE, NJ & RI). Freedom of religion is something that arose out of the need to forge a common bond among the mostly northern Puritans and mostly southern Anglicans. PA, DE and NJ was a kind of buffer zone that also allowed Catholics and Jews. (MD too, though by 1691 Anglican was the official religion)

I believe he is talking about a Ear Polypus, which you can get from modeling suppliers like this one. Or if not, I’ll wager it’s pretty darn similar.

Putting on a stoic act is a form of whining.

That sounds profound, but I really don’t think it’s true.