“Our church elders want us to create a confrontational situation so we’ll view the outside world as hostile and see the church as the only safe community. Would you like to learn more?”
121 0 ReplyYou know... now that you mention it... This does sound like a tactic of theirs.
30 0 Replypretty sure several exmormons on the internet have either proposed or confirmed that this is something they're going for
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Shit, this never occurred to me! So I should politely ask them if they'd like to sin instead of telling them to go fuck themselves?
19 0 ReplyActually, just explain the above. It'll seep into their psyche.
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I love seeing Exmo content pop up on Lemmy, damn! Mission shit is brutal, but they've gotta keep the commitment-cycle churning.
31 0 Replytheir founder deserves a hell of a lot more credit than he gets for being a pioneer of Science Fiction / Fantasy writing.. dude practically invented the genre..
22 1 ReplyThat's L. Ron Hubbard of Scientology, not Jospeh Smith of Mormonism.
19 0 Replypeas in a pod, but Hubbard wasn't as orignial
6 0 ReplyExcept Hubbard didn’t get a following worth hundreds of billions of USD 🤣🤣
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Poor missionaries. Teenagers are far too young to be involved in something like this. Even the victims are perpetrators in Mormonism
12 0 ReplyOldie but goodie:
7 0 ReplyOh man! I had forgotten about BaratsAndBereta YT channel. Talk about a YT time capsule.
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Hahahahah oh my God thank you. This was just the chuckle I needed before my TBM family filled weekend.
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