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Conference Weekend
Friday, October 5, 2007
Around our house, LDS General Conference has become and excuse for Donna to hole up in her craft room and scrapbook with a friend. For them, the weekend is meant to be free of spouses and children. An orgy of die-cuts and heart-shaped punches, not to be interrupted by the trivial goings-on of the rest of us.
I, for one, am happy to oblige. The girls and I sit around burping and farting in our pajamas with our hair uncombed and bodies unwashed. We eat anything that can be microwaved or eaten raw. After all, we wouldn't want to leave any dirty laundry or dishes for Donna to deal with once the post-Conference hangover hits on Monday.
The downside is the all-day inundation of hardline Mormon doctrine. The upside is, it's generally the same droned out nonsense we've been hearing for years from them so most of it goes largely ignored. It becomes background noise. Like Coldplay. Every song sounds the same.
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TalkrHuh?
Submitted by Pete on October 8, 2007 - 11:55am.
Keeping your own underwear, drinking coffee and no temple work is not any kind of Mormonism. Those are just the basics of the whacky stuff. If that turns you off, wait till you get to the real meat.
Seriously, it just sounds like Mormonism isn't really for you.
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Free Day?
Submitted by FFG (not verified) on October 8, 2007 - 11:38am.
I haven't listened to GC since my parents made me over 15 years ago, but getting a free day sounds good. I wonder if I could con my husband into caring for the toddler while I catch up on scrapbooking. I have to admit that Donna is pretty smart.
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You are so correct
Submitted by Keith Baby (not verified) on October 8, 2007 - 2:32pm.
You're right, Pete. I figured that the whole Mormon thing doesn't work for me, either.
It seems that everybody that I know who's LDS is usually really nice, generally honest and is pretty successful. I admire that. I would like to be like that. It's just so hard for me to buy into the whole thing.
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So...
Submitted by Pete on October 8, 2007 - 2:48pm.
So be nice and honest and successful. Those are all really great things to be.
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{8 weeks 5 days ago}
Hello Everyone
still trying to figure out the Mormon thing . . .
Pete:
As a Presbyterian that has investigated the LDS Church in depth (and actually toyed with the idea of joining up), I'm curious about the number of Jack Mormons running around Utah. How many folks are out there who have your same attitude toward the LDS Church, and brew beer and drink coffee? I mean, there are some things that I really admire about the Church, but I can't part with my coffee and underwear.
President Hinkley is a great spokesman for the Church and he makes it so appealing, but then when I found out about how the Church seems to run your life, I decided that it wasn't for me.
Is there such a thing as a "lite" version of Mormonism? You know, keep your own underwear, drink your coffee and not screw with baptising your dead family. I really do admire and respect the church--it's just the wacky stuff that turns me off.