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Detroitdad · 10-17-2006, 05:54 PM

Maybe it does make the rounds of the freaky mullah Mormons that nobody wants to talk too.

BTW pornography makes the rounds among the Mormons, too. Mormons look at it and frequently are aware of it. It does not mean that the bulk of Mormons take it seriously. Nor does it mean that those who do not view pornography should have to answer for the weakness of their brethren. Group behaviour is never individually attributable.

That is a stupid cheesy poem, meant for people that are way crazier than Mormons (in general), evangelical Christians. If they found a little seam of naive Mormons that are not great at divining the implications of the crap that they use for faith promoting stories.

Oh, well. Some Mormons are freaks, that is not a newsflash.

jay santos · 10-17-2006, 06:20 PM

By the way I don't find anything totally ridiculous about this poem.

It's cheesy.
It's a shame-based, fear-based, works-based view of the gospel. (ironic in that sense that Christians are feeding this aspect of Mormons which they also crack on us for)

So because of that, I don't like it. But it's definitely not ridiculous doctrinally and it is the kind of stuff you can hear being taught in Mormon churches.

SteelBlue · 10-17-2006, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Damnit, I told you Mormons sent it to me. AA heard it in his son's seminary class.

AA heard it when he himself was in 9th grade. AA is in his early 20's.

Archaea · 10-17-2006, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Damnit, I told you Mormons sent it to me. AA heard it in his son's seminary class.

But AA was told by his grandfather to stop attending seminary so how could he have heard it in a place he was supposed to be avoiding? More false doctrine can be found innocently amongst our lay seminary teachers than any place else.

Now, any LDS member who wasn't sending it to you in jest, disqualifies self as a self-respecting member by ever claiming knowledge of such an abomination.

Sleeping in EQ · 10-17-2006, 08:07 PM

Uggh.

All-American · 10-17-2006, 08:29 PM

Wow, I've just learned a lot about myself. I've got a son in Seminary, which my grandfather has told me to avoid. Is it specifically BECAUSE I've got a son in seminary? This is fascinating stuff.

This poem is the kind of stuff that adolescents get in chain emails and think brings the spirit. Even seminary teachers know better than to let them stick around without a word. In this particular instance, one of the girls in the class read this poem, and the teacher actually got up to gently let everybody know that cheesy poems did not contain the fullness of the gospel. That was the last of these spiritual twinkies we ever got in that class.

mpfunk · 10-17-2006, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by All-American

Wow, I've just learned a lot about myself. I've got a son in Seminary, which my grandfather has told me to avoid. Is it specifically BECAUSE I've got a son in seminary? This is fascinating stuff.

This poem is the kind of stuff that adolescents get in chain emails and think brings the spirit. Even seminary teachers know better than to let them stick around without a word. In this particular instance, one of the girls in the class read this poem, and the teacher actually got up to gently let everybody know that cheesy poems did not contain the fullness of the gospel. That was the last of these spiritual twinkies we ever got in that class.

Congrats on becoming a father.

mpfunk · 10-17-2006, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by All-American

Wow, I've just learned a lot about myself. I've got a son in Seminary, which my grandfather has told me to avoid. Is it specifically BECAUSE I've got a son in seminary? This is fascinating stuff.

This poem is the kind of stuff that adolescents get in chain emails and think brings the spirit. Even seminary teachers know better than to let them stick around without a word. In this particular instance, one of the girls in the class read this poem, and the teacher actually got up to gently let everybody know that cheesy poems did not contain the fullness of the gospel. That was the last of these spiritual twinkies we ever got in that class.

This reminds me of a time when a girl got up in our Seminary class and started telling us a story about how the choir went and was touring some Catholic Cathedrals. She said how it just felt evil in those places, and was going on and on about the horrible feeling she was getting.

The seminary teacher got up and said how there is no reason why you should feel evil in a Catholic Cathedral. She then raised her hand and asked if she was wrong for feeling that way, and he simply told her that she was. She had this look of being just completely crushed on her face. It was hilarious.

Jeff Lebowski · 10-17-2006, 08:47 PM

This thread is hilarious. I am giving it five stars.

SeattleUte · 10-17-2006, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

By the way I don't find anything totally ridiculous about this poem.

It's cheesy.
It's a shame-based, fear-based, works-based view of the gospel. (ironic in that sense that Christians are feeding this aspect of Mormons which they also crack on us for)

So because of that, I don't like it. But it's definitely not ridiculous doctrinally and it is the kind of stuff you can hear being taught in Mormon churches.

I have a feeling Santos has seen the poem before/sent it around to people.

10-17-2006, 08:07 PM	#15
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	Uggh. __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

10-17-2006, 08:29 PM	#16
All-American Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,420	Wow, I've just learned a lot about myself. I've got a son in Seminary, which my grandfather has told me to avoid. Is it specifically BECAUSE I've got a son in seminary? This is fascinating stuff. This poem is the kind of stuff that adolescents get in chain emails and think brings the spirit. Even seminary teachers know better than to let them stick around without a word. In this particular instance, one of the girls in the class read this poem, and the teacher actually got up to gently let everybody know that cheesy poems did not contain the fullness of the gospel. That was the last of these spiritual twinkies we ever got in that class. __________________ εν αρχη ην ο λογος

10-17-2006, 08:47 PM	#19
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	This thread is hilarious. I am giving it five stars. __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.

10-17-2006, 05:54 PM	#11
Detroitdad Resident Jackass Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Roswell, New Mexico Posts: 1,846	Maybe it does make the rounds of the freaky mullah Mormons that nobody wants to talk too. BTW pornography makes the rounds among the Mormons, too. Mormons look at it and frequently are aware of it. It does not mean that the bulk of Mormons take it seriously. Nor does it mean that those who do not view pornography should have to answer for the weakness of their brethren. Group behaviour is never individually attributable. That is a stupid cheesy poem, meant for people that are way crazier than Mormons (in general), evangelical Christians. If they found a little seam of naive Mormons that are not great at divining the implications of the crap that they use for faith promoting stories. Oh, well. Some Mormons are freaks, that is not a newsflash.

10-17-2006, 06:20 PM	#12
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	By the way I don't find anything totally ridiculous about this poem. It's cheesy. It's a shame-based, fear-based, works-based view of the gospel. (ironic in that sense that Christians are feeding this aspect of Mormons which they also crack on us for) So because of that, I don't like it. But it's definitely not ridiculous doctrinally and it is the kind of stuff you can hear being taught in Mormon churches.