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- What do you like to read when you poop?: Back issues of the New Yorker
- Folklife or A kick in the face while drowning in fish guts
- God is: an inconvenient fiction.
- Elliott Bay or Amazon
- Bring It On or Stomp the Yard
Nov 19
emma's bee commented on SL Letters of the Day: Thank-You Notes.
emma's bee commented on SL Letters of the Day: Thank-You Notes.
Thanks for your bravery, runtu/TFE! Esp. given the nature of possible punishments, as outlined in the excerpt @23.
You are a mensch.
You are a mensch.
Nov 19
emma's bee commented on SL Letters of the Day: Thank-You Notes.
emma's bee commented on SL Letters of the Day: Thank-You Notes.
@21: from those who should know (see link@8):
"If you prove yourself to be faithful, hard working and obedient, you will eventually be considered worthy to "receive your endowment" in a Mormon temple. You will not be told in advance exactly what to expect in this lengthy ceremony, except that the details of the ritual are secret (Mormons prefer to say they are just "sacred," but they treat them as though they are secret). As part of that ceremony you will be required to swear a number of oaths, the penalty for violation of which is no longer stated but until 1990 was death by various bloody methods, such as having your throat slit from ear to ear. You will be given the secret signs and passwords which are required to enter heaven. (Although most Mormons who have not received the endowment know very little about the ceremony, the entire liturgy is now available on the Internet to Mormon and non-Mormon alike.) After receiving the endowment you will be required to wear a special undergarment at all times. "
"If you prove yourself to be faithful, hard working and obedient, you will eventually be considered worthy to "receive your endowment" in a Mormon temple. You will not be told in advance exactly what to expect in this lengthy ceremony, except that the details of the ritual are secret (Mormons prefer to say they are just "sacred," but they treat them as though they are secret). As part of that ceremony you will be required to swear a number of oaths, the penalty for violation of which is no longer stated but until 1990 was death by various bloody methods, such as having your throat slit from ear to ear. You will be given the secret signs and passwords which are required to enter heaven. (Although most Mormons who have not received the endowment know very little about the ceremony, the entire liturgy is now available on the Internet to Mormon and non-Mormon alike.) After receiving the endowment you will be required to wear a special undergarment at all times. "
Nov 18
emma's bee commented on SL Letters of the Day: Thank-You Notes.
emma's bee commented on SL Letters of the Day: Thank-You Notes.
RE @8: For example, peruse the following fascinating excerpt:
"Mormonism includes many other unusual teachings which you will probably not be told about until you have been in the church for a long time...In addition to those mentioned elsewhere in this article, the following are noteworthy: NOTES
...
God lives on a planet near the star Kolob.
God ("Heavenly Father") has at least one wife, our "Mother in Heaven," but she is so holy that we are not to discuss her nor pray to her.
...
We can become like God and rule over our own universe.
There are many gods, ruling over their own worlds.
...
Jesus Christ was conceived by God the Father by having sex with Mary, who was temporarily his wife.
...
In the highest degree of the celestial kingdom some men will have more than one wife.
Before coming to this earth we lived as spirits in a "pre-existence", during which we were tested; our position in this life (whether born to Mormons or savages, or in America or Africa) is our reward or punishment for our obedience in that life.
Dark skin is a curse from God, the result of our sin, or the sin of our ancestors. If sufficiently righteous, a dark-skinned person will become light-skinned.
The Garden of Eden was in Missouri. All humanity before the Great Flood lived in the western hemisphere. The Ark transported Noah and the other survivors to the eastern hemisphere.
...
Christ will not return to earth in any year that has seen a rainbow.
Mormons should avoid traveling on water, since Satan rules the waters.
The sun receives its light from the star Kolob.
If a Gentile becomes Mormon, the Holy Ghost actually purges his Gentile blood and replaces it with Israelite blood.
A righteous Mormon will actually see the face of God in the Mormon temple.
You can identify a false angel by the color of his hair, or by offering to shake his hand. "
More...
"Mormonism includes many other unusual teachings which you will probably not be told about until you have been in the church for a long time...In addition to those mentioned elsewhere in this article, the following are noteworthy: NOTES
...
God lives on a planet near the star Kolob.
God ("Heavenly Father") has at least one wife, our "Mother in Heaven," but she is so holy that we are not to discuss her nor pray to her.
...
We can become like God and rule over our own universe.
There are many gods, ruling over their own worlds.
...
Jesus Christ was conceived by God the Father by having sex with Mary, who was temporarily his wife.
...
In the highest degree of the celestial kingdom some men will have more than one wife.
Before coming to this earth we lived as spirits in a "pre-existence", during which we were tested; our position in this life (whether born to Mormons or savages, or in America or Africa) is our reward or punishment for our obedience in that life.
Dark skin is a curse from God, the result of our sin, or the sin of our ancestors. If sufficiently righteous, a dark-skinned person will become light-skinned.
The Garden of Eden was in Missouri. All humanity before the Great Flood lived in the western hemisphere. The Ark transported Noah and the other survivors to the eastern hemisphere.
...
Christ will not return to earth in any year that has seen a rainbow.
Mormons should avoid traveling on water, since Satan rules the waters.
The sun receives its light from the star Kolob.
If a Gentile becomes Mormon, the Holy Ghost actually purges his Gentile blood and replaces it with Israelite blood.
A righteous Mormon will actually see the face of God in the Mormon temple.
You can identify a false angel by the color of his hair, or by offering to shake his hand. "
Nov 18
emma's bee commented on SL Letters of the Day: Thank-You Notes.
emma's bee commented on SL Letters of the Day: Thank-You Notes.
Well deserved kudos for Dan. Thanks to the letter-writer and an hour of free time, I got schooled on ex-mormon blogs, e.g., http://www.exmormon.org/
Nov 18
emma's bee commented on Outing Catholic Priests.
emma's bee commented on Outing Catholic Priests.
This should definitely be done. Why? It will:
1) Remind catholic gay-haters that they already know, like and trust many gay men.
2) Force the catholic church to acknowledge and accept its sexually active gay priests (and just possibly ordain women and married men). There aren't enough new priests in the US (or moving here from the developing world) to replenish the gaping hole that would exist if their sexually active gay priesthood were defrocked.
1) Remind catholic gay-haters that they already know, like and trust many gay men.
2) Force the catholic church to acknowledge and accept its sexually active gay priests (and just possibly ordain women and married men). There aren't enough new priests in the US (or moving here from the developing world) to replenish the gaping hole that would exist if their sexually active gay priesthood were defrocked.
Nov 16
emma's bee commented on Only 46 Days Left in the Decade.
emma's bee commented on Only 46 Days Left in the Decade.
@37: thanks for the suggestion; I like! Singer sounds like a chipmunky Morrissey--but released in '02 apparently and so solidly in the aughties.
Nov 16
emma's bee commented on Only 46 Days Left in the Decade.
emma's bee commented on Only 46 Days Left in the Decade.
Fnarf and others are correct. The 'aughties' range from 00-09. Don't know what to call the last one, but I'm looking forward to adding a fresh decade to my iPod playlists. Gotta find the perfect first track(s), though.
Nov 14
emma's bee commented on The Hardest Part About Fact Checking Sarah Palin's New Book.
emma's bee commented on The Hardest Part About Fact Checking Sarah Palin's New Book.
Looks like she's about to lunch on hedgehog.
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Also, it is a fact that radiation is more harmful to younger breast tissue, although most of these expert panels discount any risk from radiation (which, granted, would be small). Show me ANY study that has been published to examine whether nulliparous women (whose breast glandular tissue is undifferentiated) are more sensitive to the effects of radiation.
Hopefully we will keep searching for and eventually find a more accurate screening tool that does not potentially cause the disease it is trying to detect.