(June 26, 2013 at 12:48 pm)cato123 Wrote: My brother converted to Mormonism over twenty years ago. My mother joined the circus about ten years ago. It wasn't until after my mother's conversion that I started my investigation (as a former missionary I hope my use of this word made you chuckle). I made a valiant effort to read the Book of Mormon front to back but gave up after the first 1000 'And it came to pass' sentence starters. Twain's chloroform quote is almost sinister in its accuracy. I continued to reference it of course as topics were discussed.
I was prepared for dealing with scriptural bullshit like the belief that American Indians were semitic, but I was blindsided by how insular and controlling the church is regarding the behavior of its members and the lengths the church goes to in order to ensure compliance.
I'm wayyy more interested in knowing how you're mother managed to join a circus than any mormon topic, you should start a thread on that, or did you mean circus to mean mormonism?
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
