Black Moclips wrote: Oh, and in a EQ lesson I taught, I brought up the fact that many times prophets are speaking their own thoughts and opinions rather than "speaking as the prophet" and we need not treat those opinions as anything more that than.
That advice was very applicable to Sunday's Priesthood lesson in which President Spencer W. Kimball was quoted as saying, that those who do not choose to marry are just not normal. The single and divorced men in the audience were well aware of what you are saying about these mundane thoughts not being assigned the weight of "spoken by a Prophet".
Scottie wrote:Well, in actuallity, I am NOT dating this girl. She does know I'm an apostate, which is why I'm not dating her. But I'm trying to fake like I'm interested again so she will date me.
But, c'est la vie, it's all over as of yesterday. We "broke up"...as much as 2 people that aren't actually dating can break up...
I think I could handle going to meetings, but the tithing and garments are the 2 things that I just don't think I could do. I would have to vomit a little in my mouth every month when I made that check out.
Bummer.
You and I must think alike, as I told my wife that the two non-negotiable things were tithing and garments, on principle.
Scottie wrote:Well, in actuallity, I am NOT dating this girl. She does know I'm an apostate, which is why I'm not dating her. But I'm trying to fake like I'm interested again so she will date me.
But, c'est la vie, it's all over as of yesterday. We "broke up"...as much as 2 people that aren't actually dating can break up...
I think I could handle going to meetings, but the tithing and garments are the 2 things that I just don't think I could do. I would have to vomit a little in my mouth every month when I made that check out.
Bummer.
You and I must think alike, as I told my wife that the two non-negotiable things were tithing and garments, on principle.
I do love my boxers. And the $600/mo extra I don't have to pay the church!!
I wonder if I could actually get a TR without paying tithing?? Just tell the bish that I pay it all at the end of the year? And just keep moving wards each year? We'll see how well the powers of perception work.
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Runtu wrote:You and I must think alike, as I told my wife that the two non-negotiable things were tithing and garments, on principle.
I do love my boxers. And the $600/mo extra I don't have to pay the church!!
Yeah, I've been garmie free for about 14 months now, and loving it. It was sometime near the end of June of last year. I bought some briefs, took the garmies off and wore the briefs, and never looked back. Then I bought a bunch of boxers at Costco and took the briefs off, put the boxers on, and never looked back. ;-)
I wonder if I could actually get a TR without paying tithing?? Just tell the bish that I pay it all at the end of the year? And just keep moving wards each year? We'll see how well the powers of perception work.
Yeah, you probably could, but why would you want to?
You could probably train yourself not to mind the pain of stabbing yourself in the eye with a fork, eventually, but that wouldn't make it a good idea.
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Sethbag wrote:Yeah, I've been garmie free for about 14 months now, and loving it. It was sometime near the end of June of last year. I bought some briefs, took the garmies off and wore the briefs, and never looked back. Then I bought a bunch of boxers at Costco and took the briefs off, put the boxers on, and never looked back. ;-)
Wait until you take off the boxers and put on a though......nevermind.
"Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded."-charity 3/7/07
Sethbag wrote:Yeah, I've been garmie free for about 14 months now, and loving it. It was sometime near the end of June of last year. I bought some briefs, took the garmies off and wore the briefs, and never looked back. Then I bought a bunch of boxers at Costco and took the briefs off, put the boxers on, and never looked back. ;-)
Wait until you take off the boxers and put on a though......nevermind.
Why do you need to replace garments with anything? My boys are loving their newfound freedom.
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Bond...James Bond wrote:Wait until you take off the boxers and put on a though......nevermind.
Wait a minute Bond, didn't you confess to wearing bikini tops over at MAD?
Only to impress women.
(No I don't wear bikini tops....I don't have boobs. I have pecs....no support or coverings required)
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"Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded."-charity 3/7/07