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[–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

“Our church elders want us to create a confrontational situation so we’ll view the outside world as hostile and see the church as the only safe community. Would you like to learn more?”

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You know... now that you mention it... This does sound like a tactic of theirs.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    pretty sure several exmormons on the internet have either proposed or confirmed that this is something they're going for

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Yeah, either the culture and people are really receptive and they convert a lot of new tithe payers, or it’s more heated and confrontational and the missionaries are further entrenched into the church. Source: was Mormon missionary for a year before I almost killed myself because of all that bullshit… so I guess it doesn’t always work out that way. Lol

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    their founder deserves a hell of a lot more credit than he gets for being a pioneer of Science Fiction / Fantasy writing.. dude practically invented the genre..

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    That's L. Ron Hubbard of Scientology, not Jospeh Smith of Mormonism.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    peas in a pod, but Hubbard wasn't as orignial

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I love seeing Exmo content pop up on Lemmy, damn! Mission shit is brutal, but they've gotta keep the commitment-cycle churning.

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