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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski
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I did something similar to Mormon Red Death a few days ago. He started a pretty weak "BYU SDSU" thread and then I started an "official BYU SDSU" thread. Mine has totally dominated his since then and it has been very embarrassing for him.Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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I'm certainly not jealous its just they are different and I am your you know you that. I don't see polygamy as bizarre seeings how humans have practiced it since ancient times. Polyandry as you described seems treacherous and cult-like.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post"Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum
"And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam CarollaComment
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I hate you! quit embarrassing meOriginally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
"Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum
"And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam CarollaComment
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I voted no because I read your post and not the poll. I thought that was a little odd and then the numbers really surprised me. I voted yes in the other also.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostA man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. - Mohammad AliComment
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There is no difference between this poll and the other one. Not from my perspective.Comment
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Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View Post"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creeksterComment
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Who doesn't like a good pole-measuring contest *ahem* POLL-measuring contest?Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostComment
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Bizarre is something way out of the ordinary. While polygamy was different the people of time new about it from history and the bible. Polyandry otoh would IMO be considered bizarre as the people don't have any frame of reference for that happening."Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum
"And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam CarollaComment
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with exception of the Mormon church circa 1840's...of courseOriginally posted by Mormon Red Death View PostDyslexics are teople poo...Comment
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I was talking about the people of 1840sOriginally posted by Flystripper View Post"Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum
"And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam CarollaComment
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I'm reconsidering this polyandry thing. How much coin is this guy making and what is his golf handicap?Comment
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Interesting.Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View Post
So your frame of reference is not whether or not the doctrine is divine, but degree of weirdness?"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creeksterComment
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The article "Mormon Polyandry in Nauvoo" by Richard S. Van Wagoner in Dialogue Journal is interesting.
The article mentions Joseph Smith asking married men to allow him to marry their wives as a "test of their faith," but not actually intending to marry them. On page 77, the article mentions:
Polyandry may not have been widely or even open practiced, but it did occur in the early church. The article lists a number of other women purported to already have husband who also married Joseph.In some instances, however, the Prophet's intent went beyond "trying the
people." He sought to marry wives of several living men, refusing to recognize
the legality of their civil marriages. Mary Elizabeth Rollins, married to non-
Mormon Adam Lightner since 11 August 1835, was one of the first women
to accept the polyandrous teachings of the Prophet. "He was commanded to
take me for a wife," she wrote in a 21 November 1880 letter to Emmeline
B. Wells. "I was his, before I came here," she added in an 8 February 1902
statement. Brigham Young secretly sealed the two in February 1842 when
Mary was eight months pregnant with her son George Algernon Lightner. She
lived with Adam Lightner until his death in Utah many years later. In her
1880 letter to Emmeline B. Wells, Mary explained: "I could tell you why I
stayed with Mr. Lightner. Things the leaders of the Church does not know
anything about. I did just as Joseph told me to do, as he knew what troubles
I would have to contend with." She added on 23 January 1892 in a letter to
John R. Young: "I could explain some things in regard to my living with
Mr. L. after becoming the Wife of Another, which would throw light, on what
now seems mysterious — and you would be perfectly satisfied with me. I write this;
because I have heard that it had been commented on to my injury"(George A. Smith papers)."You know, I was looking at your shirt and your scarf and I was thinking that if you had leaned over, I could have seen everything." ~Trial Ad JudgeComment
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That doesn't seem a heck of a lot different than believing the doctrine isn't divine because it's too weird.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostComment
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