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Apropos of nothing' date=' I thought Iceni might find it interesting that there's a church of St Peter here in Williamsburg that has an inverted cross as one of its insignia. The upright portion is crossed in an "X" with a key and a scepter. I get the references but I've never actually seen this particular symbol in use.[/quote'] Ah, that's cool.
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Apropos of nothing' date=' I thought Iceni might find it interesting that there's a church of St Peter here in Williamsburg that has an inverted cross as one of its insignia. The upright portion is crossed in an "X" with a key and a scepter. I get the references but I've never actually seen this particular symbol in use.[/quote'] The LDS Church History Building in downtown Salt Lake has an inverted pentagram carved into the stone above the entryway. I think it's hilarious that the Mormons don't seem to notice that, nor plagiarized Masonic and pagan symbols on their other buildings. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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The LDS Church History Building in downtown Salt Lake has an inverted pentagram carved into the stone above the entryway. I think it's hilarious that the Mormons don't seem to notice that, nor plagiarized Masonic and pagan symbols on their other buildings. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
That's hilarious! We have Mormons here but I haven't noticed any of their churches. The most ornate and interesting ones in Brooklyn seem to be the Russian Orthodox churches, and there's lots of interesting stuff at a Masonic temple, which oddly doubles as a music venue - I've seen Swans and Neurosis there.
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That's hilarious! We have Mormons here but I haven't noticed any of their churches. The most ornate and interesting ones in Brooklyn seem to be the Russian Orthodox churches' date=' and there's lots of interesting stuff at a Masonic temple, which oddly doubles as a music venue - I've seen Swans and Neurosis there.[/quote'] I used to be a DeMolay, which is a junior Masonic organization, so I was at the local Masonic temple every week for a few years. Definitely some interesting architecture inside and out loaded with symbology, ours had a different theme for every room (Moorish, colonial, gothic, Egyptian, etc...), so that part of it was cool. Mormon churches are very plain looking (no crosses displayed, nor worn by followers), but their temples are quite ornate and borrow heavily from Masonic styles, as most founding members of the Mormon church were Masons. In fact, the Salt Lake Masonic Temple was started by a group from New York commissioned to move to Utah and put in a charter after a charter was received from Mormon Masons, as the Masons did not desire to have any branch of theirs founded or run by the Mormon church. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I think the main sect doesn't officially allow polygamy anymore' date=' although it's still practiced by some Mormons according to articles I've read. I bet BAN would know a lot more about it.[/quote'] I forget the name of the church president/"prophet" at the time, but he announced in the late 1800's that god no longer wanted polygamy to be practiced on earth. Mainstream Mormon doctrine still allows for polygamy in heaven, as every good Mormon man is resurrected in the flesh to become god over his own world and fuck his harem of wives and spawn progeny for eternity. Fundamentalist Mormons (FLDS) don't adhere to this revelation, and still practice polygamy. Most polygamists subsist on welfare, since only one marriage is legal, the other wives are viewed by the state as single stay at home moms, and the government pays to help them raise their kids. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Mainstream Mormon doctrine still allows for polygamy in heaven' date=' as every good Mormon man is resurrected in the flesh to become god over his own world and fuck his harem of wives and spawn progeny for eternity.[/quote'] This to me constitutes another good reason to believe Mormonism is complete rubbish. There is no precedent for this in either Testament, and the very idea of being a God over one's own world is completely anathema to all Abrahamic faiths.
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I am going out on Thursday with my mate who has cancer and he's having his last pint before chemo starts so I plan to have a rip roaring time with a few beers and some good friends. I am off work Friday and the following Monday as me and the GF are going into Manchester, staying in a posh hotel, hitting some record stores and then downing some beers at night.

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I am going out on Thursday with my mate who has cancer and he's having his last pint before chemo starts so I plan to have a rip roaring time with a few beers and some good friends. I am off work Friday and the following Monday as me and the GF are going into Manchester' date=' staying in a posh hotel, hitting some record stores and then downing some beers at night.[/quote'] I will hope for the best for him. That shit is nasty, and I would definitely have advised him on a different route to take, but cancer is the worst and I hate to hear of people dying from it. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I will hope for the best for him. That shit is nasty, and I would definitely have advised him on a different route to take, but cancer is the worst and I hate to hear of people dying from it. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
I feel lucky to know a few survivors, including my only living grandparent, and I just found out last night that an acquaintance/drinking buddy from a local bar survived leukemia 16 years ago. Having also lost people, it's good to know there's hope sometimes. I know I said it before, but, my best wishes to ME's friend as well!
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