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Cake day: August 8th, 2023

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  • Mark 10:22, the guy had “great wealth” and was unwilling to part with it. Donating that money away would have bought him treasures in heaven (why would someone want treasures in heaven if they had absolutely no source of greed?).

    As for the Luke 16:13, I’d argue that it was saying you cannot worship money, in the sense of hoarding it and having stupid amounts of surplus.

    Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus gives a parable praising the men who double their investments and then disparages the guy whos net return was zero. A sloppy Google search says a talent at that time was worth about a 20 years salary, why are the guys earning around 1.5 mil and 600k good?


  • Exmo take: there are divine attributes to each sin.

    Sloth is to be meek and humble.

    It is good to healthfully “lust” towards your lawfully wed spouce.

    Take pride in your work, and family.

    Be gluttonous in your education and church studies.

    Be envious of God’s attention by doing good acts.

    There is a righteous wrath in terms of self defense and protecting others from wrongdoing.

    And greed, well you gotta be wealthy in order to afford giving God a nice juicy tithe. Also gotta be self sufficient.

    There’s a bunch of mental gymnastics involved but that’s from when I was a “good mormon boy.”





  • What? Properly thought out city grids are amazing. Take an address 1234 5th street sw. The address is in the southwest quadrant, five streets west and twelve avenues south from city center. It isn’t perfect but it’s way easier than the town I moved to where George street turns into Jefferson and suddenly George street reappears as a completely different road.








  • I also have an issue with dogs, I grew up in a neighbourhood that had a handful of aggressive dogs. Biggest thing for me was walking by tall fences in my neighbourhood and getting jumpsscared by dogs banging on them. Didn’t help that I got chased down/bit by my next door neighbor’s dog as a teen.

    I enjoy being around dogs of friends and family, but if it is unknown and unleashed I am very guarded and will plan out a fight. I still flinch if a friendly dog barks unexpectedly but I work hard to keep it under control.




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    Exmo here, I highly doubt it. There are rules against lesser forms of intamacy (petting), also this clearly violates the spirit of the law (of no premerital sex).

    I could see it happening but any Mormon worth their salt would raise their eyebrow and deny it. This is on the level of holding a knife in the middle of a street and getting somebody to bump people into you, it’s not murder, right?

    If you wanna talk crazy let’s talk about how you can figure out somebody’s secret name if you know the first time they went through temple endowment. Or how bigfoot is technically canon.