tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post5534729133081601913..comments2023-10-30T04:38:32.153-06:00Comments on Mormon411: My Experience In A Non-Mormon Christian GatheringMormon411http://www.blogger.com/profile/04113317471178740266noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-85801033022989713152011-12-24T15:37:31.152-07:002011-12-24T15:37:31.152-07:00I am glad you had your positive experience, and sa...I am glad you had your positive experience, and saw some sort of collective experience of what I would think, from the distance I am from it, as 'an experience of religion without guilt trips about money', guilt about money travels well beyond religious circles, travels very well round the world with very little prompting. It is a respite when we can give and our charity, giving beyond Bearzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288030980271753436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-29393827978923111382011-12-11T23:54:02.826-07:002011-12-11T23:54:02.826-07:00Smorg, yes, the refraining from clapping after a p...Smorg, yes, the refraining from clapping after a performance is typical in a Mormon gathering.Mormon411https://www.blogger.com/profile/04113317471178740266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-70241558384429371552011-12-11T10:20:29.469-07:002011-12-11T10:20:29.469-07:00Hi again,
I got invited to a 'fun ward concert...Hi again,<br />I got invited to a 'fun ward concert' last night by my merry missionaries... gotta tell you, the Mormons have a rather perculir idea of 'fun'. The stake president played the host and asked everyone right off the bat (I guess the members brought in quite a few non-Mormon friends, so he was concerned) to refrain from acknowledging the performance until the end of the Smorghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604438508775705758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-77210524743413595692011-12-11T06:40:50.565-07:002011-12-11T06:40:50.565-07:00"So damn different from Mormonism! The member..."So damn different from Mormonism! The members weren't being guilt-tripped or promised huge blessings for paying."<br /><br />I've seen this begging/etc happen a lot though at other non-Mormon Christian churches.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-17976412554368977802011-12-06T23:52:10.109-07:002011-12-06T23:52:10.109-07:00Thanks, Paul, it's good to know I was missed!
...Thanks, Paul, it's good to know I was missed!<br /><br />Andy, more lenient or has a damn good story. Mormonism is not lenient by any stretch of the word. However, they do have a very convincing story.<br /><br />Smorg, I can see how coming from an upbeat religion into Mormonism you must have been bored out of your skull. Mormon sacrament meetings are so damn boring! People are sleeping, Mormon411https://www.blogger.com/profile/04113317471178740266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-70644984522125151812011-11-29T12:22:57.321-07:002011-11-29T12:22:57.321-07:00I had only experienced the Catholic and the evange...I had only experienced the Catholic and the evangelical Christian church services before I had my first taste of a Mormon testimony meeting when I went to church with the missionaries a couple of months ago. It's really different indeed. Having came from the livelier side of things I was endlessly uncomfortable sitting through the 3 hrs Mormon Sunday thingy. Had the hardest time trying to Smorghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604438508775705758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-64950602377292132962011-11-29T03:31:24.261-07:002011-11-29T03:31:24.261-07:00I think that is the reason why when people do conv...I think that is the reason why when people do convert from one religion to another the new religion is typically more lenient.Andrew Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495983897864604830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-38728890748630975222011-11-29T00:40:19.179-07:002011-11-29T00:40:19.179-07:00You're back! *joy*You're back! *joy*IonicPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12251041089940819047noreply@blogger.com