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wolf · 09-20-2005, 02:02 AM

So, if you walk into a Mormon-owned purveyor of adult beverages, do they check you for Jesus Drawers before allowing you to make your purchase?

Tonchi · 09-21-2005, 01:01 AM

The way I understand it, it's not the merchant's job to police the morality, he just makes as much money as possible because that proves the extent to which God loves him. I doubt many members would admit how much ratting out goes on, but anybody backsliding is definitely fair game for constant lecturing from any of the other "devout". Checking up on (male) members is very well handled by the stake presidents (or his designee, can't remember all the fine points just now), who keep a detailed file on every single stake member and can call them in for a regular review and "correction" or "attitude adjustment". Participation is not optional. Enforcement tools include the ability to prevent marriages, job advancement, or participation in the community or family you belong to. Better not get me started on what I think about this, umm, "church", I have learned ten times what my Mormon relatives have been allowed to know and that is probably the only reason they have put up with this control all their lives

09-20-2005, 02:02 AM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	So, if you walk into a Mormon-owned purveyor of adult beverages, do they check you for Jesus Drawers before allowing you to make your purchase? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-21-2005, 01:01 AM	#2
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	The way I understand it, it's not the merchant's job to police the morality, he just makes as much money as possible because that proves the extent to which God loves him. I doubt many members would admit how much ratting out goes on, but anybody backsliding is definitely fair game for constant lecturing from any of the other "devout". Checking up on (male) members is very well handled by the stake presidents (or his designee, can't remember all the fine points just now), who keep a detailed file on every single stake member and can call them in for a regular review and "correction" or "attitude adjustment". Participation is not optional. Enforcement tools include the ability to prevent marriages, job advancement, or participation in the community or family you belong to. Better not get me started on what I think about this, umm, "church", I have learned ten times what my Mormon relatives have been allowed to know and that is probably the only reason they have put up with this control all their lives __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

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