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kartski

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20. Wisdom

Sat Sep 1, 2012, 12:51 PM

Sep 2012

A number of years ago, I went to an Equipment School and there was a Non-Mormon guy from Micron Semiconductors in Idaho.
He said, "Never go fishing with just one Mormon, he'll drink all your beer. Make sure there are two and they'll watch each other."
My in-laws are converts, my step father in-law is always going out to his shed to smoke cigarets, you can see the pack in his pocket.

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The throat-slitting gesture: Did EASTWOOD know it's part of Mormon ritual? [View all] UTUSN Sep 2012 OP

I doubt Clint thought about it much. CJCRANE Sep 2012 #1

Yeah, he's been in the bubble a long time now. bemildred Sep 2012 #9

A throat slit gesture is also Masonic intaglio Sep 2012 #2

Historically the Mormons and the Masons are arch rivals. defacto7 Sep 2012 #24

Mittens believes in "Bain washing". n/t woodsprite Sep 2012 #3

That milk-meat sh*t is like Scientology... joeybee12 Sep 2012 #4

The BBC narrator said that the two are similar "but Mormons are smarter"!1 and both are CULTS n/t UTUSN Sep 2012 #5

Yup...a cult...having been raised RC (now totally lapsed), I was never told joeybee12 Sep 2012 #11

Sounds similar to Jehovah's Witnesses too nc4bo Sep 2012 #8

That's the first thing I thought. Walk away Sep 2012 #10

The LDS throat-slitting gesture is part of temple ceremonies and is a depiction of what WILL BE DONE kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #6

Ah. That clears it up for me. And wow. n/t UTUSN Sep 2012 #7

It's something they nicked from the Freemasons along with most of their other temple ceremony Spider Jerusalem Sep 2012 #12

wow barbtries Sep 2012 #16

He already wrote it. After he turned on the Mormons, he spent the rest of his life running from them kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #18

Very interesting stuff. Yooperman Sep 2012 #39

Hickman's oldest daughter by his first (and only legitimate) wife kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #41

Thanks for the information.... Yooperman Sep 2012 #42

There's a table at the bottom of this page. Basically Pratt's g-daughter married Mitt's g'father. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #44

thanks for those links. barbtries Sep 2012 #45

Where did your gggGrandfather live when he was Mormon? defacto7 Sep 2012 #31

Born in MO, came west with the early Mormons, lived in UT for decades. kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #36

That was my first thought when I'd heard about it... liberalmuse Sep 2012 #13

And he's a bishop. A man. Not one to be questioned. Not accustomed to being questioned. nt valerief Sep 2012 #14

lying for the lord barbtries Sep 2012 #15

The Mormon hierarchy has an unwritten policy of allowing and even encouraging lying if they believe kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #19

Not just Mormons.... defacto7 Sep 2012 #27

Martin Luther had his own set of issues. This sort of crap is why i don't kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #37

Agreed.... defacto7 Sep 2012 #43

The man Martin Luther does not constitute a religion, FYI. WinkyDink Sep 2012 #46

You're right... defacto7 Sep 2012 #48

J Edgar Hoover LOVED Mormons in the Bureau. Octafish Sep 2012 #17

Wisdom kartski Sep 2012 #20

They sound like Jack Mormons. defacto7 Sep 2012 #29

I'm glad Clint drew attention to Mormon secrecy with that gesture. Overseas Sep 2012 #21

Isn't that gesture also the on-set signal for "Cut!"? n/t cherokeeprogressive Sep 2012 #22

My thought exactly. ashling Sep 2012 #25

Using Occams razor.... defacto7 Sep 2012 #33

Yes. I believe it is a gesture used in radio broadcasting. gort Sep 2012 #38

Why, exactly RT_Fanatic Sep 2012 #23

The church doesn't need them but the men (typically) who run the church nc4bo Sep 2012 #26

Fear is religions greatest tool... defacto7 Sep 2012 #34

They say "sacred not secret".... jberryhill Sep 2012 #40

OCCULTISM is both a Mormon and a Republican way of life Berlum Sep 2012 #28

I'm not sure that Clint knew what a chair was for at one point. grantcart Sep 2012 #30

This is not part of the temple ceremony any longer FreeState Sep 2012 #32

Thanks... I didn't know that. defacto7 Sep 2012 #35

God changed his mind? icarusxat Sep 2012 #47